Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper once demonstrated he simply lacks the courage required to be accountable to the Canadian public. Rather than face tough questions on the Senate spending scandal, Mr. Harper instead has indicated he’ll be asking the Governor General to prorogue (suspend) Parliament for an additional four-six […]
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By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The key to successful marketing is providing what the buyer wants. Adding value to calves can be of benefit to the calf producer and the feedlot operator, and much of the benefit is from reducing stress on the animals. The calf producer is selling […]
All my life, I’ve been a dreamer. At age four, I dreamed of being a teacher like Aunt Vera, Uncle Bill’s girlfriend. As I approached the teen years, I dreamed of owning a candy factory and making delectable candies. At about the same time, I dreamed of being a preacher. […]
Since the first week of July, I’ve been a sidewalk superintendent. I began learning to be a sidewalk superintendent watching homes being built on Third Street when I was four. There were no sidewalks on that street back then. My wife likes to kid me that I have outgrown “Tonka” […]
“Yes is for young people. Yes is for young people,” I chanted reassuringly to myself in the bathroom mirror as the hair dye oozed through my plastic-gloved fingertips. A lumpy trail of Vaseline jelly was layered across my forehead at the hairline and down around my ears to save my […]
For years, the cost of auto insurance has been a source of frustration for many people across the northwest. Despite legislative changes in 2010 that reduced costs for auto insurance companies, premiums have continued to rise—even for those with clean driving records. Here in the northwest, these increases have been […]
You didn’t know “Stinky.” You may have known “a” Stinky but not “the” Stinky. You would have been better for having known him. Samantha found Stinky in Guelph, in between the front doors of her apartment building. One of the heavy doors had closed on his tail, breaking the end […]
The Stratton sales barn held another successful cattle sale on Saturday. Despite selling only 546 animals, the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association still grossed $594,566.62, which is a great average across the board. Due to the lack of feed last spring, there were fewer people feeding back grounding cattle this spring. […]
The ninth-annual International Falls Bass Championship took place this past weekend over the border on the U.S. side of Rainy Lake and the Rainy River. This tournament has a unique format in that it puts anglers on two different bodies of water over two days, so it’s a stiff test […]
The end of summer means sadness to many—slo-pitch players, sun worshippers, and students, to name a few. But the fall leads to so much joy for others: leaf-blower salesmen, kite flyers, and parents of students, for instance. Among those in a celebratory mode are those who follow the NFL, which […]
Sarah Pruys This year’s “BizKids Camp,” run through the Northwest Business Centre, attracted seven youth, who spent last week learning all about how to run a business before testing out their own ideas at “Market Day” on Friday. Many of their businesses were based on baking—selling their treats and crafts […]
Sarah Pruys Moving to Stratton from southern Ontario to farm is not a decision many families would make. But for Jamie Hackett, Deja McAdams, and their newborn son, Rhyland, it was the right one. Hailing from near Kincardine, located along Lake Huron about two-and-a-half hours from Toronto, they moved north […]
