Gary Edward Ogden December 15, 1946 – March 29, 2013 Aft er a courageous battle with cancer, we say goodbye to a husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle and best friend. Gary was diagnosed with MDS in the summer of 2009 and was the successful recipient of a stem-cell transplant […]
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“When you don’t know what to do, get still. Get very still until you do know what to do.” Oprah Winfrey offered this advice to graduates at Stanford University in California during her commencement address there in 2008. And she was right. If you are quiet long enough to listen, […]
I was thinking that the cold weather Monday morning was quite an April Fool’s Day trick! The sun was shining, but it was pretty darn stiff in the barn yard. It’s amazing that last year at this time, we were thinking about planting. This year, however, I can’t even see […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo If you haven’t finalized your cropping plans for 2013 to provide feed for your beef cattle, you may want to give peas some consideration. The following is Part 1 of an article on using peas from Ron Lackey, Feed Ingredients and By-products Feeding Specialist, […]
I saw yellow rain boots on a young woman the other day; yellow rain boots on a snowy, cold March day. Yellow rain boots—the only bit of colour in the dull, dreary days of pre-spring when our whole bodies seem to be aching for sunshine and grass under our feet […]
Since being elected, one of the most common concerns I’ve heard from people across the riding is the high price of auto insurance. While the frustrations with high premiums are not unique to those of us living in Northwestern Ontario, the level of importance our vehicles play in our every-day […]
I have a pink tie and a pink dress shirt—and I’ll be wearing both of them on April 10. It is “Pink Day,” the international day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia, and transphobia in schools and communities across our country. It began as a simple gesture at Central Kings High School […]
As an idealistic 20-something, one of my idols was German-born Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Respected theologian and philosopher, dedicated physician and medical missionary, esteemed author, accomplished organist and Nobel prize winner, Schweitzer was an amazing person! The son of a pastor who also was a musician, his father taught Schweitzer to […]
For the third-straight year, this Saturday’s OHL draft will see a player who is one year younger than the rest of his 16-year-old compatriots among one of the early names selected. Sean Day, who originally was born in Belgium in 1998 to Canadian parents and plays for the always-strong Detroit […]
Ken Johnston The Emo Walleye Classic has two big changes in store this year. “We would like to attract more anglers from the Rainy River-Baudette area,” explained EWC co-chair Lincoln Dunn. To do that, the committee has decided to expand the western boundary for the competition. In the previous 11 […]
Lucas Punkari While Fort Frances native Jordan Larson is happy to be back in his hometown, he would rather be out on the ice with the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the CCHL playoffs. Instead, he and the rest of his team have hung up their skates for another season after […]
Staff Four local bowlers were part of the Sunset Country contingent which competed at the Northern Ontario Open championships March 27-30 in North Bay. Once again, Jeff Watts led the way for the men, qualifying third in the singles competition after averaging 272.7 in the 10-game preliminary roll-off last Wednesday […]
