The clock is ticking on the province’s looming showdown with teachers and it remains anyone’s guess as to whether it plays out with an imposed contract, a court challenge potentially costing taxpayers millions, or perhaps even an election over the issue. The cash-strapped McGuinty Liberals have little choice in their […]
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Sarah Pruys Emo Fair Queen 2012 Destiny Woolsey, flanked by First Princess Jillian Gustafson, left, and Second Princess Karly Caul, were all smiles last Thursday evening after being crowned upstairs at the Emo Arena following the entertainment portion. The trio said they all were very excited to be this year’s […]
Heather Latter Participants at the sixth-annual OPP North West Region’s youth summer camp learned how to use a compass to shoot a bearing during an activity at Sunny Cove on Monday. The camp, which runs there all week, is designed to offer youth leadership opportunities that will help foster a […]
Lucas Punkari Brayden Spence powered his way through a line drill as the Muskie football team opened training camp Monday evening. The opening week of practice runs from 6-8 p.m. until the start of the school year next Tuesday, when the start time will be moved up to 3:30 p.m. […]
I have a confession to make. I really like a ham-and-cheese omelet. I also enjoy my “Egg McMuffin,” my Tim Horton sausage-and-egg breakfast sandwich, and Subway’s sausage-and-egg breakfast meal on flat bread. One of my treats at the cabin on the weekend is a big breakfast of bacon, eggs, and […]
I’m staring at a blank screen. My mind is empty and the clock is ticking. This scenario doesn’t happen to me very often when it’s time to write my column. It means my life is sailing along on with calm winds at my back and my slate is relatively clean. […]
Well, another Emo Fair has come and gone! And what a beautiful weekend it was. We did have a few brief showers Saturday afternoon, but it just helped to keep the dust down. Meanwhile, temperatures were near perfect, which seems to make the cattle perform much better. This year we […]
Over the past couple of weeks, a great deal has been said about the province potentially introducing back-to-work legislation to force an end to a labour dispute with most of Ontario’s teachers. In the past, back-to-work legislation was a last-ditch effort used by governments to bring an end to a […]
When last did you pick up a pen and find just the perfect paper on which to write your thoughts, your worries, your questions; and then put that paper in an envelope, affix a stamp, and drop the envelope in one of those red boxes that say Canada Post? It’s […]
One thing about where we live in Sunset Country is if you like to spend time in the outdoors, there isn’t a much better place to be. In fact, you couldn’t pay me to live anywhere else. I just love everything about Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake too […]
Unless you’ve been living somewhere that has no possible way of receiving communication from the outside world for the last couple of weeks, you already are quite familiar with the latest goings-on in the NHL’s collective bargaining negotiations. As the days drag on, and neither the league nor the NHLPA […]
Phil Whatley Dear editor: A Christian minister who disregards the Bible, like a physician who disregards medical evidence or an engineer who disregards the laws of physics, all cut off the branch on which they sit. Yours truly, Phil Whatley Emo, Ont.
