Last Saturday afternoon, we got a new toy—a toy I couldn’t wait to use! But unfortunately, it turns out that the new generation television sets are so complex that I had a very long wait. It took two family members more than two hours to install and program our new […]
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By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The following is the first of a two-part article on lowering predation losses from Barry Potter, a livestock specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: Livestock predation costs the farmer time, money, and emotional stress when production animals are destroyed. […]
June has arrived—and I’m counting on some warmer growing days now! It hasn’t been all that wet but we certainly need some heat! Most all of our crops here at the agricultural research station in Emo have emerged, but some of them are patiently waiting for some heat. It’s looking […]
It was the stupidest bet I’ve ever made—just plain stupid. A week ago Tuesday (May 31), a crew of us from work had nothing better to do during the noon hour than invent a contest that would have each of us give up something for 30 days. I plumped up […]
Paul Simon crooned about the “sound of silence”—a concept I was pondering the other night as the frogs behind my house sent their glorious music in my open window. I decided there really is no such thing as silence, or maybe it is silence that lets us listen or hear. […]
So it’s finally happened. The NHL is making its way, though I’m sure somewhat sheepishly in the case of the commissioner, back to Winnipeg after True North Sports & Entertainment acquired the Atlanta Thrashers’ franchise. To say the 15-year wait for hockey fans in the ’Peg has been an excruciating […]
I’ve been a pretty lucky guy to be able to pursue a living doing what I love–several things related to fishing and the fishing industry. Promotional activities, tournament fishing, writing, and photography go along with guiding to keep me busy throughout the year. My first job, when I was 14 […]
Lucas Punkari A freak injury to his left ankle suffered at the Thunder Bay May Invitational nearly derailed Donovan Taylor’s chances of going to Baltimore this weekend for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club Long Course Invitational. But it’s all systems go for the 16-year-old swimmer as he flies out to […]
Lucas Punkari Following two consecutive rain-outs, the 2011 racing season kicked into high gear under clear skies Saturday evening at the Emo Speedway. The driver to beat during the course of the night in the WISSOTA Modifieds division was Gavin Paull as the Fort Frances driver took the checkered flag […]
Lucas Punkari After experiencing the joy of capturing the NorWOSSA crown a little more than a week earlier, the Muskie boys’ soccer team faced the opposite end of the sporting spectrum at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Windsor last week—finishing round-robin play with a 0-4 record in Pool ‘C.’ “If […]
Staff The Northwest Community Legal Clinic is set to move to a new location later this month. “The move is to be more visible, to be right on the main street, so that people will see us and be able to walk in,” executive director Trudy McCormick said of the […]
Heather Latter She’s been compared to the likes of Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald, but blues singer Sunday Wilde says she’s just a small-town girl working hard to share her music with the world. And she must be doing something right because the 42-year-old mom from […]
