Lucas Punkari Muskie assistant coach Bob Whitburn explained the proper way to make a tackle as Kale Huntley watched during the squad’s annual spring camp last Wednesday at Fort High.
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Who can forget the image of former U.S. president George W. Bush triumphantly declaring victory in the Iraq war from the deck of an aircraft carrier—a “Mission Accomplished” banner waving conspicuously in the background. We now know, of course, that the war was far from over as thousands of American […]
Dr. Bud Danylchuk Dear editor: Last Wednesday (May 21), the local Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron held its eighth-annual ceremonial review. The excellent effort put forth by all the young people of the air cadets was truly amazing. The men and women, who are the volunteer leaders of the squadron, […]
Robert Dakin To the editor: The tourist season is up and running—and the crying already can be heard. Members of NWOTA are complaining that their clients are being turned away at the border and our MP is doing his best to placate them. Our border personnel uphold our laws and […]
The Government of Canada will reconvene tomorrow (June 2). It will be a majority government and for the first time in seven years, the governing party will be able to lead and make hard decisions about the future of our country. Some of those decisions will appear unpopular to the […]
I’m proud of our cabin front yard. It tells me that benign neglect can create something beautiful. In particular, I love our shoreline. It’s the most attractive part, and where no work is done at all. It’s tangled with sweet gale, cedar, marsh marigolds, irises, ferns, mosses, and a variety […]
I recently had a quick visit to Fort Frances, a very quick trip. There was not enough time to hug all the people I love. But I was able to share coffee with the Ward clan, and that event always warms my heart to be witness to a family that […]
In my lifetime, I’ve lived in five states and two Canadian provinces—and I enjoyed all seven locations. The only bad thing was having to leave. After college, I taught in a small private high school in eastern Canada. The teachers were congenial, and the students were smart and fun. I […]
With the May 2 election now behind us, it is time to look forward to Canada’s new majority government. I would like to use this space over the next two weeks to inform you of some of the impacts the election results will have on the functioning of Parliament, and […]
If there is one species of fish that attracts the attention of anglers during winter and then gets a major break in during the open-water season, at least during the summer months, it’s the black crappie. Although not native to Sunset Country, crappies likely made their way into the region […]
Up until this past weekend, the only actual fishing tournaments I had ever seen were the Bassmaster ones that the late, great TNN (The Nashville Network) showed when I was a kid or the massive Bassmaster Classic, which TSN aired once about six years ago now, where I was first […]
There was more beautiful weather in Rainy River District last week and we have pretty much everything seeded here at the agricultural research station just west of Emo. It’s been many a year that seeding has extended into June! We are waiting on a couple of Manitoba oat varieties but […]
