Walter Horban Dear editor: An overflow crowd of people came out in support of David Kircher at last week’s public school board meeting at Robert Moore. They were disappointed that the board’s vote had not changed and that Mr. Kircher would be censured. Their feeling was that Mr. Kircher had […]
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Melanie Mathieson Dear editor: With the pending election, there are no shortages of campaign workers contacting us at home. On April 4, I was contacted by a campaign employee representing NDP candidate John Rafferty. This call was annoying to begin with, coming during dinner at 6:10 p.m., and the caller […]
Robin McQuaker Dear editor: Since the announcement of the latest unnecessary federal election, I can’t help but notice how biased and pro Liberal that CBC Television and its anchors are. It’s to the point where they are attempting to make policy. I find this disgusting. I also wish that Peter […]
Tom Pearson Dear Mike, I read about the criminal who was trying to smuggle his children into Canada and was caught at the border in Fort Frances. I commend you [Canada Customs] on a great job. He was a criminal and should be treated as such. I also just was […]
Once a month over the past winter, the tournament committees for Sunset Country’s two big bass events—the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) and the Shaw Kenora Bass International (SKBI)—have been busy holding meetings in order to plan for 2011. Both of these tournament committees are made up of several […]
In the hunter’s vocabulary, scaups are the “bluebills.” There are two different species of scaups, but they are quite similar and hard to tell apart. One description of both species is that they are “black at both ends, and white in the middle.” This is a pretty good description for […]
There once was a time when the Allan Cup was a truly big deal across Canada, when the top senior amateur men’s players in the country (and sometimes even the United States) would square off for arguably the second-biggest prize in hockey at the time. In recent years, though, the […]
By Melanie Mathieson, The Gardening Guru The types of poppies you may be most familiar with are the annual types, which include the peony poppy (Papaver paeoniflorum) and the Shirley poppy (Papaver rhoeas). These varieties come in many colours, and have been a common garden plant in our area dating […]
By Tyler J. Moffitt The Safety Advocate May 2 is the date to vote in the federal election. I do encourage everyone to exercise his or her right to vote! Unfortunately, many Canadians will not vote—many of us don’t care! Recently, some of the political parties and their members, as […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo Succession planning is a continuous process to plan for the transfer of knowledge, skills, labour, management, control, and ownership of the farm business between one generation, sometimes known as the founder or retiring generation, and the next or successor generation. Succession is a process […]
Well, I was greeted Monday morning by the cutest little baa baa. That’s right, we had lambs! “Daisee” gave birth to twins—a boy and a girl—and they are the most precious little things you ever did see. I was expecting them next weekend, so I was almost nervous to look […]
Last week, my husband and I spent time in a basement with a guy whose knowledge about guns made me think Rambo needs to brush up—or change his vocation to something like underwear salesman. We enrolled in a Canadian Firearms Safety Course, and “the guy” I’m talking about was our […]
