A 100-year-old does yoga daily. An 85-year-old runs two miles a day. A 70-year-old writes weekly news notes for her local paper. A 93-year-old climbs Mount Fuji. An 85-year-old plays the piano at area nursing homes. A 65-year-old starts a new business. These are the new elderly. Forget the stereotypes […]
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I think I was 11 years old when my parents bought their first television. When it came to my childhood neck of the woods, it smacked of possibilities and I was drawn to it like Carol Anne was in “Poltergeist.” Thankfully, I didn’t end up inside the tube waiting for […]
Does anyone else find this weather too good to be true? It is getting pretty messy in the barnyard, and it is sounding like rain. Ugh. I’m just concerned that winter will reappear and we will have to go through this all over again! I’m also still awaiting five calves […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo The Canadian Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is accepting applications for its 2011 program. Nuffield Farming Scholarships are awarded to enthusiastic individuals, aged 25-45, who wish to explore topics of their choice in agriculture, land management, horticulture, or the food chain. Three scholarships of $15,000 […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Starting plants from seed is a fairly easy task, but a review of Seed Science 101 will help to ensure success and keep your work to a minimum. It may offer an answer as to why those seeds didn’t germinate a few years ago. […]
By Dan Falloon, sports reporter There’s been a lot of talk lately about “Twitter” and what role the micro-blogging service is going to play in the news media going forward. I’ve had a personal Twitter account for about a year now, and have made a grand total of 172 “tweets.” […]
This past weekend at the Mid-Canada Boat Show in Winnipeg, I engaged in fishing-related conversations with many people every day. The most common question people threw at me was “what should I consider when choosing a trolling motor for my boat?” Despite the slow economy, boat sales actually were good […]
Duane Hicks A new report done by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is recommending several measures to enhance physician recruitment and retention here, including creating a new executive committee, increasing awareness of incentive programs, and getting more participation from the broader community. Economic development officer Geoff Gillon, with the […]
Staff A Sioux Narrows man was killed in an overnight collision on Highway 71 near Caliper Lake. Brian Beacham, 42, was driving a passenger van northbound when he collided with a southbound tractor-trailer unit in the southbound lane, police reported this morning. The accident occurred around midnight in the area […]
Peggy Revell Samantha Kelly, Sean Schatull, and Teagan Friesen, students in John Cousineau’s Grade 1 class at St. Michael’s School, observed the reactions of little Madelyn Dent to toys and other obstacles yesterday morning during the “Roots of Empathy” program. The program works to create emotional literacy and prevent bullying […]
