Amid a tumbling voter turnout that seems to be getting worse with each election, coupled with a growing disillusionment in bothering to fight city hall, it’s comforting to see so many young people taking on the mantle of civic responsibility of late. Take the intriguing pilot project just underway in […]
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Sometimes I think I live my life by quotes–quotes I have compiled over the years from various sources. “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” (Henry David Thoreau) “Don’t pay too much for the whistle.” (Benjamin Franklin) “If you can conceive it in your mind, then it can be brought into your physical world.” […]
Last week, the federal government announced the Northern Ontario portion of the heavily-promoted and eagerly-anticipated $1-billion Community Adjustment Fund. It’s certainly nice to see the government raise the issue of our struggling resource-dependent communities, but this fund is just too small and misguided to help us get through the current […]
“Four little words just to get me along. . . .” That’s the first line of a song called “That’s Not My Name” sung by British craze duo ‘The Ting Tings.’ “That’s Not My Name” is a fun, upbeat tune that drives me to grab my pseudo-microphone hairbrush and karaoke […]
My parents built our cabin on Rainy Lake more than 40 years ago. It was a bare bones cottage. Four walls, and a wood stove for cooking, were all the amenities. If we needed water, we walked down to the dock and filled buckets with water. The dishes were washed […]
I ventured off to Steinbach over the weekend. Luckily, my boyfriend/partner agreed to stay home and dog sit. I was in a dilemma; I either was going to have to stay home or take my dog with me. My mom and dad (the usual babysitter’s) were going to Steinbach, as […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Now that you know what you can plant for a drought-tolerant garden (as outlined in my column in the May 13th edition of the Times), it is time to prepare the garden. Here are the seven principles that xeriscaping is based on, which easily […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Under the recently-announced federal-provincial agreement referred to as “Growing Forward,” a food safety and traceability program has been launched. The initiative is a cost-share funding program developed to assist agriculture and agri-food facilities improve food safety practices and traceability systems in their operations. There […]
Have you noticed them struggling down the streets lately? Bent, stiff, and in obvious pain. Down in Drizzle Creek, it appears to have become epidemic. There even has become a lineup at the door of the Bakery. Most individuals simply don’t have enough strength to pull it open and must […]
Nine Canadian teams travelled to Sturgeon Bay, Wis. last week to participate in the Sturgeon Bay Open bass tournament on Lake Michigan and put up some good results, with five of them finishing in the top 10. The two-day, 200-team event was shortened to one day after high winds forced […]
As the ground outside Fort High continues to thaw and spring sports athletes prepare for their respective seasons, just where they will conduct their running drills and practice sessions greatly depends on the condition of the field that day. The soccer fields have shown improvement over the last few years […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER—Whether they’re distracted, disenchanted, or entirely disinterested, fewer Canadians are making the trek to their local polling station on voting days. Recent federal and provincial elections indicate just over half the eligible voters make the decision for the whole electorate when they go to the polls to […]
