Nancy L. Frost Dear editor: On Thursday, Feb. 26, Pickering-Scarborough MPP Wayne Arthurs introduced Bill 148-Visual Fire Alarm Systems Act, 2009, which would require all new provincial and municipal public buildings to be equipped with a visual fire alarm system. For several years, the Canadian Hearing Society has advocated, on […]
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Jeff Gustafson Dear editor: Every other week in my column, you hear me mention the words Sunset Country to describe our region. I also write fishing-related stories for various publications across North America, and in many of these I refer to Northwestern Ontario as Sunset Country. I’ll even go so […]
Tami LeBlanc Dear editor: I am writing this letter in response to Mr. Michael J. Meunier’s letter to the editor, headlined “Distraction,” in last Wednesday’s Times. I am absolutely disgusted that someone would even take time out of their day to write such a sickening letter. This memorial cross set […]
? Northwestern Ontario residents already are being bombarded with TV commercials and travel information for summer vacations in Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The promotion focusing on staying close to home, and enjoying affordable family vacations, makes for a good argument. In these tough economic times, the expense of […]
We are nearly finished the two-week parliamentary break for Easter, as well as a series of workshops and town hall meetings I’ve been hosting across the riding. I’ll have more to say about how these meetings turned out sometime soon, but I wanted to take a moment to let you […]
In 1967, our family, along with two other young families, had planned a Good Friday breakfast picnic at a local lake. When we woke up Friday morning, it was cold and windy. But we went anyway. It was so windy that the wind blew out our Coleman gas stoves. So […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo There are a number of advantages to including a significant level of legume content in pastures. Jack Kyle, grazier specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, explains: Legumes provide nitrogen, improve yield, and increase forage quality. The most common legumes […]
I hope everyone was able to get out and enjoy some of the beautiful weather we had this past weekend. I was very happy to see the sunny, pleasant day on Friday. My Grandma always told me that whatever the weather was like on Good Friday (and you better hope […]
Here’s the thing. I could tell you that the fact that I don’t write a column anymore is because I’ve been so busy with other things that I have no time for plunking out my chronicles on a keyboard. But if I took that stance, my nose would grow like […]
I was relieved to hear the high level of discussion at the debating table at the Bakery had not suffered during my winter sojourn from Drizzle Creek. After all, I had made great personal effort to ensure the highest level of timely and relevant topics were explored fully over the […]
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 even may offer an answer to why those seeds didn’t germinate a few years ago. […]
