I, like most of the communities across Rainy River District, have been watching with bated breath the outcome of negotiations AbitibiBowater is going through with bankers. Saturday’s announcement that Dick Evans was joining the company’s board as the non-executive chairman is encouraging. Evans previously had led Alcan, and successfully negotiated […]
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By John Rafferty We have a lot of things on the go this week and next, so I’d like to touch on a few of them in this space. First off, my heart goes out to the employees who are leaving their positions or losing their jobs at CBC Thunder […]
No one from south-central Kansas will ever forget where they were when they heard about the 1990 Hesston tornado. My son, for instance, was with friends in Kansas City when the evening news showed pictures of a Pizza Hut that he frequented. All that was standing was a walk-in freezer […]
I only had Monday and Tuesday of this week to be a full-time farmer, then I went back to work every day starting today at the agricultural research station in Emo. I had two full days planned, starting with the need to get my house in order (currently the barn […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo We are quickly approaching the time of year when chocolate items of various sizes and shapes appear on store shelves. It may seem to you that the price of these items is higher when compared to other times of the year—and you would be […]
Over the last couple of months, I’ve done a lot seminars at boat and sport shows from Toronto to Minneapolis to Winnipeg. During these seminars, I spend a lot of time talking about many of my experiences as a guide and some of the common mistakes people make when they […]
Some will point to the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 1-2-1 record at the all-Ontarios in North Bay last week and call it a major disappointment—but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The Muskies were burned by the luck of the draw—getting put into the same pool as the eventual […]
