Bill Godin and Mike Salvador, two well-known anglers, won big over the weekend at a two-day bass tournament featuring 200 teams at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. When Bill left for the tourney, his hope was to finish in the top 10, so he far exceeded that hope. The first day saw […]
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The Chapple recreation council is holding a ham supper and silent auction on Saturday, May 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Barwick Hall. Admission is $10 for adults and $6 for children 10 and under. Tickets are available at the Chapple municipal office and rec council members, as well as […]
This past weekend, four teams from our region travelled to Sturgeon Bay, Wis. for a big smallmouth bass tournament on Lake Michigan—the Sturgeon Bay Open. This is an extremely competitive event, much like the FFCBC and KBI, with a 200-boat field. The fishing is a little different from what we […]
Think back to your innocent days as a young child. What sort of career path did you dream about taking? For me, it was the usual tall expectations of becoming a professional hockey player or settling for a prosperous career as an astronaut if the hockey thing didn’t work out. […]
For most average fishermen in Ontario, “the” fish to catch is the walleye. It is common over the eastern half of this continent to the Mississippi Valley, to Saskatchewan, and the Mackenzie River. The walleye is called by many names—whiteeye, pikeperch, glasseye, and the most common wrong name, pickerel. Pickerel […]
When asked, I rarely tell people my age. Not that I mind people knowing how many birthdays I’ve had, but it seems to me that my chronological age doesn’t say much about me as a person. My assessment is that my hair is the colour of a 70-year-old, I laugh […]
“Why didn’t you just take it to the garage like I SUGGESTED?” asked my wife, the Pearl of the Orient, as she swathed by abraded knuckles with a swath of bandages. The Pearl is ever ready to remind me of her SUGGESTIONS. “Don’t forget we’re seniors on fixed income and […]
I was on Fort Frances council when the water tower was constructed. It was completed in 1985—just when construction of the water treatment plant began. Up until that point in time, a water pumping station located at Pither’s Point Park supplied the water for Fort Frances and Couchiching First Nation. […]
On Jan. 10, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the new Community Development Trust program. The $1-billion program was promoted as being “designed to help provinces and territories assist communities and workers suffering economic hardship caused by the current volatility in global financial and commodities markets.” Bill C-41, the legislation that […]
We’ve all seen the commercials on TV—you know, the one where two young children are looking down on their mother passed out on the couch in mid-afternoon next to a bottle of booze on the coffee table. Or youngsters cowering in their bedroom at night while their parents scream at […]
FORT FRANCES—Despite the pessimism displayed by district tourist camp owners about the overall decline in Ontario tourism, the Victoria Day long weekend and walleye-opener didn’t see much of a dent in numbers at the border here compared to last year. Kevin Begin, supervisor at the Canada Customs Border Services Agency […]
FORT FRANCES—The Sturgeon Bay Open bass tournament has grown from strictly a local event to one that draws anglers from throughout the United States and Canada. And the Canadians who ventured into Wisconsin for the May 17-18 tournament picked up much of the hardware. Bill Godin, owner of Lake Despair […]
