For most average fishermen in Ontario, “the” fish to catch is the walleye, which is common over the eastern half of North America to the Mississippi valley, Saskatchewan, and the Mackenzie River. The walleye is called by many names (whiteeye, pikeperch, glasseye, and the most common wrong name–pickerel). Pickerel means […]
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I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 11 Timothy 4:7 Leon Honore Heyens, 73, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Friday, Sept. 12, 1997. He was born April 14, 1924 […]
Ronald Mansfield “Ron” Hyatt, 72, of R.R. #2, Devlin, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1997 at his home. He was born Feb. 9, 1925 in the Municipality of La Vallee, Ont. to the late James and Bertha Hyatt. Ron lived his entire life in the Devlin area, working in […]
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Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. Here’s an example. Doesn’t it make sense to tend and nurture the commercial forest like a farmer’s fields? Conventional wisdom says of course! But there is a major controversy among professional foresters. Some say to get a greater yield/hectare, the commercial forest […]
With the first frosts of autumn nipping at us, the final harvests of the garden are underway. An unrelenting expenditure of money and labour has resulted in a surplus–if not a bounteous and wanted crop. It started back in June with the first crop of radishes. After gorging on the […]
Oh, they will argue otherwise, saying that they’ve decided to go to the people in November so the “silent majority” can put the bus issue behind us once and for all. But the bottom line is they caved. Blinked. Folded. Wilted under pressure. All because councillors were fed up with […]
Birthdays should never be feared. They should always be celebrated. And I just might be the luckiest person in the whole world when it comes to birthdays. My special day is always celebrated high in the Colorado Rockies. Far away from people, with a total absence of noise and confusion. […]
It was an exciting ending to a two-day tournament Sunday afternoon at Kitchen Creek as Greg Ward and Bob Crowe went to a sudden-death tie-breaker to determine the men’s title at the annual club championship. Tied at 153 strokes after two days of play, the two first played the 10th […]
The Muskies used last Friday’s Homecoming game against the Kenora Broncos to send a distinct message–they will be tough to dethrone as NorWOSSA champs this season. Using a sensational running attack led by Terry LaBelle, the Muskies dominated the younger Broncos all afternoon en route to a lopsided 36-0 victory. […]
In the midst of yet another dismal season a year ago, the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team did something they hadn’t done for quite some time–they won a regular-season game. The win snapped a long losing streak that had extended over several seasons, and showed the senior girls’ squad was […]
How do you feed 250 people in three hours–and still have food left over? Just as anyone helping out at the annual Seniors’ Fish Fry at Sunny Cove Camp on Sunday. It was like being in Santa’s workshop that morning, with close to 20 volunteers from the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s […]
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team will head into the NorWOSSA season with the notion “it’s not where you start but where you finish.” That’s because Rick Wiedenhoeft, who coached the squad to an all-Ontario berth last season, will inherit a team that has definite question marks in some key […]
