Every year we hear stories about people and bears. Some of them are tragic–young campers being killed, people mauled, badly wounded, and sent to hospital, and even one or two cases of people being killed and partially eaten by bears. These are horrifying stories. But in almost every case, common […]
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Linda Wiens
A small car drove in and out stepped a slightly greying man and two teens. “Remember me? Allan Earle [with son an daughter],” he said. Yes! A 1970 heavy equipment operator graduate, and son of Cliff McIntosh’s recreation director friend, Del Earle, formerly of Marathon. Allan used to challenge me […]
When it seems that things aren’t as good as they used to be, we may be thinking 20 years back.How about doubling the span. Did you know that there was no university, no college, no arts complex, no so-many-other-things in Northwestern Ontario? Quetico Centre was the first adult education institution […]
Something special is happening in health care in Northwestern Ontario. No, it’s not the doom and gloom, roof-is-falling-in stuff in the daily media. It’s ordinary people doing extraordinary things as they respond constructively to change. For more than a decade, the do-better-with-less revolution has hammered every workplace. Hospitals and health […]
A major technological change is happening that impacts our towns and cities. It’s the technology used for retailing. To set the stage, imagine the early 1900s. Back then, most retailing was done in owner-operated neighbourhood or country general stores or by itinerant traders. Then retailing technology changed. Timothy Eaton is […]
Life without a computer! I’d almost forgotten what it was like. Until late last week, that is, when in one crisis moment and without warning my computer suddenly went dead. And after an emergency telephone call, it looked as though help could be as much as half a week away. […]
What will the world be like in 25 years? Will robots do all the work? Will people week-end in space? Will over-population cause food shortages? Will the “information highway” help renew your community? What do you predict? Futurists always speculate about what might be. They know “wild card” events derail […]
The starling is not native to North America but to Eurasia. Their arrival on the continent started when some folk decided they were going to bring to America all of the birds which were mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. So in 1890, about 80 starlings were released in New […]
Fait accompli. The Oxford American Dictionary defines it as “a thing that is already done and not reversible.” Oh, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, for one, won’t say the proposed restructuring of the fire hall here that was unveiled at Monday night’s council meeting is a done deal. In fact, CAO Bill […]
It was 5 a.m., the sky was clear, the wind calm, the sun still hadn’t peeked over the horizon, and there was just enough crispness in the air to get the blood flowing. In other words, it was a picture perfect morning for fishing. And I chose to stay in […]
One of the birds which comes back early–as early as the robins–is the Killdeer. Most people are familiar with this bird as it breeds all across Canada from the Yukon to the Maritimes. Here in the northwest, it breeds as far north as Hudson Bay. You can often hear them […]
My favourite chair is a soft one. And an old one. I love to sink deep into its comfortable arms and rest my head on its high-cushioned back. Then roll up the footstool, stretch out my feet, take a deep breath, and relax. Sometimes I sip coffee and sometimes I […]
