I don’t know of one person who isn’t mesmerized when they see a hummingbird and you can increase visits from the petite bird by planting a few of their favourite sources of nectar in your yard. Hummingbirds use flower nectar as their food source and like butterflies and bees, they […]
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Ah, Pete Rose. Like Donald Trump and the pandemic, just when you think they’re gone, here they come again. Rose’s latest headlines are like so many others: accompanied by an aroma that’s unbecoming his surname. Yes, they smell. At a celebration of Philadelphia’s 1980 World Series, which Rose helped the […]
The past few weeks around home have been fun but we’re back on the road again this week for the eighth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series season at Lake Oahe in Mobridge, South Dakota. I was able to do a lot of fishing over the past few weeks at […]
Anxiety can be a living breathing organism moving through our body as if skateboarding in our veins, not afraid of collisions or falls, not concerned with injury it may bring to its host. Anxiety and I are well acquainted, are on a first name basis. I wish that weren’t so. […]
Elections bring the opportunity to reinvigorate the community. They bring ideas forward to create new strength in a community to attract new citizens, new businesses, and recognize new opportunities. It is time for a new generation to step forward and begin taking the reins to direct the future of Fort […]
Of the approximately two dozen football coaches I met, the two smartest are Bud Grant and Marv Levy. That doesn’t mean they’re the two best coaches in Canadian history, of course, nor does it mean they aren’t. They were cerebral, in an era when being cerebral had nothing to do […]
The Kenora Bass International tournament took place this past weekend and it was another great event with plenty of big bass brought across the scales. The tournament, which started back in 1988 is one of the longest running annual fishing events in North America. Over the years there have been […]
I know I have mentioned before on what a great community we live in, but recently I was reminded once again! The thrift shop in Emo donated $2,000 to our beef clubs to help cover the costs of the abattoir and advertising. What a huge gesture that will appreciated by […]
The Emo Legion Branch #99 has changed its hours of operation. The Legion is now open Wednesday to Saturday at 3 p.m. and Friday and Saturday the Legion will be open late. The Legion will offer a simple menu each night there open. This change in hours begins August 10. […]
Corn season is just starting to ramp up where I live in the Fraser Valley (of British Columbia, Canada), and so I wanted to share one of my favourite corn recipes with you: South-Western Corn Fritters. These are more of a southern type dish, but 100% delicious and the permit […]
The Rainy River Fall Agriculture Fall Fair is just around the corner, this year the Fair takes plans August 18-20. This year the Fair Board Members are happy to report it’s going to be a fair full of old events and chances are a few new events to add to […]
Baseball’s home run ghosts are starting to emerge from the shadows and they’ll likely be around until the season ends in October. So get ready for Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa…names that pop up occasionally, but seldom in unison. That is changing, because of Aaron […]
