I don’t have Covid. That’s what a PCR test and five rapid tests are saying. My body thinks otherwise and is doing its impression of a Covid-infected organism, an Oscar-winning performance it turns out. If I wasn’t so sick, I would offer up a standing ovation but getting out of […]
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Gary Bettman and I go a way back, even though he doesn’t know it…probably because we’ve never met. The NHL President, you see, was vocal about the NHL’s having any kind of association with gambling, legal or otherwise, at a time when I was regularly writing stories on that subject. […]
In just over two weeks voters in Ontario will go to the polls to elect a government to govern Ontario for the next four years. We often look at what the current government has accomplished in their mandate and make a decision to either reward them with a second mandate […]
Country kids get to experience a whole different set of life experiences that the townies are denied.Aside from the privations of the outdoor privy and cold winter mornings, there were not too manycountry life experiences I would rather have missed out on. The smell of freshly mown red clover is […]
The Christian Reform Church held their annual pancake breakfast during Spring Fever Days. It was decided all monies raised would be donated to the people in the Ukraine. A total of $2500.00 was donated for this worthy cause. The Dorcas ladies frin the CRC would like to thank everyone in […]
Well, it is officially the latest I have ever been without seed in the ground at the Research Station. Things like cereals, canola, flax, peas see yields losses each day after May 15. Things like soybeans and corn are planted a bit later here to avoid frost so there may […]
As a kid, the third Saturday in May was always an event – the annual opening day of a new walleye season. Before I talked my Dad into give bass fishing a try, he was mostly a walleye angler and we always hit Lake of the Woods on opening weekend, […]
I have a confession, but let it be our secret. If word of my transgression gets out who knows what could happen. It’s a bit of a long story so best to start at the beginning where all good stories start. Pull up a chair and put your feet up […]
It has warmed and we’ve opened our bedroom windows to let in fresh air. The birds begin singing as dawn begins before the sun rises. As the sun breaks the horizon, the birds songs lesson. The rumble of the trains through the night is now heard. The sounds of the […]
This week is my anniversary. Okay, it’s one of them and, while it’s a passion one it doesn’t include my wife…at least not directly. My first Stanley Cup was 49 years ago this week although I hasten to report that my name was not engraved on hockey’s Holy Grail. It […]
I’ve spent the last few days wandering across the wilds of both northern and southern Ontario remembering my youth. Did not see any brown until I got past Sault Ste. Marie and was beginning to suspect that the white was permanent and went on forever. However bare ground did appear […]
Local residents will be dancing the night away this weekend. The Emo Legion Branch #99 will be hosting Country Jam this Friday (May 13) at the Emo Legion. The dance starts at 7 p.m. and admission is $5.00 which includes a light lunch. Saturday night there will be a Country […]
