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 […]
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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 […]
Well, most time after the August long weekend we would be celebrating the end of haying. Not so this year. I would celebrate 3 or 4 days in a row without rain at this point. Our fields are wet, but we continued to cut. I thought we might have a […]
One does not have to look far to see the issues of staff shortages in our health care system. On Friday, the Lake of the Woods District Hospital posted on Facebook a notice that the LWDH Emergency Department was facing staffing shortages over the long weekend. Emergency wait times were […]
I went to the ocean today. The heat was severe at home. The trees, weary from the heat, curled their leaves in protest and seemed to bow to the heat as if conceding. “You win,” the trees whispered to the sun. There weren’t many at Bachman’s Beach on the south […]
Local minor hockey officials were surprised to learn of the cover-ups made by Hockey Canada to pay settlements for alleged sexual assault claims without the knowledge of either their insurance company or with public knowledge. No one knew until the Globe and Mail disclosed that the funds had been created […]
The Waldorf Astoria is in New York’s Midtown Manhattan, at 47 stories the tallest hotel in the world for three decades, and it retains its stature today — if not physically, then cosmetically. I would never have slept there except that’s where the Montreal Expos stayed when I was the […]
When my daughter became an educator, her goal was to save the children of the world. How does one go about such a Herculean task? One child at a time, I told her. My children grew up listening to the music and playful yet thoughtful lyrics of Raffi. Raffi Cavoukian, […]
