I am not quite sure how long ago this was now, but Wendy Judson tracked me down and asked me if I would consider sitting on the Riverside Foundation Board. She was looking to step down and wanted to have someone from Emo continue on the board. I thought about […]

The Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary Strawberry Social will take place June 10th. at the Emo Hospital Cafeteria (under the tent) on June 10. This fun event takes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $5 at the door. The Auxiliary members would like to thank the community […]

Whether I’m guiding or out on the tournament trail, I have to catch fish to get paid and avoid having to get a real Monday to Friday gig. Don’t get me wrong, I work hard to stay busy throughout the year but my main sources of income are fishing tournaments […]

It must be a long time ago, but the number of people at sports events used to be important. In every Canadian Press story the attendance was required reporting, as much as the score was. Always. Maybe the size of the crowd was not always exact, but it was always […]

We all must realize that Mother Nature is always in charge. We might try to mitigate the effects of winter snows and spring snowstorms and rainstorms. But this year is proving across the Rainy Lake water basin, Mother Nature is in charge. We could not anticipate the huge snowfalls that […]

Have you heard of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) organization? Neither had I until I listened to Matt Galloway on CBC Radio’s The Current and he told me all about it. The not-profit WCK organization was founded by Jose Andres, a well-known chef with restaurants in Spain and in the […]

Our cross-country drive to Emo called for an overnight in Fargo, apparently a magnet for Canadian shoppers. A little homework proved valuable: The Roger Maris Museum was in Fargo…in a shopping mall! Two birds, one stone, right? As distant-replay aficionados know, Roger Maris was once the biggest name in baseball. […]

Nothing defines being a senior more than the Pill Routine. When we were younger it was probably only the odd vitamin pill or some antibiotics for an ear infection or a severe chest cold, or maybe a stepped on rusty nail. But as the years roll on there seems to […]

The Emo Walleye Classic is set to launch this week, May 26,27 and 28th. This is considered to be northwestern Ontario’s Premier Walleye Tournament. Its easy to see why as the committee, volunteers and the community put many hours of dedication into making this event enjoyable to all. There are […]

The fifth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series brought us to Lake Fork, Texas this past weekend. It is the fourth year in a row that we have visited the reservoir located in the north- east part of the state, one of the most well-known big bass lakes in the […]

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 […]

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. […]