Now what? Now that Guy Lafleur is gone, who will be next to catch the torch that is symbolically passed from the greatest of Montreal’s French Canadiens? For the first time in eight decades, there is no active nor retired player ready to be that “legend of legends.” Since Lafleur’s […]
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The first race horse I became attached to was Nancy Hawk, a filly so frisky and so gifted she could have been named after my girlfriend (now wife), and there has only been a few since then — horses, not wives — who were special. Two, actually. I watched and […]
I do not know how the rest of you felt but it seemed like we should be watching for Rudolph not the Easter Bunny. I have set up my Easter Hunt with snow on the ground before, but I am quite sure that was when Easter landed in March. Some […]
The annual Spring Fever Days takes place in Emo this weekend (April 22 and 23). There will be a hub of activities and great sales on many items with all merchants from all businesses. One traditional event is the Emo Legion hosting its Crafts Galore, this takes place Friday (April […]
The April blizzard we got hit with last week across northwestern Ontario was kind of depressing if I’m being honest. It had already been a brutal winter as far as snowfall so that extra foot last week was really unnecessary. It’s going to set us back at least a couple […]
After two years of Covid panic and the unending winter of 22 while we hid in our caves fearfulof contact with any other plague carrying human, are we ready to step back out into the real world? Is it time for a road trip? How many more booster shots before […]
By: Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru A previous column provided some background information on considering weeping Trees or shrubs to add Interest in your garden and listed some fantastic shrub species to look for. This column will focus on trees with the weeping structure. As there are many species of […]
When I was a child, my dad wore a hat. It was usually a fedora in the fall, winter, and spring. He went through a phase where he wore a soft grey ascot cap or flat cap, I’m not sure of its correct name. In summer he wore a lightweight […]
I listened with great earnestness as young people described the difficulties of beginning work in Toronto. I was particularly caught by the experiences of a newly graduated nurse attempting to work in downtown Toronto hospital and exist on a first-year nurses salary. She lived in a single room apartment with […]
CHEF DEZ ON COOKING Check your pantry right now. I can almost guarantee that you have store-bought taco seasoning and seasoning salt in there. Why not make them yourself instead? With these two recipes (also found in my latest cookbook Cooking Around the World with Chef Dez), you can. These […]
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales,” Einstein is purported to have said. I’m going out on a limb to expand what Einstein was saying. I realize we weren’t close friends Albert and me. He didn’t call me at home for conversation when he couldn’t […]
In Thursday’s Federal budget, everything sounded good. Chrystia Freeland, the Minister of Finance managed to say all the right things. The initiatives that Jagmeet Singh saw wish list of the New Democrat Party present themselves front and centre. The first item on the agenda was mobilizing the government to make […]
