A hockey dad is waiting for his son to make his NHL debut — on Hockey Night in Canada with the Toronto Maple Leafs — and to see him interviewed between periods. The father lives in remote British Columbia, where the station carrying HNIC is showing a Vancouver Canucks’ game […]
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My job as a bass tournament angler brings me all over North America and I get to meet a lot of people from the southern United States, where the majority of our events happen. I see many of my southern friends posting on social media when they see a snowflake […]
The table beet (also known as garden beet, blood turnip or red beet) is a popular garden vegetable. Beet tops are an excellent source of vitamin A and the roots are a good source of vitamin C. The tops can be cooked or served fresh as greens and the roots […]
Along with the New Year comes one of the longest standing traditions for ice anglers in Northwest Ontario, the start of a new lake trout season. I have spent New Year’s Day on the ice many times over the years but with the brutal cold temperatures we’ve had over the […]
2021 ended with both happy and sad happenings. Happy events were the arrival of a baby boy Wesley Donald, born December 6. Proud parents are a Rebecca Witherspoon and Cory Randle. Proud grandparents are Murray and Holly Witherspoon and Gordon and Sonja Randle. Great grandparents are Bill and Carol McLean […]
Happy New Year! 2022 – wow! Mother Nature showed us some true old-fashioned temperatures, but it may have been just what the Dr ordered to keep us all tucked away safely at home. New Years was never my thing unless it was a bonfire and snow machining. I liked to […]
I see the faces, or rather the eyes behind the masks of people on the street and in the grocery store. Those are my only interactions with the world these days and though limited, those eyes tell the story of our collective sense of being. We are weary. Not every […]
Is this Groundhog year again? Are we repeating everything that went on in 2021? I would hope not, but the similarities are too real. We are in almost total lockdown again. Visitation to Rainycrest is being restricted, but care givers can be tested so that they can continue to visit. […]
With the Arctic Vortex hard upon us it was time to resurrect this gem. A 100% true tale from decades past. The kids are long grown and left home. Mom and Dad are safely ensconced in Florida dodging Covid, but warm. Those are the two things sages say are inevitable- […]
Most often called a Christmas cactus you may also see this variety of cactus on sale at other holiday times of the year like Easter and Mother’s Day, this is a very rewarding house plant to try no matter what time of year you purchase one. This type of cactus […]
The past couple of years will probably not go down as our most memorable for fun reasons but as 2022 welcomes us, we should all have some hope that we will eventually get back to normal living at some point. Fortunately, fishing is a safe activity for everybody and we […]
It seems a lifetime ago that I met Miki Ah You, Jr., at the Autostade in Montreal, and since the stadium disappeared four decades ago and Junior Ah You now has 43 grandchildren, I guess it is a lifetime ago. He is the kindest, gentlest professional athlete I’ve ever known, […]
