Well we started to make some hay and decided to quit all within a few days. We are planning to cut a couple more fields that are decent, but the others are depressing and painful to bale so we are going to wait and just hope we get some growth. […]
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The fire that’s been active in Northwest Bay is being held. Over four hundred hectors have been effected by this fire that started on June 23. Firefighters remain on the scene. Extreme dry conditions are definitely a concern for not only northwestern Ontario but much of Canada. We are reminded […]
Summer is a wonderful time of the year when it comes to the abundance of fresh fruit that is available, and cherries are one of my utmost favourite. I believe that we all have some fond memory from our childhood of eating cherries in the hot summer sun; either raw […]
Local anglers who enjoy competing in our numerous bass tournaments across the region are happy to hear that most of the long running events are back on the schedule after some took a year off last year due to the pandemic. They are fun for those of us who participate […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
Something that Gordie Howe “did” after he died made more of an impact on me than anything from his illustrious hockey career. Yes, you read that right. The story requires a little context. My grandson Gareth, who was born at La Verendrye Hospital, was a passionate young hockey player. His […]
Our country is in mourning. We are mourning for the past several weeks what indigenous people have been mourning for generations. Over and over indigenous people have told us their children were buried in unmarked graves at the sites of residential schools. These were not schools. They did not provide […]
We often forget how vulnerable we are to diseases that were part of our history. Canadian statistics show that 1 in four children died of some cause by the time they were five in the first decade of the twentieth century. We have come far in preventing death through disease. […]
(a rehash from 2010 but still sound advice) It was a particularly warm morning so the usual crew at the debating table at the Bakery in Rainy River (a.k.a. Drizzle Creek) was in early to escape raising a sweat. “How’s that lawn mower doing? Get it figured out yet?” I […]
Happy to say there are happenings starting to take place in our area. Hopefully this is a sign that things are resuming to normal. Which has been a long time coming. The Rainy River Valley Agriculture Fair is hoping to take place August 20 and 21. Although there will be […]
Nine and a half years ago, my boyfriend/partner drove to America to a small town in Minnesota to pick up our little bundle of joy; a black lab. She was very little, and I was nervous that she was leaving her family too soon as I had read that leaving […]
My career within the fishing community brings me around anglers of all ages and one of the things that I notice when I get I’m around some of the older anglers who have been fishing for decades is they are often quick to dish out advice on protecting yourself from […]
Every single one of us who knew Doug Anderson immediately thinks of words like kind, helpful, gentle, eager, fun-loving, when we hear his name. It’s a long list of qualities that we all strive for, but qualities Doug had in spades. Our friend has gone ahead, parting the grass and […]
