I like words. I had a notebook with my list of favourite words while I was growing up, words like giggle and balloon and bubbles, watermelon and frolic and zephyr. In that book were lists of words I struggled to spell correctly, words like prerogative and onomatopoeia. I still struggle […]
Columnists
Our household watches the daily number of new Covid cases across each of the western provinces and the rest of Canada. We monitor the number of doses of vaccines arriving in Canada and are excited to see that by the end of June there will be a total of 38 […]
We country boys never really thought about it. Out on the farm whenever the urge hit you you’d just whip ‘er out and let ‘er rip. Never give it a second thought. But then going to town required some new training. Walking down the street in Rainy River with my […]
This weather… I hope everyone has been able to get out and enjoy it! Mother Nature might be mixed up, as she normally gives dirty weather for Walleye opener, but this weekend was great. I am hearing next weekend for our May long weekend; it will be a different story. […]
Usually I like to get an early season walleye column done prior to the opening weekend but since I’m not at home right now I’m a little bit off on my important dates. This past Saturday was the third of the month of May, marking the annual re-opening of walleye […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
Mr. Nice Guy is never perfect, which prompts me to tell you about Wayne Gretzky, who never claimed to be perfect and who is such a national treasure that it’s considered blasphemous to be critical, especially a national treasure who shared Canada’s late “hockey dad” with the whole country. Before […]
Clematis wilt is a major disease of clematis and one that is feared by most clematis growers. But before you panic, you need to determine if your plant definitely suffering from clematis wilt? Most people think they have this disease in their garden when actually they don’t. A clematis can […]
My two sons work from home. Prior to the pandemic, they would commute to their offices and work from there. Both have saved thousands in commuting costs and business clothing. In Canadian cities and towns across Canada many are now working from home attending to the lockdown orders from provincial […]
This deserves an annual reprise. The yellow darlings popped out along every south facing wall in town a couple weeks back. I always picked a bouquet of the first ones for my late wife Norma, the Pearl of the Orient. It is a fond memory. So, it’s that time of […]
I am a curling fan. Always have been. The only thing I watch on television is curling and the rest of the year the television sits idle, and I occasionally wipe the dust off it. I used to watch tennis, and if I am being honest, I do sneak a […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin Correspondent
Devlin Correspondent
The 2020 Senior Of The Year is Arlene Rea. Every year our municipality asks for residents to put in their choice of a senior they feel contributes to rural area. Before Covid, Arlene served lunches at the Emo Hospital Cafeteria for people that live in the Golden Age Manor apartments, […]
Last week they opened the Covid Shot booking to 50 + and I am booked! Though I had a bit of a wait to get through the person on the other end of the line was extremely friendly and helpful. I made it a point to tell them him how […]
