I still remember the first time I tried roasted chestnuts. It was on a cold winter afternoon while strolling past all of the decorative lights and stores on Robson Street in Vancouver. We came across a street vendor selling these heated little goodies and decided to give them a try. […]
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I had to clean my eavestrough the other day in readiness for winter, that tiresome relative we are obligated to invite over, a refreshing visiter but who always stays too long. I was fairly certain the eavestroughs were full to the brim, with leaves and pinecones and pine needles. My […]
Undoubtedly you noticed the strange creatures skulking around the bus stations and airports over Thanksgiving- those wasted looking souls with the strange haunted looks. Not vagrants or terrorists, they’re just first Year University and College students returning home for a substantial home cooked meal. “I ate the last of the […]
Henry Miller
RRVFN past-president
RRVFN past-president
RRVFN managed to participate in many activities during 2020 in spite of Covid 19. It wasn’t a problem to practice physical distancing as the activities were outdoors and in some cases, were performed by a minimum of individuals. A snapshot of the club’s activities follows with the details of our […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The Remembrance Day services will be different this year due to COVID, but the importance of honouring veterans remains the same. There will be Cenotaph services in Emo at 11 a.m Devlin Cenotaph at 11:30 a.m. Barwick Cenotaph at 12:00p.m. and Stratton Cenotaph at 12:30 p.m. Please be advised that […]
When we were growing up, Christmas was heralded by the arrival of the Sears Wish Book and the Easton’s Christmas catalogue. Every Christmas dream began there. Both catalogues are now long gone, and children are now tempted by television commercials and Facebook posts. Before the lockdown, social distancing and other […]
November has arrived and it sounds like we are in for some decent weather. Although we will all welcome some nice warm, sunny days, it will most likely make quite a mess on the roads and in the barn yard. Things have frozen up nicely in most places and it […]
The Prairie Garden Committee is excited to announce that they are now taking pre-orders, just in time for the holiday season, for the latest Prairie Garden book! The 2021, 82nd annual edition, entitled, “Flowering Shrubs – with a special feature on roses”, is scheduled for release in early November. Reserve […]
The final event of the Bassmaster Elite Series season is set to take place this week at Lake Fork, Texas, one of the top big bass lakes in the World. After a season that featured several cancelled and rescheduled events, we can finally see the light at the end of […]
Although gardening doesn’t need a lot of fancy equipment, having some proper tools can make all the difference in the making the job easier and more efficient. I have listed some of the best garden tools that I have invested in over the years. For watering chores I use the […]
I try very hard these days to search for stories that lift my spirits, some days my quest isn’t an easy one. The news feed on my cell phone seems to have little to report other than the madness of the “great pumpkin” to the south of us. I can […]
At the Bakery in Rainy River there was quite a collection of long gloomy faces gathered at a social distance around the debating table. There was some sniffling, but it wasn’t a virus. It was tears of sadness at the passing of summer. Snowflakes were drifting down out on the […]
