February is supposed to a short month but with these extreme temperatures it is seeming rather long. I believe we have hit the two-week mark for cold weather, and I don’t remember seeing -40 on my thermometer so many times in a row. To say it has been challenging for […]
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The 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series season kicked off over the weekend and for the third year in a row the season started at the St. John’s River in Florida. When the schedule for 2021 was released back in the fall and it was announced that we were going back to […]
Have you ever noticed that our food does not have the same flavour intensity as it did around a decade ago? Food today does not seem to have that taste bud popping flavour that we remember. The reason is that much of our food has been engineered and hybridized to […]
During every trip to the supermarket we must make choices between the price, health, and convenience aspects of the foods we buy. Most people tend to believe that fresh is always the best option, and in many cases it is, but what about frozen vegetables? Are they just as nutritious […]
I recently read a list of accomplishments that a graduate of the University of Guelph provided to his fellow alumni in a response to an upcoming 50th reunion. I only got to the second or third bullet point before I abandoned the list and quit reading. I wasn’t sure which […]
I just knew it had to be good for you! How could anything that feels so right be bad? I am of course talking about breaking wind or scientifically flatulence. That’s right, a fart. Don’t believe me? Google it! Google wouldn’t lie to you, would they? The health benefits of […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
This Monday (Feb 15) is Family Day, which is a holiday for many people. Although Covid restrictions are in place here’s hoping you get to enjoy the day off and spend time with people in your bubble. Hopefully next year’s Family Day will be better. A thank you goes out […]
Over the weekend I read an interesting opinion piece by Patrick Smith in the New York Times. He is a singer, songwriter and has worked in the oil fields of North Dakota. His opinion piece forced me to rethink my view of pipelines and the rush to clean energy. I […]
Did we not all say, “we are going to pay for this nice weather!” And we are. It was -40 checking cows all night and that was without the wind. Every year it seems the weather is shifting. To me, this should be January weather. Looks like we are into […]
After the shortest offseason that I’ve experienced in my tournament fishing career, the 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series season starts this week at the St. John’s River in Florida. The 2020 season wrapped up in early November in Texas so it was a quick turnaround to get ready for the new […]
I overheard a piece of a conversation the other day with one person asking another for their favourite food or favourite movie, I can’t remember which. I wasn’t really listening, but the word favourite caught my attention and it got me thinking. Many conversation starters when getting to know someone […]
Hurray! It’s Groundhog Day! But what does that mean? Supposedly if the Groundhog sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. If not, only two more weeks. Either way, here in the north we are winners. Only two weeks? Unbelievable! Only six more weeks? What a stroke of […]
