My Grandpa Stewart took me on adventures, before I was old enough for school and while my father was busy clearing land and though it seems in my memory as if there were only a few such adventures, the importance is found in the details. Frank Ezra Stewart, his middle […]
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As many of you know last month I lost Norma, my Pearl of the Orient, the love of my life. Norma was also the inspiration for many a Squirrel Pie tale. Norma claimed she hated me chronicling her madcap escapades, but then would turn around and do something just as […]
In only one week, most of the leaves have fallen to the forest floor. The bright yellows, oranges and reds have again disappeared from our landscapes. The sun does not arrive above the horizon until almost eight in the morning and disappears shortly after 6:30 in the evening. We are […]
Another Monday after a cattle sale! And to top it off I took Friday off, so I am really rushing around trying to get on track. We survived another cattle sale – and of course it decided to turn into winter for us! Thankfully Saturday we didn’t get any precipitation […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The Dance Community Hall may be coming back to life. If volunteers have anything to do with it, this will happen with a large amount of changes being done to the Hall. This Hall was once a vital part of the Dance Township, and if things go as planned the […]
Over the past eight years that I have made my living as a professional bass tournament competitor, I have fished back-to-back events several times. I like it because most of the venues that we fish are so far from home for me, so knocking off two events in one trip […]
Don’t you just love the autumn harvest? The feeling of a crisp breeze in the air, the sound and sight of rustling leaves in a rainbow of colours, and a plentiful array of gourds, squash, and pumpkins available at the produce counter. Pumpkins are obviously one of the more popular […]
The Hudson’s Bay store in Downtown Winnipeg is closing soon. I heard the announcement today (October 4) on CBC Radio while I was driving, and I gasped. I didn’t gasp because the Hudson’s Bay Company is in financial difficulties, as many companies are in financial difficulties during this pandemic, the […]
As I write this, it is Thanksgiving Day. For Canadians it is much different than previous Thanksgivings. For Marnie and myself, we are in Calgary celebrating our granddaughter’s first birthday, which coincides with the Thanksgiving long weekend. For most families across Canada, the traditional gatherings of families and friends around […]
I hope everyone was able to enjoy a great Thanksgiving weekend – with or without turkey. I was fortunate to be able to celebrate with a few friends on Saturday night (with a ton of laughs and teasing) and again on Sunday night with my family. I know I have […]
Now that you know what you can plant for a xeriscaped (drought tolerant) garden it is time to prepare the garden. Here are the seven principles that xeriscaping is based on and can easily be adapted to any type of garden. Planning and Design Planning is key, as you […]
Heading into this last stretch of the Bassmaster Elite Series season where we have four events over a six week period I will admit that I was a little bit nervous about my chances of success. We knew the fishing was going to be tough at these tournaments, it’s just […]
