As a professional angler, part of my gig is to promote the products that my sponsors create. I try to share my fishing knowledge and experience as to how it is related to these different products, for everything from lures to rods and reels to clothing and electronics. I try […]
Columnists
Eating is a celebration of the senses. All five of them in fact: taste, smell, sight, touch, and sound. Keeping this in mind, there could be an argument in deciding as to which is the most important sense when it comes to eating. They all play significant roles in the […]
‘Tis the season for blueberries. A neighbour of mine had a recent trip home to New Brunswick to visit her family and brought me back a large bowl of the wild blue delight, their sweet magic able to cure almost every malady. Wild blueberries seem like more work, more effort […]
Just as the morning radio and television anchors were crawling out of bed Monday, Canadians received news that a new opposition leader Erin O’Toole had been elected on the third ballot. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prorogued parliament on August 18 and the next session of parliament will not begin until […]
Marcus Powlowski, MP
COVID-19 has rapidly spread globally with over 20 million confirmed cases and over 750,000 deaths. It is widely accepted that control of the pandemic will not be possible until we have access to a vaccine, the development of which – as we are all too aware – will take time. […]
Earlier this month, cancer proved once again it does not act with discrimination. It will attack you and weaken you and, in far too many cases, take your life and not care who you are or what you accomplished. Cancer will pick on the poor as much as the rich, […]
We got our combine back last week and started right into harvesting. We were lucky to have a young helper for a day last week. Levi was visiting his grandma and grandpa and he has strong interest in farming and growing. We enjoyed him so much and his knowledge was […]
The year 2020 has had many new gardeners emerge. I hope they have been bit by the joy of gardening and continue on again next year. Many gardeners are often confused between the terms, annuals and perennials and understanding which plants belong in each category. The classification of plants is […]
One thing about fishing is you don’t catch fish every time you go out. They have the ability to move wherever they want and simply not bite if they aren’t in the mood. Even the best anglers will have days where they struggle to catch fish. That part of the […]
Robin McCormick
A downburst, also known as a windburst, hit the home of Allan McTavish and Lorraine Gosselin back on August 9. A downburst is a strong ground level wind system that emanates from a point source above, and blows radically in straight lines in all directions, from the point it contacts […]
For many of us, meat is an important part of our daily diet. Whether it be beef, lamb, pork or chicken, it is important to know the basics of creating the most flavour possible.Marinades seem to be first and foremost in people’s minds when it comes to creating flavour in […]
I am a bit on the grumpy side today, as if grumpy came with the t-shirt I pulled over my head this morning while getting dressed or from the kink in my hair from having fallen asleep last night while my hair was still wet. It doesn’t happen often, the […]
