This past Monday my hometown, Rainy River, Ontario, lost one of its Grandma’s… mine… While the first several decades of her life she lived elsewhere, the past two (or so) she called Rainy River home. But unlike others, she was not known by her actual surname…. Between this column and […]
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I watched the movie “The Post” on Saturday night with my wife. It is the remarkable story of Catherine Graham, who was the owner of the family owned “Washington Post” that she inherited from her father. Her husband Phil had been the publisher, but his sudden death left her in […]
Nikita (Bernese Mountain Dog) finished #1 as Bernese Mountain Dog in Canada, for Rally Obedience. This was the second year in a row Nikita took this honour. She also finished in the number five spot for the “working group.” Nikita needs one more score and she will have her Masters […]
Since I started writing this column back in 2007 I have literally written hundreds of them. When Jim Cumming, then publisher of the Fort Frances Times, reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in doing it, he said I could write about whatever I wanted, outdoors […]
Happy new year! As of Jan. 1, I became the official Corporate Chef of BC Egg, the marketing board that represents BC Egg Farmers. I am proud to share my first official recipe for them with you: West Coast Cauliflower Kedgeree.“What is a Kedgeree?” you may be wondering. It is […]
This story has been told before in past columns, but as a kid growing up around Lake of the Woods there was not a chance that my Dad or his buddies would ever get caught dead with a perch on their stringer or in their bucket. The perception was that […]
Happy 2020 everyone! I hope that everyone rolled into the New Year with ease. I celebrated with my nieces and a friend. We snowmobiled, played some cards, crafted and drank A & W Root Beer out of wine glasses. We did make it until midnight – well, I am not […]
Our Christmas Decoration were packed up on Saturday. Most years, the decorations have been removed on New Year’s Day. We turned off the outdoor lights and suddenly Saturday night the yard seemed so much darker. The outdoor lights on homes remove the darkness of December as more lights are added […]
I was reading over the holidays about a Christmas tradition in Iceland and though we have packed away our decorations and memories for another year, I couldn’t help be fascinated and envious of Iceland’s idea. It is called Jolabokaflod, which means, to you and I, “Christmas book flood” or the […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The annual Betty Kellar Memorial cribbage and 500 card party will be held this Saturday, Jan. 11, beginning at 1 p.m. The cost is $15 per person and includes supper. People can register right up until the day of the tournament. Call the Emo Legion at 482-2250 to register. Hours […]
Wednesday marks a whole new year and a whole new decade. We leave the teens behind and will begin a new year and new decade with a clean slate. Of course, we will drag along unfinished business from 2019, but a new year and new decade may enable us to […]
Like I say every year – we spend so much time, planning, cleaning, organizing, shopping, cooking and eating and Christmas is over in a blink of an eye. If we could just slow down the time. I hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday no matter what! Really until now the […]
