For many of us who enjoy ice fishing there have been a bunch of great memories created on the ice over the Christmas holidays. While I was going through school, the two week Christmas break was always one of my favourite times of the year because it meant there would […]
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My children’s Christmas art work is up, the creations from their early childhood. Christmas lights are up. Nat and Bing are singing their versions of seasonal favourites to me. The snow comes and goes. The pileated woodpeckers are providing their background percussion as I walk. A deer bounds over the […]
I am counting on a less busy week this week. Last week was jammed pack with lots of running from concerts, to hockey, meetings, shopping and every spare hour putting up Christmas lights. I was preparing for a house party on Saturday night. I finally finished them on Friday and […]
I have just come in from my wood shop. It has been a very busy place this past two months and I am struggling to finish the last project to go under the tree. One gift was delivered on Saturday evening and I hope the person who received the gift […]
For the past 15 years or so, a group of friends and I have been heading north in Sunset Country for the last week of the moose hunting season that closes annually on Dec. 15. Typically it’s cold and the hunting is tough but we always have a good time […]
Someone said to me the other day that she wasn’t creative and wished she was. I thought about that for a minute and then a few days later I heard Lynda Barry, an American cartoonist and educator, speak on CBC Radio about our creativity. We all have creativity within us, […]
One of the most common reasons as to why one doesn’t cook from scratch more than they currently do is because of how long it takes to prepare ingredients for the meal. Whether it involves slicing, dicing, measuring, or simply getting ingredients out of the fridge and pantry; let’s face […]
Well, silly me is still working on putting up my outdoor lights. It looks like I might have some cold fingers this week. I haven’t even started anything inside my house, other than a project that my boyfriend/partner and Marlee tackled on Sunday. I do have a deadline of Saturday […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” was held Saturday at Cloverleaf Groceries in Emo, as well as at locations in Rainy River and Fort Frances. The event ran from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. And what a success it was! The “Cruiser” fundraiser, along with donations given at the “Holly Daze” parade, resulted […]
For over a decade, the staff at the newspaper has adopted a family for Christmas. A list is provided with the ages and genders of members of the family. A suggested list of groceries is s upplied including all the trimmings for a wonderful Christmas dinner and breakfasts for several […]
Back in July, my wife and my mother attended the Sioux Narrows Arts Festival, an annual event that attracts the top artists from around the region. After, they returned home they both mentioned that the highlight of all the cool stuff they saw were these handmade bowls and mugs with […]
We were hit by the first winter storm last week. It was a doozy or felt like it, but it was a mere sample of what is yet to come. I know Fort Frances is all too familiar with winter storms and I remember them well from my childhood, though […]
