I’m trying hard to embrace the idea of minimalism. Actually, I’ve been trying since before they had a word for it but it is hard not to acquire a lot of “stuff,” especially in the kitchen. I’m a sucker for anything lime green, as if a lime green paring knife […]
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Here we are the middle of October and it’s a cattle sale week. I am crossing my fingers for a better week! “Roxee” is doing OK but we made a trip to the vet on Monday because the top of the bandage was slipping. I think she is more upset […]
Two American anglers had quite the scare last week when they went missing for three days on Lake of the Woods during the first snowfall of the season. It’s unclear exactly how the father and son ended up some 50 km up the lake from where they were staying at […]
My thumbs hurt. I hate to complain but they hurt, almost all the time, and I think if I ate more green vegetables, they would hurt less. And though that seems an easy enough remedy to incorporate into my daily schedule, I don’t seem able to master the excessive use […]
The Northern Policy Institute recently released a paper entitled “Exploring the Need for a Northern Newcomer Strategy.” It may have come to many as a shock but having watched census databases over the past two decades of the numbers and the reduction of population in the Rainy River District, it […]
One of the candidates at last Tuesday night’s forum made a statement that what is good in the district is good for Fort Frances. All too often we forget the value that district businesses contribute not only to the economy of the host community but also to the economy of […]
The bass tournament season in Northwestern Ontario wrapped up over the weekend with the last few tournaments of 2018. While the weather was not great, it’s a long winter for those of us who enjoy chasing bass and competing in tournaments, so we get in all of the events we […]
I hope everyone was able to enjoy a nice long weekend. The weather wasn’t so great but otherwise I was feeling like we all had a lot to be thankful for. I tried to tackle a wee bit of housework but spent most of my time getting equipment put away […]
I like to think I would have made a good pioneer. There is a caveat, though (isn’t there always). I would have made a good pioneer who had access to a deep freeze. That may disqualify my presumption. I like processing food from my garden. I blanche and freeze bags […]
Will we make the selling of cannabis (a.k.a. marijuana or pot) legal in Fort Frances? Beginning on Oct. 17, Ontario residents aged 19 and over will be able to purchase cannabis online across the province and then in retail outlets beginning in April. Municipalities have until Jan. 22, 2019 to […]
Well, Oct. 1 is here but I think it feels more like Nov. 1. We really need some sunshine–like a whole month or two of it. I just can’t believe how quickly things went to heck. I think we all were expecting the miserable weather to come and go but […]
Loraine and I have decided to paddle to Finland. Now, we aren’t just willy-nilly with our plans–coming up with some hair-brained idea without careful planning. We want to see Finland’s outdoor glass sculptures that look like they are living beings; flames of glass seemingly growing out of the marsh and […]
