I often have wondered how two people fall in love and continue to build on that love through their lifetimes. I remember, in my courting days, heading to the florist on Valentine’s Day to pick up a bouquet of roses and stopping by the drug store for a box of […]
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On Jan. 19, I visited Pikangikum First Nation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Kenora MP Bob Nault, and Indigenous Services minister Jane Philpott. This was the first time a sitting prime minister had visited NAN Territory, and I was honoured to be there alongside […]
After a couple of weeks in Florida, all this cold weather over the past week since I returned home has been kind of rough of me! As someone who loves to go fishing, anywhere, anytime, even I’ll admit that the thought of heading out in windy, minus-25 degree weather is […]
Everyone from southern Ontario is asking me how the winter here is going. They’re concerned because their temperatures have been fluctuating from minus-20 to plus-10 C. I replied that I’m concerned since we keep hearing this is the last of the cold snap but it is back down to minus-40. […]
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” –Maya Angelou The topic of loneliness is on the airwaves these days. Perhaps winter is when we become more acutely aware of the affects of loneliness. CBC’s “Cross-Country Check-Up” recently discussed […]
The province of Ontario is in turmoil with the coming election. The Progressive Conservatives have lost their leader and today are being led by interim leader Vic Fedeli. But prior to the June 7 election date, the party intends to hold a leadership vote–pulling in 200,000 members of the party […]
The 2018 FLW Tour season kicked off this past weekend on Lake Okeechobee in south Florida. The full field of 187 anglers fished the first two days before it was cut to the top 30 on Day 3 and then the top 10 for Day 4. Over the course of […]
We pretty much have whipped through the first month of 2018 and it sounds like we have some colder temperatures in store for us again. I have my cows all moved into the calving area now and my barn is close to being ready. I just have to get the […]
Many times (perhaps most times) when I listen to the infinite struggles that are reported on any given day, I can’t help wondering what is it that I can do? I mostly shrug my shoulders and feel powerless. I recycle with great enthusiasm and I feel noble having very little […]
Newspapers across Canada and the United States are evaluating their future. The Fort Frances Times, along with the Daily Bulletin, is no different. In southern Ontario, 40 newspapers ceased publishing in December. Across Canada, almost 75 weekly newspapers closed their doors in 2017. An additional 100 have gone from publishing […]
I know we all are enjoying our winter warm-up, including myself, but it does cause me some stress. Cows enjoy it, too, but they tend to enjoy it too much and I worry about them getting on their back. They are eight months’ pregnant, the snow melts underneath them, and […]
I’m trying very hard to recover from the ‘flu that I’ve had since Dec. 28. I’m just barely clinging to a sense of humour as I continue to cough up a lung, sleepless night after sleepless night, while I lie in bed feeling as though I am the only one […]
