Growing up, fishing has always been the activity that I have been most interested in since I was six or seven years old. I was fortunate that my family had a camp out on Lake of the Woods, in Echo Bay, on the west end of the lake. The camp […]
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As you may have heard, Gerry Allan “caught” the ace of spades during Friday night’s weekly draw at the Emo Legion and went home with roughly $16,400! Gerry selected envelope # 8 and that is where the ace of spades was hiding for all these weeks. Although we are happy […]
Yesterday was the official first day of spring but signs of spring have been everywhere. Back on March 14, one could see slush holes opening up on the Rainy River in front of the main street in Emo. By Thursday afternoon from that same street view, the river was open […]
I remember Saturday morning cartoons with great fondness. I know we “older generation” types can be nostalgic fools, none more so than me, and our traditions and habits tend to outshine those of the generations following when we set about engaging in comparison duels and usually, not always but often, […]
Since I returned home to Canada last week after a few weeks of bass fishing in the southern U.S., I wasted little time before getting on the Sunset Country ice to catch some fish. Before I left on this last trip, I had booked several guide trips for ice-fishing over […]
Well, Monday was my official first day back at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) though I am out of town most of the week so you won’t likely catch me there until next week. Still, seed already has been coming in–which is likely the earliest I have ever seen […]
One might expect that a candidate who has the majority of votes, and wins the majority of ridings, in an Ontario provincial leadership election would become the party leader. However, this was not what unfolded Saturday when Doug Ford was crowned the provincial Progressive Conservative leader. The difference was in […]
Not sure about the rest of you but I am not a huge fan of the time change. I thought at one time it was mentioned we were going to just leave the time alone-and I vote for that. I do enjoy our long sunny days and evenings but now […]
There are days, many days, when I feel afraid; where my breath comes in gasps at times and my stomach confirms my fear. There are many things to be afraid of on a national level and an international level, and even within our own communities where, for example, racism still […]
Fishing is a pretty humbling sport. One day you can do no wrong, catching fish is easy. But the next day, everything can change, leaving you wondering if there are any fish in the lake. This challenge is part of the appeal to fishing, I think. If it always was […]
Spring is coming. On Sunday at 2 a.m., we will set our clocks ahead one hour. That will mean more light in the evening but for several weeks it will be a little dark when I head off to work in the morning. You can again feel the heat in […]
It is sounding like we are quite fortunate that we missed some of the heavy snow that many received around us over the weekend. Normally I would complain about this wind but truthfully I’m not going to because we will take the wind minus the snow. It is great that […]
