We hauled all our cows home on Saturday, and preg-checked and weighed all our calves. I knew I had two open cows but we ended up with five. I was a bit disappointed in that but not much you can do about it, either. The hardest part for me is […]
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Helen Audrey Stewart was born on Jan. 31, 1922 in Fort Frances, Ont. and left us Sept. 14, 2017 in Alaska with two of three sons by her side. She was an outdoors woman, as comfortable hunting and fishing with her sons and husband as she was serving tea. She […]
While the weather was not awesome for fishing this past weekend, many anglers hit the water anyway to compete in a couple of area tournaments. The way we look at it, it’s a long winter so we’re trying to enjoy every bit of fishing we can before the end of […]
It had been several years since I last fished at Crow Lake. So when my girlfriend and I made plans to fish in the annual Crow Lake Classic bass tournament this past weekend, we didn’t have really high expectations. It also would be Shelby’s first bass tournament so the first […]
Life can be full of surprises. Sometimes we learn a little bit of family history from the items we acquire. My grandparents moved from Hudson, Ont. to Neepawa Man. as my grandfather took up a new position with the Canadian National Railway in 1952. They moved from a small two-bedroom […]
I have been plugging away for a while now to promote and encourage people to see the potential Rainy River District has in agriculture. We have some really great producers here yet we often are overlooked. I am very pleased the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is coming to visit us on […]
I made it to Dawson City. I don’t know if you are aware, but this is a very large country. Did you know this? It takes a great deal of time and patience, with some chanting and meditation and deep breathing and assuring yourself that you will survive another three […]
Sometimes you fail to understand what a wonderful place we live in. Watching the devastation from the two hurricanes that struck the southern United States, we can appreciate the fact that the extreme weather condition we might encounter would be a metre of snow overnight. It will seem nasty but […]
The 22nd-annual “Bassin’ For Bucks” tournament took place over weekend on Lake of the Woods out of Sioux Narrows. The tournament, which has become a favourite of many local anglers, as well as visitors to Sunset Country, attracted another full field of 120 teams. “Bassin’ For Bucks” is a great […]
What a weekend! “Layin’ Pipe in the Fight” held Saturday was incredibly successful! Brielmann Ag, Tait Brothers Contracting, and Prinsco Canada, along with many other donations, saw $19,350 raised for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation! The conditions were perfect for installing the special pink-coloured tile, as well as having a […]
I am a rule follower. I struggle to go in the “out” door. Jaywalking is a challenge. Rebellion wasn’t hard-wired into my genes. I’m not sure that is a positive attribute–despite the ease for my parents during my teenage years. I think I can blame my father. His brand of […]
While the first official day of fall still is a couple weeks away, September marks the end of summer and the start of fall for most of us. The daylight starts to look different than it did just weeks earlier, the nights are starting to really cool down, and the […]
