With all of the cold weather that we’ve had over the past few weeks, I don’t think I could have picked a better week to get out of Northwestern Ontario and head south to Florida to get the 2018 FLW Tour started. My good friend from Kenora, Jamie Bruce, jumped […]
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Have you ever sat in a restaurant or airport and watched people sitting next to each other texting on their phones. It is something that is becoming more common every day, as new studies confirm. The latest studies have discovered that a group sitting around a table would much rather […]
Air travel makes travellers sick. If my personal health were used in support of this thesis, it would be irrefutably proven. I can’t remember a flight I have taken where I didn’t get sick and my recent all-night marathon from Dawson City was no exception. I was struck down with […]
Recently, I wrote a story about using tip-ups for ice fishing for one of the Sunset Country Travel Association’s websites. It was a story aimed at anglers visiting to our region and how they should consider bringing along a few tip-ups on their ice-fishing trips. Tip-ups basically are an evolution […]
The GPS said in 659 km, turn left off Trans-Canada Highway. You hardly can go wrong travelling from Regina to Calgary on a bitterly cold day just before Christmas. Just as everywhere, CBC Radio was describing how cold it was outside. Having left the Fort a day earlier, Marnie and […]
With 2017 now behind us, I would like to use this opportunity to reflect on the highlights of the past year. As of October, I’ve had the privilege of serving as MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River for two years. It has been an amazing experience advocating for our region in […]
When most of us think about going on a fishing trip, it usually means stepping out the door, driving to the boat ramp down the road, and heading out for the day. Right across Northwestern Ontario, we are blessed with some many great bodies of water that offer some of […]
Here is hoping everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We did, although it just seemed to fly right on by! I told my boyfriend/partner that I wish I could slow it down and enjoy it a bit longer. He thinks I’m crazy. Maybe it’s because I frantically was trying to get […]
Can I change? Can any of us change? Carol Dweck says we can, and I’m inclined to agree with her after reading her thoughts on “Growth Mindset.” Her work is changing how we teach children and how they learn, but its principles can be applied to any of us, school […]
When I was a youngster, I had quite an appetite for absorbing as much fishing information as I could. My Grandpa used to have subscriptions to a few different fishing magazines, so I always was excited about trips over to his place in case he might have a new issue […]
When these words find their way into the Fort Frances Times on Dec. 27, I will be departing Dawson City. Like so many before me, we come in search of gold in its many forms. Many courageous and tenacious people set off to find adventure in Dawson City. In 1898, […]
Who should get a stocking with a single potato or a lump of coal this year? There was a pervasive belief in the 19th century that if you were poor, it was because you or your ancestors did bad things. God was punishing you. If you live in the United […]
