I can’t imagine what it’s like to live in the city of Houston these days. Following Hurricane Harvey, the citizens of that U.S. city and the 50 surrounding counties are facing torrential rain that was more than double the annual rainfall there. Some places already had exceeded more than 30 […]
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Following the success of last year’s Constituency Youth Council, I’m excited to announce the CYC 2017/2018 applications are now open! If you are aged 16-25 and would like to get involved, visit my website and fill out the online application before Sept. 30. The purpose of this youth advisory council […]
I know I mentioned it may take me a few columns to get everyone caught up on the Emo Fair news and I guess because of the cattle sale last weekend, I may have overlooked it. That and the fact that, of course, there are people who have some misunderstandings. […]
I leave for the Yukon today (Sept. 6). For the next four months, I will call Pierre Berton’s childhood home my home–an honour and privilege that still surprises me. I think part of me believed this wasn’t really happening, but that it was all an imagined dream. But I’ve received […]
The onset of fall means cooler temperatures, changing leaves, and, yes, the stirring from its eight-month slumber of NFL football. It will be the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots (those are painful words to say) and the Kansas City Chiefs squaring off tomorrow night to begin another five months […]
The 13th-annual International Falls Bass Championship took place over the weekend on Rainy Lake and the Rainy River. My good friend, Scott Dingwall, and I have fished the tournament together since its inception in 2005 and have had some great tournaments over the years, including a few first-place finishes. But […]
There are now windrows of golden oats ready to be combined in fields west of Fort Frances while fields of golden barley are ready to harvested. I’ve driven by these fields almost every week for a year now and watched how the earth has turned to vibrant green, canola has […]
I’m sure hoping that summer returns soon. Like we always say: “Once the Emo Fair is over, fall returns!” And that certainly held true this year. It was a chilly week and I even had to break down and wear some long pants. Fortunately, it sounds like this week will […]
It’s a very hot day. I’m hot–but not in the way one would like to be hot. I think it is the hottest day yet this year. This kind of day zaps any evidence of ambition that may have been dwelling in my cells and grinds said enthusiasm to dust. […]
It was a quieter week in the neighborhood for me this past week following the week of the KBI, but I still managed to get out in the boat for a few days to do some guide trips I had booked. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve spent a […]
My mother moved from her home and has told her children to deal with her belongings. I don’t think we realized how much stuff my father and she had accumulated in their lifetime. For instance, we discovered she had kept every report card for every year the three of us […]
The Monday after the Emo Fair just might be one of the craziest days of all. I hadn’t decided if I was coming or going. The worst part is we are tying up the fair but it also is the beginning of cattle sale week. 2017 should go down as […]
