It is my father’s birthday today (Nov. 29). I loved that we shared the same day number for our birthdays, as though that made our connection greater; that only he and I could understand. I miss him and I think of him every single day. I wish we could sit […]
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At this time of year, it is quite common for me to get messages from friends and their significant others as they begin their Christmas shopping campaign. Usually I wait until a week or two before Christmas to write this column, but since I started getting a few of these […]
Last week I was lucky enough to get an up close and personal tour of New Gold. I have to be honest with you-I had mixed feelings when I saw it all. I barely could grasp the landscape change. Places that once had friends living or cattle grazing no longer […]
When I first began selling advertising at the newspaper in the early 1970s, the Christmas selling season did not begin until the day after Remembrance Day. On Remembrance Day, the stores all were closed and the staffs attended the service at the cenotaph. In the afternoon, they returned to the […]
So many difficult stories flood the news today and many of them threaten our sense of well-being, or at the very least muddle our perception of who we are as members of a community, as Canadians. As with most ostriches, I turn the television off and cringe and hope things […]
As somebody who makes their living in the fishing business, I try to stay on top of all of the tools and gear that can help me put an extra fish or two in the boat. In a tournament situation or on a guiding trip, one or two extra bites […]
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture once again hosted a successful “Ag Day” on Saturday at the Emo Legion! It’s a tough time of the year to get everyone out, with winter hitting us quickly and many jobs still left to do. But there was a great agenda and for […]
Back in 1992, 1,700 scientists from around the world issued a dire warning to humanity. They said humans had pushed the world’s ecosystem to a breaking point that would bring about colossal climate change. The warning noted that air and water pollution, the collapse of world fisheries, and the loss […]
For all of you worried about the corn here at the Emo Agricultural Research Station, there still are plans to get it harvested! We don’t have the equipment to work on the corn so we are waiting on one of our farmers to come in. It isn’t uncommon to see […]
I came all the way from Wolfville, N.S. to Dawson City, Yukon, travelled the 7,392 km, to hear the extraordinary music of Beòlach, a multi-talented group performing the magic of Cape Breton music. I didn’t come all that way just for the music, of course. But had that been the […]
Back in the early 2000s, Northwestern Ontario emerged as one of the top deer-hunting destinations in North America. At the north end of the whitetail deer range, several favourable factors contributed to an explosion in the deer population. Multiple winters without major snow, low hunting pressure, and a surplus of […]
Five years ago, I purchased winter tires with studs on them for the first time in my life. Up until then, I had relied on all-weather tires for all four seasons. I came to realize how good those winter tires were in the first storm of the year in Winnipeg. […]
