There hasn’t been many columns that I haven’t started off with my view on the weather. And once again, this weather is terrible. I planned to move my cattle into the calving yard but it is a giant swimming hole right now. I don’t believe this weather is healthy for […]
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I listened to an oral essay the other day on the purpose of illness, and if not the purpose, then the positive by-product thereof. We learn valuable lessons from our discomfort of illness, and as our body coughs and wheezes and suffers with fever, it is telling us something and […]
When people think ice-fishing in January, lake trout come to mind first for many of the serious anglers out there. Sure, we all get out and catch walleye, crappie, and whitefish in January, but the lake trout season opens annually on Jan. 1 and we have more great lake trout […]
I have the ’flu. It seems very single time I fly, I get sick, so I’d like to blame those people carrying germs with whom I was locked into the cabin of a Boeing 737 and those who followed me around in various airports for the 18 hours it took […]
I’ve believed it for years and years. I am exactly where I am supposed to be. I believe in the words of the “Desiderata”—created in 1927—and I carry it with me always. I most especially believe in the part that says: “Whether or not it is clear to you, no […]
It looks as though we are going to have a nice week of weather. I am hoping the current forecast of rain for Saturday is wrong, but I’m certain things will change by then. It will be a great week to take down my Christmas lights. But from the stuff […]
When the Fort Frances Times initiated voicemail, we believed it was really important for a caller to speak to a real person when phoning the newspaper. We still believe that, but we do have a voicemail system so that calls after hours, or when a person is away from their […]
Back in May, 2012, I’d had enough of cult television and cancelled my satellite subscription, leaving me with only “Netflix” movies. I lived in that bubble until just before this past Christmas, when I decided to re-engage with the “media-ogre” world. I’d had four years of commercial-free living—save for the […]
Last week, it was mentioned on the radio that we had a record amount of snowfall for the month of December in the Kenora area. That was before the big dump we got just after New Year’s, so we certainly are experiencing a real Canadian winter thus far because we’re […]
I sometimes wonder where computers will lead us in the future. I watched in amazement Sunday morning as several manufacturers showed off their reality systems. What might it be like in a classroom where a teacher takes a whole class through a safari in Kenya? Within the safari, they could […]
It’s the second week of January and we already are starting to see a small change in our daylight hours! Yay! That is what I find the most difficult about winter–the dark being so long. We certainly saw a lot of snow last week and it took two days to […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
As we embark on a new year, it’s important to take time to focus on what the future holds for our communities in the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding and our country as a whole. When we consider the future, our youth always must be a priority as they will inherit […]
