Christmas is in the rearview mirror; just about out of sight now. Last week I was packing up and heading home from Vancouver—from a city that boasts about its moderate temperatures and claims winter doesn’t happen. I was seriously misled. The sidewalks were covered in thick ice, with ruts and […]
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Every day that I wake up, I always give a quick thought to how lucky I am to be able to be my own boss and make my living through all of the different fishing and outdoor activities I participate in. Over the last few years, I’ve been able to […]
If your wallet feels a little bit lighter in the New Year, it’s not a figment of your imagination. Your wallet will have been picked by the Liberal government of Premier Kathleen Wynne. In her haste to make Ontario “green,” the only greening that’s taking place is all the extra […]
To paraphrase the well-known Anglo-Saxon saying in a more culturally-accurate way, the Creator is believed to not give the Ojibwe people any more than He believes each one can handle. If so, He must believe Nancy Indian and her family to possess the strength of Nanabush himself for what they’ve […]
We were discussing good manners the other day, my daughters and me, and the conversation circled around the importance of learning to extend respectful kindness to those we encounter in a day. We have made it more of a challenge for our wee ones these days to whom we instruct, […]
Happy New Year to everyone! It looks like we are starting it off with snow. I do recall someone telling me that the Farmer’s Almanac was calling for a “real old-fashioned winter” (i.e., lots of snow and some cold days). I guess the snow will make all the snowmobilers, skiers, […]
’Tis the Christmas season and the time to look to the New Year. I often have made fun of our politicians, who toil on our behalf, with their Christmas “wish” lists and their resolutions for the New Year. So, too, this year, though not so much with the Christmas wish […]
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Pastor Sean Ward
Pastor Sean Ward
In July of this year, in a speech by U.S. Congressman Trey Gowdy to the students of Liberty University, Gowdy shared two questions he posed to those employed at his office. The first question was which do you value more: truth or freedom? Everyone present answered they valued freedom more […]
The days leading up to the New Year can be considered the days of good intentions, but it seems I squeeze in as many poor eating choices as I can manage before the calendar turns over. At some point during the pre-holiday preparation I seem to give up. “Why fight […]
After our first good cold snap of the winter a couple weeks ago, lakes across Northwestern Ontario finally are frozen after an unseasonably warm fall. For those of us who enjoy ice-fishing, a new season is now upon us. Ice conditions early in the season can be tougher to predict […]
Many of you still will be celebrating and visiting, and perhaps because of the weather, some celebrations will be extended! Although the weather didn’t co-operate, we certainly can feel lucky because it sounds like places around us were hit harder. If your visit was extended because of the weather, enjoy […]
In 1992, a shipping container fell overboard on its way from China to the United States, releasing 29,000 rubber ducks into the Pacific Ocean. Ten months later, the first of these rubber ducks washed ashore on the Alaskan coast. Since then, these ducks have been found in Hawaii, South America, […]
