While I understand the healthy deer population in our city centres across Northwestern Ontario drives everybody nuts, especially who want to have a garden or grow flowers, it really isn’t an indication of the deer numbers outside of town, where deer took a massive hit following tough winters in 2013 […]
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In today’s paper, we are telling the story of two men who left the district to join the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Navy. Both returned to Fort Frances, raised families, and seldom ever told the stories of their lives in the Second World War. Stan Ward […]
I heard the expression on the radio recently that we “sanitize” the lives of our children. It’s true that memories of our own childhood sometimes get roughed up a bit with literary licence when we compare our stats with “kids today.” As the distance from our childhood lengthens, the difficulties […]
I just turned 56 years old. Where has the time gone? Where have I been all my life? How did I get here? Just like the song “7 Years” by Lucas Graham, I turned around and I was 10, chasing after crayfish shells along the creek and reading fairy tales […]
As someone who enjoys participating in just about any outdoor activity you can come up with, waterfowl hunting is one I absolutely love doing but don’t have a ton of experience with. The thing I like most about it is that it’s more social than other types of hunting because […]
November–who would have thought this! This weather is simply amazing. But then you have the people who just have to tell you,“We will pay for this” or “This will be added on to the spring!” Let’s just be positive, enjoy it, and hope it is just as nice on the […]
I’ve been away. I’d love to say it was because I was in the places of my heart—hiking the Pacific Coast trail or the magnificent mountain territory of Wyoming, or along a highway under the clear blue skies of Iceland. Nope. Alas, those destinations remain in my shoebox full of […]
I searched my computer Monday morning with the term “Clinton” to discover how many items on my hard drive included that word. My computer had 290 e-mails, stories, etc. with the word Clinton included in the copy or title. After it was announced Friday about more than 600,000 e-mails being […]
I got my hair cut last week. I’m well aware that this fact is of little or no importance to you but it got me thinking (as things tend to do). For instance, I always go to my appointments such as the doctor, the dentist, and the hairdresser armed with […]
The Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op was here presenting how it could allow all of us to access more local food and even other items. I hope some of you were able to attend one of their sessions. If not, it works like this: items that are for sale are listed […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Oct. 19 marked one full year that I have had the honour and privilege of representing the people of Thunder Bay-Rainy River in Parliament. I am proud of the “Real Change” that this government has made in its first year. With the introduction of a better-targeted child benefit, about 300,000 […]
What is hairy, unattractive, and available in almost every major grocery store’s produce section? No, it’s not an unshaven produce manager with “bed head.” They are coconuts. Most consumers tend to buy coconuts dried or canned instead of fresh. After all, who wouldn’t be somewhat afraid of this intimidating, seemingly […]
