Around coffee one morning at From the Grind Up, names began being tossed about as nominees for the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame. Larry and Jimmy Fontana threw out names that those under the age of 70 might have had only a fleeting memory of. I remembered stories told […]
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The lakes were still. The leaves of the trees were silent. The leaves were turning from red to orange to golden yellow. Silhouetted against the greens of the shores, the multi-coloured trees were awesome. The reflected images from the shores were mirrored in the water. Fall may be the most […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
We spent a significant amount of time in September engaging in lively conversations with citizens on the important topic of electoral reform. I was happy to host roundtables in both Thunder Bay and Fort Frances, where a number of residents came out to learn about the current electoral system and […]
Many of you will have seen the video of six-year-old Alex from New York on Facebook reading a letter he wrote to U.S. President Barack Obama about the boy in Syria. He asked President Obama to bring Omran Daqnees to Scarsdale so Alex can give Omran a home. In his […]
The 12th-annual Whitefish Bay Fall Classic bass tournament took place over the weekend in Sioux Narrows. In what is becoming a trend for our fall tournaments on Lake of the Woods, Winnipeg angler Ted Stewner once again found himself atop the leaderboard after the two-day event. Stewner, who usually fishes […]
We are all too prepared to accuse the provincial government—centered in Toronto—of not understanding Northwestern Ontario and investing in our communities. Some of those criticisms are warranted. Many are not. The province, for instance, has set an aggressive schedule rebuilding Ontario’s highways. Right across Rainy River District, we are experiencing […]
I watch people. I think I’ve always watched people. I look for clues in how they hold their hands, or repeatedly pull on a ball cap as if they are trying to keep their thoughts contained or massage an eyebrow to control a worry. I look for sad, for weary, […]
Under normal circumstances, plants take up nitrogen in the form of nitrate; it is converted to ammonia, which is incorporated into plant protein. Cattle convert the nitrate from plants to nitrite, which, in turn, is converted to ammonia and used by microbes in the rumen to make protein. However, with […]
Well, I’m hoping the sun will return again! I think we all enjoyed it much more than these dark wet days. We have surpassed normal rainfall amounts for September so I’m hoping that means October will be drier. I certainly need the sunshine to return in order to complete our […]
This past weekend was a busy one across Sunset Country for anglers competing in fishing tournaments as four were taking place. LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Rainy Lake hosted a one-day bass tournament on Saturday, and there was a two-day musky tournament in Nestor Falls, a two-day bass tournament at […]
I checked the weather forecast Monday morning–in hopes of a warm, dry week–and it looks like we will have decent temperatures until the weekend. So enjoy this week and spend as much time as possible out in the sun. Nice days in the fall seem hard to beat. I’m hoping […]
Just about anyone who enjoys fishing has a “bucket list” of places where they would love to wet a line if they ever got the chance. For me, there are several high-end bass fishing lakes that have been on my list and then a few special places (usually remote) that […]
