Local News from Across the Rainy River District
It was great to be back in the western portion of our riding engaging with constituents in the community. I started my trip by dropping in for coffee with a local coffee club. It’s always a pleasure to sit down and catch up with community members in a relaxed setting. […]
It was a busy weekend on the water across Northwest Ontario as beautiful weather combined with the long weekend seemed to bring everybody to the lake. The Lake Despair “Castin’ for Cash” tournament took place on Friday and Saturday while the second-annual Kenora Walleye Open took place on Lake of […]
The annual Nevin Bonot golf tournament is taking place Saturday, July 30 at Kitchen Creek Golf Club. This event is organized by the Emo Legion. Call the Legion at 482-2250 or the Kitchen Creek Golf Club at 274-4653. Iris Shute was the lucky winner of the $10,000 Canada Day draw […]
We certainly were fortunate to have a great long weekend here in the Rainy River District—and I was hoping it would continue on for the rest of the week. I cut hay . . . now if I can only get it baled . . . This is the first […]
When I was growing up, one of the carrots my mother would use to get us to help when she was baking was the opportunity to lick the beaters or spatulas. Or sometimes when she was baking cookies, my mom would roll some dough into a small ball and offer […]
I just arrived home from a whirlwind road trip with Daughter #4. Thea is here visiting me from Alberta and we decided to take Cape Breton by storm. And that’s exactly what we did—except the storm that blew up was not what we were expecting. But then where storms are […]
I recently was short-listed for the 2016 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize that recognized six of the many first novels by Canadian writers in the literary fiction category. Or rather “Meadowlark” was short-listed. I just was along for the ride. I flew into Toronto for a rush overnight trip; flew into […]
The final FLW Tour regular-season event wrapped up this past weekend down at Lake Champlain, N.Y. and while I had a good tournament, ending up in 29th place, I fell a little short of winning the coveted Angler-of-the-Year title I have been mentioning over the past few weeks. In the […]
This rain! We have had just over six inches of rain this month alone, with two of that falling over the weekend. It is starting to really get to me. It affects my work and my farm—and we have no control over it! I wore rubber boots all weekend just […]
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the single-most important soil property you have influence over through your management. Higher soil organic matter levels translate into better water-holding capacity. It also results in higher and more consistent yields in the long run. Many of the key management practices that help build SOM […]
This Friday begins the great countdown to the 150th anniversary of Canada. On the 149th anniversary of Confederation, we will begin making preparations for the grand celebration one year from now. This past month, my wife and I were fortunate to visit Newfoundland—the last province on our list of places […]
I am writing this “Moos” column by candlelight Sunday night since our hydro was out for the second time that day. We certainly saw some crazy thunderstorm activity over the weekend. Luckily, we seemed to be on the edge of the hail earlier Sunday and I drove as fast as […]
