You couldn’t grow up during World War II without grieving. How well I remember the evening paper with its growing news and horrors. Oh, there was an occasional bright spot—like the story of a London baker who quickly turned off the oven on his half-baked rolls before running to safety […]
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Premier Kathleen Wynne and Environment minister Glen Murray are going to save the planet with their new “Climate Action Plan.” After the Ontario legislature begins its summer vacation, the “action plan” will be released. They really don’t want any embarrassing questions asked in the House. Well, Ontario residents had better […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
With May coming to an end, I was extremely happy to be back in the Fort Frances area for the annual Manitou Rapids fish fry. It was a beautiful day, and I want to thank everyone who came out to participate in this spectacular event. It always is great to […]
’Tis the season for gardening. Nurseries and garden centre add-ons at our local stores are bustling with customers armed with big ideas and good intentions. And even if our thumbs aren’t as green as they should or could be, the benefits of gardening are significant. There are the obvious positive […]
Electric fence simplifies the management of an effective and productive grazing system. To be effective, your grazing system relies on you controlling where the livestock will be, not the livestock determining where they will be grazing. An electric fence is easy to erect and very effective at controlling livestock. But […]
Now a couple of weeks into the 2016 open-water walleye season, conditions are changing and walleye are on the move towards where they’ll spend much of the summer. Walleye are the most sought-after fish species across Sunset Country, evident by the fact thousands of anglers visit our region each year […]
If you are travelling around the rural areas, you’ll see most of the cattle now are out enjoying the green grass. The grass has come along quite nicely after getting some of this latest moisture. But it is a wise idea to wait until the grass has a good head-start […]
Ever since last week’s column, I’ve been thinking of my wonderful “Coksi-Pepsi” Grandma and how happy she always seemed to be. And how sad I felt when she passed away suddenly when I was only 17 years old. As a naive teenager, I sometimes was almost jealous of Grandma because […]
What a difference a week makes on the lake. Rainy Lake was magnificent all weekend. The freezing temperatures had disappeared and the stillness of the lake allowed the sun to raise the lake’s temperature by 10 degrees C. Cottagers were arriving and opening their camps. Our neighbour, Larry Greif, arrived […]
Travel isn’t the best colour on me. I don’t mind the airports because I enjoy watching people. I immediately conjure up stories for the sad or vacant face, for the muddy shoes beneath the well-pressed suit, for the madness behind women walking in shoes that resemble stilts. I’ve noticed that […]
My grandmother was born in 1872. She was 14 years old when Coca-Cola first was introduced in 1886 and 21 when “Brad’s Drink” (the forerunner of Pepsi) hit the market in 1893. I have no idea when she first tasted either of the new drinks. But she quickly developed a […]
The Species-at-Risk Farm Incentive Program is back for 2016. The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, with support from Environment Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, is pleased to support producers who are enhancing farm habitat for species-at-risk across the province. With streamlined funding levels and […]
