In two days’ time, we will be into a new year. Having browsed “Facebook,” the thread line of messages being put out by friends is one of hope and well-being for the coming year. The district is prospering with construction of a new gold mine. Meanwhile, new MP Don Rusnak […]
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The closing of the year is when many of us look back and take stock of what happened in 2015. The media make lists of the best movies of the year, best songs, most interesting people, and so on. Maybe we should make our own lists for 2015: happiest moment, […]
As we embark on the new year, we all make resolutions or set new goals that will make the upcoming year better than the last. If you’re reading my column, you likely enjoy the outdoors in some form or another, so this week I’m going to give you some ideas […]
“What if I choose not to believe?” It’s a line from one of my favourite movies of the holiday season, “The Santa Clause.” I’ve always believed in the power of mystery and magic, and the older I get, the more I understand that my attitude towards everything really is everything. […]
Early Monday morning, I was at the Den getting my ears lowered when Carol and I began reminiscing about the businesses on Scott Street. I have lots of memories as my cousins lived on First Street and we had the run of Scott Street. But perhaps my best memories of […]
The week of Christmas has arrived! Where did this year go? It seems like only yesterday I was trying to prepare for Christmas—last year. I still have great intentions of getting a Christmas letter written and mailed this week. I also have been trying to clean but it seems I […]
Christmas is a wonderful time for sentiment. And for me, part of the nostalgia is watching all my favourite movies of the season: “Christmas in Connecticut,” “White Christmas,” “Holiday Inn,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” and “A Christmas Story.” But as far as inspiration goes, there’s nothing to match the 1946 […]
With only a sleep or two left before the big day, if you haven’t picked up all of the presents for everybody on your Christmas list, you might need some help. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to find gifts for people who enjoy the outdoors, especially in our part of the […]
The world has come together in Paris and reached a goal of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius. It is a lofty goal—one not guaranteed by treaties between the 200 nations but rather optimistically hoped for. The new Trudeau government has set a deadline of 90 days to consult […]
Am I too old to build a fort in the living room; to pull the cushions off the couch to use as walls, to drape blankets over top to keep the light and peering eyes out? To use the end table as a secret hidden entrance that requires a special […]
One minute I was having the best of dreams and the next, my eyelids dragged themselves up off my eyeballs to reveal the night—black as the inside of a cow. I looked at the clock. It was 2:30 a.m. The soft jingle of a Christmas bell rolling across the floor […]
I spent the day in Guelph last week at the Beef Farmers of Ontario office, where we were discussing the Northern Cow Herd Expansion program. We would like the herd to grow by 100,000 in Ontario and it seems that we have the land to grow the herd here in […]
