As winter grows old for many across Sunset Country, late March is prime time for those of us who like to ice-fish. Longer days, warm sun, and great fishing are some of the highlights to hitting the ice at this time of year. Before I head down to Alabama later […]
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It’s hard to believe that last year at this time, we still were experiencing minus-40 C conditions. However, I’m nervous about feeling too excited about spring. I’m afraid we could get a nasty reminder of winter from Mother Nature. If you’ve been listening to news reports, the poor people of […]
This week was another busy one in Ottawa with forestry hearings, work on the pension file, and the Conservatives working hard to stoke fear among Canadians to promote their unnecessary and intrusive Bill C-51 at committee. This past week at the Natural Resources committee, the forestry hearings continued. And with […]
I bet everyone is welcoming this weather! The sunshine is great and makes us all feel alive again (or, like a cat, we could just curl up in the sun and sleep). I still have 10 cows to calve and I was hoping to have most of them done by […]
If you could sit down and plan for a community, what would be your most important considerations? As we look to the future, the communities of Rainy River District have to deal with their histories and also with their futures. They do not have the luxury of beginning with a […]
Last week, I travelled with NDP leader Tom Mulcair and several other NDP MPs to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in Toronto. It was a great event, where we spoke with a variety of companies and groups, as well as promoted our plan for the mining […]
You remember Jack, don’t you? Jack, the guy who traded his cow for the beans. Not just any beans, of course, but magic beans. These beans were going to change his life; put him on the path to a better place. I suppose they did but at considerable risk to […]
My mother, who was born in 1903, loved school and wanted an education more than anything in the world. Consequently, she was crushed when the doctor said she could not go to school anymore because of her eyes. Even though she had glasses, the doctor said she would ruin her […]
In my column last week, I mentioned that as much as I love bass fishing in Florida, there is a lot of anxiety about competing in tournaments because it’s easy to have bad days down here, as well. In the FLW Tour-opening tournament this past weekend at Lake Toho, I […]
Well, I find comfort that March has arrived! I know it can be a miserable month for weather but at least it should be our last one of the winter. The sun is shining brightly when we see it and the days slowly are getting longer. • • • I’m […]
I still remember how much fun it was to get my second master’s degree and how sad it was when the last class was finished. The university was a two-and-a-half hour drive from our home. I drove up every Tuesday afternoon, stayed overnight, and came back Wednesday morning. And my […]
It’s the end of February when I am writing this. I feel as though winter has moved into my living room and into my bathroom—and even is hogging the bed. She has a cold icy grip on my soul and I can’t shake her off. As soon as I tuck […]
