Three fishing tournaments took place over the weekend here in Sunset Country and three different species were the targets. In Nestor Falls, the third-annual Musky Cup took place on Lake of the Woods while the Shoal Lake Last Chance bass tournament happened on Shoal Lake and a bass/walleye combination tournament […]
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With the cold snap that hit us last week across Sunset Country, the fall season announced its arrival. It’s always somewhat depressing when summer is winding down because it always goes by so quick—even moreso this year because we got short-changed a little bit with the late winter and spring. […]
With the cold snap that hit us last week across Sunset Country, the fall season announced its arrival. It’s always somewhat depressing when summer is winding down because it always goes by so quick—even moreso this year because we got short-changed a little bit with the late winter and spring. […]
How is it possible that seven weeks have zipped by since I last made notes in this column space? I have, in fact, been gunning to sit down and tell you for the past three weeks all about what’s been happening in my neck of the woods. Yet somehow the […]
I was thinking about firsts the other day. Life is full of firsts when we start out. First tooth, first steps, first day of school, first date, first kiss. I suppose as we age, the number of firsts shrinks slightly—or at least we have to try harder to find events […]
There is something about the smell of wood smoke in the fall. We arrived at the cabin Friday night and the temperature inside read barely 10 C. It was chilly and called immediately for a fire. Stored in an old trunk was the kindling created by my brother-in-law this past […]
First off, I would congratulate all the members of Unifor #1075 who fought and won a tough fight for fair wages and a secure retirement for all workers at their Bombardier plant in Thunder Bay. The decision to strike was not an easy one for these members, who for nine […]
There have been many important churches in my life. There was the loving, caring, large “meeting place” of my childhood, attended by my aunts and uncles. And my great-aunts and uncles, my grandmother, my parents’ cousins, and our neighbours. Oh, how I remember the singing when the whole church came […]
Well, if you didn’t take the time to cover your sensitive plants in your garden, they likely had frost! Unfortunately as a farmer, corn and soybeans are sensitive to cold temperatures but covering them really isn’t an option! Now the question is, “What will happen to them?” If the corn […]
We had a great cattle sale over the weekend in Stratton, with 829 animals being sold for $1,298,617.72. That translates into $1,566.49 per head and includes everything–cull cows, bulls, you name it! I’ve received many positive comments on how pleased people were with their prices. Despite testing our DLMS (on-line […]
We are going to have a municipal election here in Fort Frances. As of early Monday morning, there were two candidates for mayor and 13 for the six seats on town council. The election will be interesting to say the least. Mail-in ballots will be distributed early in October and […]
I love September. Having said that, I always was sad to see my girls go back to school. Sad to see the bikes abandoned next to the empty swing, sad to see the ponies wandering without little bronzed bare legs bouncing against their sides, sad that sliding down the stack […]
