I was looking at a magazine in a waiting room the other day. I should preface this tale with the fact I’m not a particularly good waiting room-type person. If I was a student of waiting, I would require remedial assistance, with no awards of any kind in my future—not […]
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Travelling through Europe this past spring, I was amazed at the number of small book stores that were found in the centre of the cities we visited. I couldn’t help but wonder why in Europe, small book stores could be so successful. Yet here in Canada, we seem to see […]
Born in 1926, Joseph Levitch had dreams of a career in show business. It seemed a reasonable goal since he had begun performing as a five-year-old, singing “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?” Joseph’s dream was so strong that he quit high school at age 15 to try his luck […]
Here’s the thing. I could tell you the fact that I don’t write a column every week is because I’ve been so busy with other things that I have no time for plunking out my chronicles on a keyboard. But if I took that stance, my nose would grow like […]
Nothing cranks up a senior like finding one or several bargains. This is particularly true when on a road trip. Recently, we hauled the gene pool back over a couple thousand clicks and had our bargain-hunting antennae set to super sensitive. The first order of business was fuelling up. Just […]
Hello and boozhoo from the 2014 Stewardship Youth Rangers of Fort Frances District! We are eight high school students (Hailey Beaudry, Caleigh Payne, Cameron Jolicoeur, Matt Berube, Mitchell Jones-Foy, James Gesic, Ashtyn Dokuchie, and Jenny Hammond) who are very excited to be participating in this Ministry of Natural Resources and […]
I was wondering the other day if by living in a simpler time, in a remote area of the province, our quality of life and lifestyle was greatly improved over today. Back in the 1960s when I was in high school, almost everyone had an after-school job that often carried […]
Thursday, July 6, 2000 began like any other Thursday. At the time, Thursday was my yoga day. As usual, my daughter and I were at yoga class at 6:30 a.m. Then, as usual, we stopped at the grocery to pick up our Thursday bagels. After a leisurely breakfast, I was […]
I was thinking about coffee shops the other day as I found a corner to tuck myself into in my favourite sanctuary and put on my headphones to listen to Yiruma play the piano in my ears while I created images with words on my paper. I pretended it was […]
Earlier this year when I was complaining about the weather, a few people told me the forecast was supposed to be miserable until the middle of August. At the time, I didn’t think it was possible, but I’m now thinking that they were right! I had intentions of cutting hay […]
It’s that time of year again for bass anglers across Sunset Country—tournament time. Although the bass season is open year-round, it is a catch-and-release season essentially until July 1, which is the reason there are no tournaments earlier in the year. But from now through the end of September, there […]
In the department of world’s worst-kept secrets, the Fort Frances Lakers’ potential to host the 2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup quickly is reaching the status of all-time worst. While the team technically is complying with the SIJHL’s wish to let the league make the official announcement at its annual general meeting […]
