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 […]
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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 […]
It’s hard to believe but it’s been 18 years now that the “Bassin’ For Bucks” tournament has been taking place in Sioux Narrows. The brainchild of Sioux Narrows’ bass fishing legends Chris Bell and Mel Giesbrecht, “Bassin’ For Bucks” has become one of the most supported and well-liked tournaments in […]
It was about 25 years ago but I still remember exactly where we were driving when we had the conversation. We were passing St. Mary’s Catholic Church in my hometown. We were talking about aging and I recited my philosophy of aging. “Grow old along with me!/The best is yet […]
Last week, some hard numbers poked some pretty big holes in the Conservative government’s rhetoric concerning both Canada Post and job creation in this country. It was just over a year ago that the Conservatives announced the end of home mail delivery from Canada Post over the next few years. […]
Some major developments over the past week—some horrible, others good—have given new momentum to the idea of a national inquiry for missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada. If you’ve seen the evening news over the past week or two, then you know the grim story of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, […]
Remember chasing the Monarch butterfly with its large orange and black wings when you were a kid? Armed with butterfly nets and jars, we tried to capture our very own specimen from the then-readily available supply. Then we carted it off to school for “show and tell,” and felt quite […]
Wow, September is here! Thanks to everyone who sent me a text and e-mailed me about the arrival of “Ms. September!” I hope many people are “Googling” today just to find out where Emo is! Unfortunately, I have so much work ahead of me that changing the calendar seems a […]
Over the past several years, I’ve been very fortunate to get the chance to appear on several high-profile TV fishing programs with hosts from across North America. Bob Izumi, Jim Lindner, Chip Leer, and many other TV show hosts have visited Sunset Country during all seasons of the year to […]
According to the Windsor Star, the province of Ontario pledged $385 million in assistance to Ford Motor Company and the feds are looking at matching that. It works out to better than $1 million per job created. Apparently southwestern Ontario has been hard hit by the loss of manufacturing jobs. […]
