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 […]
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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 […]
This week, I would like to offer a bit of a recap of the spring session of Parliament that’s now behind us. New Democrats held the Conservative government of Stephen Harper to account for the weak economic growth we are experiencing in Canada, some bad policies that targeted the most […]
I guess I will continue to complain about the weather. I’m actually getting very concerned about it. The weather not only is wreaking havoc on many homes, cabins, and businesses but it is becoming a very serious condition for our farmers. There currently are a lot of unseeded acres, which […]
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an animal keeper when I grew up and have an animal farm. That was going to be my life’s work—taking care of animals. Maybe that dream was a spin-off of the “animal hospital” my mother always talked about. She said […]
We are at the whim of the weather. Emergency planners across Rainy River District have gone to extreme lengths to protect property and infrastructure over these past two weeks. And as the water has risen, everyone is looking at the skies—wondering if the darkening clouds are the precursor to more […]
I used to work for a lawyer for a good many years, and aside from preparing wills and dealing with corporate paperwork, my job was administering the financial details of estates. And as such, I had regular dealings with financial institutions. As a result of these “regular dealings,” I had […]
Some people form their goals in their minds and never write them down. Others live happily without formulating clear-cut goals. And still others write their goals. Some even put goals on their bathroom mirror or write them on post-it notes on their computer screens. I easily could be called the […]
Now that the ark has been parked back in the garage, and the animals mostly have stopped travelling in pairs, local golf courses can get back to normal business. That’s good news out at Kitchen Creek, which has three major tournaments occurring in the next couple of weeks. The RBC […]
Coming up this weekend, and through to Tuesday and the following weekend, are celebrations marking both Canada Day and the Fourth of July across Borderland. A combined effort on both sides of the border has created a week-long celebration, although the flood threat unfortunately has forced both the Dragon Boat […]
