Last week was a tough one in Ottawa as the Fair Elections Act battle heated up in committee, huge job cuts at the CBC were announced, and Canada lost one of its best parliamentarians. Key developments in the ongoing fair elections debate came at committee hearings in both the House […]
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The fourth FLW Tour event of the six-event season took place this past weekend at Beaver Lake in Rogers, Ark. After a tough start to the season for me, with triple-digit finishes at the first two events, I was looking to start some sort of streak of finishing in the […]
I am grateful for Darce Fardy. Is he an acquaintance of yours? A friend? If so, you are the better for it. Darce Fardy is a former CBC journalist. Let me rephrase that. I would declare that when we write, we write until we no longer can hold a pen, […]
Well, the weather seems to be coming around and the sun shining down sure does make people feel a lot better. We are limited on what we can do with the depth of snow and huge snow banks, but sunny days will change this quickly, as well. Unfortunately, the sun […]
It is the first flower of spring. It is Mother Nature’s symbol of hope. The daffodil, with its brilliant yellow petals, has been sold every year in Fort Frances by the sororities as their way of supporting the Canadian Cancer Society. In my household, I’ve been bringing those fresh daffodils […]
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow will come. But today is “Your Day!” So don’t waste time regretting yesterday. We all make mistakes. “If only . . .” we think. Forgetting that yesterday is gone–permanently gone! Don’t worry, either, about tomorrow and the bad things that may happen. Because when tomorrow comes, […]
It clearly was April Fool’s Week in Ottawa last week as MPs began debate on the Conservative government’s latest omnibus budget bill while the price of postage increased by 37 percent for most individuals and small businesses. The newest omnibus budget bill, officially named “Harper Government Creating Jobs & Growth […]
After a few fits and starts, maybe spring is here—or at least we are on the cusp of it . . . I hope. “Elliott, why and earth are you back from the south? Don’t you read the weather reports?” is the question someone puts to me at least once […]
Sunday teased us that spring actually might be happening. The rain gutters melted out. The downspouts were shooting water across my sidewalks into the banks of snow that were ready to soak up all that moisture. I suspect that the water eventually worked its way across the yard and onto […]
We had a pretty good turnout at our abattoir general meeting last week. Still, it does make me wonder about some of the producers that didn’t bother to come. Do they not care? Not see the value? Would they not like input? What will they say if we close? We […]
Every day I have choice to make. Happy. Not happy. The happiness balance is tedious, constant work. Sometimes I do it well; sometimes I do appallingly. Today was one of those “not-do-it-so-well” days. My Monday got turned around like the weather and I found myself in the linger of thoughts […]
Heading into the third FLW Tour stop of the season this past weekend at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Texas, I have to admit I was feeling a little bit of pressure to put up a good finish. My results in the first two events were not good—finishing in the […]
