My family and I celebrated my mother’s life on May 17. Family and friends gathered together in one place—each of us taking our last steps with my mother; remembering her bright light, remembering her smile and her enthusiasm. I think the celebration of my mother’s life was perfect, as perfect […]
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Yay—the warm weather has arrived. Funny how we can go from 10 degrees to 90 in no time at all! No complaint at all but it is quite an adjustment. I finally was able to do some field work at the Emo Agricultural Research Station late on Thursday. It was […]
There certainly are some benefits to being self-employed and working within the fishing industry. Along with my wife, August, we get to go on some awesome trips—mostly fishing-related in some way or another. Over the winter, Shelley Bujold and Jack Dawson from CJBN in Kenora reached out to B.C. Tourism […]
When is something considered old? In fashion it might be three months. When it comes to cars and trucks, it could be 10 years. A home might be considered old when it has been around for 50-60 years. A person might be considered old at age 70 or 80. Buildings […]
The 24th-annual Sturgeon Bay Open bass tournament took place this past weekend in eastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan and it was well-attended by Sunset Country anglers. A big event much like the KBI and FFCBC, the Sturgeon Bay Open attracts teams from across the U.S. Midwest and Canada because of […]
Wow, we are now past the middle of May and I still haven’t made a pass on the land (and yes, it is driving me crazy!) I stopped in at the Emo Agricultural Research Station over the weekend and we were getting close–only to have it rain again, which will […]
Everyone likes soup. Right? Well, not everyone, it turns out, but I’ll get to that later. Personally, I love a bowl of soup on a cold, rainy day—soup that gets into your cells and warms you up from the inside out. But not all soups. Oh my, no. There are […]
I protested almost a year ago, on May 25, 2013. And I plan to protest again this year. I had made my placards, laminated them in case of rain, and stood with more than 500 others clad in raincoats, holding umbrellas, or wrapped in plastic under the threatening sky. I […]
Just when I decided I had nothing to write about this week, a chipmunk got into my basement. I stood in the doorway of the porch in my housecoat, with my coffee cup in hand, and scowled at the rain pitching down on my soon-to-be growing too fast lawn. I […]
Last week, Resolute Forest Products announced the permanent closure of its Fort Frances paper mill. It’s a bitter pill to swallow for workers, their families, and everyone in the community. First and foremost, my heart goes to the 700-plus workers and their families who have lost their livelihoods since 2012. […]
Although it certainly doesn’t happen every day, if you fish enough, chances are you’ll eventually catch a tagged fish. The tags—typically small yellow plastic pieces that are attached to the dorsal fin area of the fish—are used by natural resource agencies to measure the health and age structure of a […]
This year’s RBC Cup national junior ‘A’ hockey championship still is being contested out in Vernon, B.C. But that doesn’t mean it’s too much of a stretch to look ahead one year and envision the Fort Frances Lakers being part of that post-season party. The Lakers captured their first-ever SIJHL […]
