The Chrysler Foundation has teamed up with 4-H Canada to sponsor 100 scholarships valued at $1,000 each for 4-H members across Canada. 4-H scholarships provide opportunities for Canadian youth to further their education and expand their knowledge in support of the agriculture industry. Members also have opportunities to travel nationally […]
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Doesn’t seem to matter what it is you consume or participate in. Sooner or later some study someplace will prove it’ll kill you. Milk, for example, is great for you. Lots of calcium for strong teeth and bones. Well, apparently not, according to a recent report causes brittle bones. Skim […]
I miss Nelson Mandela. I can feel the shift as if his very presence on Earth, the simple fact that he was breathing, kept us safer. I felt the air go out of me, felt my insides collapse, when I heard the news of his death—despite his death being imminent […]
This past weekend, my wife, August, and I travelled down to St. Paul, Mn. for the annual St. Paul Ice Show. This is the biggest ice-fishing show in North America, with representation from nearly every company that makes a product for ice-fishing, as well as several retail outlets. If you […]
Well, I was lucky enough to travel around the storm of last week. Not sure if I should say lucky or not–my family (mostly my brother) had me stressed out about travelling. I am still so tense in my neck and shoulder that I really need a massage! I was […]
The blue-white cold of Saturday and Sunday mornings heralded that winter was in its full delightful white dress. Hoar frost clung to the trees. Ice crystals hanging in the air created giant rainbows. The sidewalk snow squealed under the crunch of footsteps. Winter cold was penetrating everywhere. Winter has come […]
There are some sounds that happen in life that I find calming, relaxing, soothing. Sounds that are deliciously marvelous, such as a baby murmuring in her sleep with a sigh that says life is perfect, a meadowlark in the spring with her voice floating in my window on a soft […]
As I wrote this column Monday evening, the thermostat outside read “deep freeze with a side order of wind chill,” just shy of minus-30 C. Nothing is fun or heart-warming about that. It is the kind of winter weather that demolishes my otherwise fervent outdoor spirit. The bullish cold drives […]
This past weekend, my wife, August, and I travelled down to St. Paul, Mn. for the annual St. Paul Ice Show. This is the biggest ice-fishing show in North America, with representation from nearly every company that makes a product for ice-fishing, as well as several retail outlets. If you […]
Time for another hodgepodge of thoughts on a chilly winter’s day to hopefully warm your heart, if not your frozen toes, and stimulate your brain. • • • This past week saw the passing of two well-loved local residents with sporting connections, Fort Frances is grieving the loss of Louise […]
It’s hard to be shocked any more by the Harper government’s Senate scandal, but last week I was. This shock was the result of the sudden “discovery” of hundreds of e-mails by the prime minister’s personal legal counsel, Benjamin Perrin, which were thought to have been destroyed before he left […]
The goal is to have every cow calve consistently at the same time period every year, raise that calf to weaning, and then go on feed to finish at an optimum size for the consumer—and do all of this efficiently and profitably. A healthy herd is critical to achieve this […]
