By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The key to successful marketing is providing what the buyer wants. Adding value to calves can be of benefit to the calf producer and the feedlot operator, and much of the benefit is from reducing stress on the animals. The calf producer is selling […]
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All my life, I’ve been a dreamer. At age four, I dreamed of being a teacher like Aunt Vera, Uncle Bill’s girlfriend. As I approached the teen years, I dreamed of owning a candy factory and making delectable candies. At about the same time, I dreamed of being a preacher. […]
Since the first week of July, I’ve been a sidewalk superintendent. I began learning to be a sidewalk superintendent watching homes being built on Third Street when I was four. There were no sidewalks on that street back then. My wife likes to kid me that I have outgrown “Tonka” […]
“Yes is for young people. Yes is for young people,” I chanted reassuringly to myself in the bathroom mirror as the hair dye oozed through my plastic-gloved fingertips. A lumpy trail of Vaseline jelly was layered across my forehead at the hairline and down around my ears to save my […]
For years, the cost of auto insurance has been a source of frustration for many people across the northwest. Despite legislative changes in 2010 that reduced costs for auto insurance companies, premiums have continued to rise—even for those with clean driving records. Here in the northwest, these increases have been […]
You didn’t know “Stinky.” You may have known “a” Stinky but not “the” Stinky. You would have been better for having known him. Samantha found Stinky in Guelph, in between the front doors of her apartment building. One of the heavy doors had closed on his tail, breaking the end […]
The Stratton sales barn held another successful cattle sale on Saturday. Despite selling only 546 animals, the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association still grossed $594,566.62, which is a great average across the board. Due to the lack of feed last spring, there were fewer people feeding back grounding cattle this spring. […]
The ninth-annual International Falls Bass Championship took place this past weekend over the border on the U.S. side of Rainy Lake and the Rainy River. This tournament has a unique format in that it puts anglers on two different bodies of water over two days, so it’s a stiff test […]
The end of summer means sadness to many—slo-pitch players, sun worshippers, and students, to name a few. But the fall leads to so much joy for others: leaf-blower salesmen, kite flyers, and parents of students, for instance. Among those in a celebratory mode are those who follow the NFL, which […]
Learn About Anishinaabe Culture and the Environment (Week 7) Greetings from the Stewardship Youth Ranger (SYR) teams. We had a busy week filled with hard work and plenty of learning! On Monday, we started out the week preparing for our Youth and Elders Summit by creating presentations on the stewardship […]
Some startling details emerged last week into the ongoing Senate expense scandal—and the findings could spell trouble for Sen. Pamela Wallin and the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. Back in the 2011 campaign, the NDP raised red flags about Conservative and Liberal senators campaigning on the public dime. We asked […]
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be an old woman some day. Maybe it’s because I admired my grandmother so much–spunky, always laughing, with peppermint drops in her apron. Once when I gave her a five-pound box of chocolates with money I earned myself, she advised […]
