The Senate scandal has taken on a life of its own and is using up much of the political “oxygen” in Ottawa. While we must keep an eye on the gross behaviour of some senators and members of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office, we also must keep a close eye […]
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If you grew up in Saskatchewan or in the middle of Toronto, water is something you undoubtedly admire but daily interaction with lakes and rivers wouldn’t have been common. If you grew up in Northwestern Ontario, specifically Fort Frances, lakes are a necessity; an addiction that has no remedy. Even […]
It’s that time of year when we notice, in some cases, more moss than grass growing in parts of our pastures. What went wrong? How can the problem be fixed? Most folks want to know what they can do to get rid of the moss, but the root of the […]
After taking the time to update my weather data, I can confirm that we definitely are about three weeks behind with our season. We normally would start accumulating corn heat units near the beginning of May but this year we didn’t start until May 27. Let’s hope we can make […]
The question is just as clear in my mind today as it was all those years ago, when my almost four-year-old daughter asked: “Where do people go when they die?” I gave what I thought was a simple answer, “Heaven.” In response, my daughter spoke in no uncertain terms, saying, […]
After I finally got the old lawnmower fired up and got the leftovers from last year’s flowers and the winters detritus chewed up, the lawn was in shape—sort of. A couple more buzzes and the grass was gaining ground on me. But in spite of the growing windrows of brown […]
For the casual sports observer, last week’s Major League Baseball draft is at the bottom rung compared to the other major pro leagues in North America. Unlike the trio of Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon, and Jonathan Drouin, who are widely expected to go in the top three spots of this […]
Last week, Metrolinx, a government agency tasked with co-ordinating the transit systems in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, released a series of controversial proposals for funding transit expansion in that region, including increases to the gas tax and HST, either regionally in southern Ontario or province-wide. While it is […]
It’s June—and we still are struggling to plant and get our “spring” jobs completed. I’m feeling overwhelmed right now as the list keeps growing, the calendar keeps turning, and the weather continues to not co-operate. We purchased a new brush mower last year for grass cutting here at the Emo […]
It’s nearly 9:30 p.m. and I’m looking out my front window at the still and quiet of the evening and the closing off of daylight as the orange sun slides beneath the horizon. Once again, and this time through very sad events in the lives of others, I am reminded […]
Wood ticks are on my list of does the world really need these things. Also on this list are tent caterpillars, tomato hornbeams, the little green caterpillars that flourish in my organic broccoli (choosing only to come out when boiled and the broccoli placed on my plate), and people who […]
It’s back to business for me this week as I’m preparing for the fifth FLW Tour event of the season this coming weekend on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake. Last week, I took a break from the fishing and put in some tourist time with my fiancé, August, in Nashville, Tenn. and […]
