Last week’s article addressed factors affecting utilization of pasture and ways to improve that utilization. The following is part two of the article on utilizing your pasture from Jack Kyle, grazier specialist, OMAF/MRA: Factors that influence pasture utilization are the number of paddocks and the frequency of moves. According to […]
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When anglers hit the water this week for the 2013 edition of the Kenora Bass International, there will be several strategies being employed by teams to try and win the three-day event. Lake of the Woods is a very large, diverse fishery and the options really are endless for teams […]
So it’s come to this. After a wonderful two-and-a-half years as the sports reporter here, this is the final time I’ll be writing for the Fort Frances Times. As you are reading this, I’ll be driving across the Prairies for the next great adventure of my life—working for the Airdrie […]
In recent weeks, there’s been a great deal of discussion about the potential closure of the Treaty #3 Police Service. Both the provincial and federal governments have called the situation a “labour dispute,” and refused to get involved. This despite the fact that both levels of government are responsible for […]
Our dock at the cabin sits high and water only has flowed over the top once in my lifetime. My father had eyeballed the high water mark to build the dock and reckoned he never would have to worry about putting barrels on it to keep it from floating away […]
I was thinking of the definition of family the other day, wondering why it seems limited to “a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household; a group related by blood or marriage.” That seems a stark definition to me—lacking the soul and depth that the mere […]
I survived my trip last week to southern Ontario—but barely! My plane was very late leaving Winnipeg and when I arrived in Toronto and rushed to my next flight, I saw my plane backing away from the terminal. You would have thought they could have waited a few more minutes. […]
Pasture is an excellent low-cost means of feeding livestock, but requires proper management of the forage and the livestock. The following is the first of a two-part article on utilizing your pasture from Jack Kyle, grazier specialist, OMAF/MRA: The forage must be managed to optimize growth, and the livestock must […]
Covering the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship the past three summers, the person I’ve chatted with most hasn’t been one of the anglers, one of the event organizers, or even emcees Paul Morrison and Jason Gauthier. It’s been weighmaster Paul Cousineau. It’s probably because of where I’m situated—at the front […]
The 19th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship took place this past weekend on Rainy Lake and it turned out to be a very special event for my partner, John Peterson, and I. Thanks to a really good Day 3 catch of 20.35 pounds, we were able to win the tournament […]
As the investigation into the Lac-Megantic tragedy continues, I would like to let you know what the New Democratic Party has proposed on rail safety over the years. I think this is important information to consider as we head into the fall sitting of Parliament as rail safety will be […]
Recently, I’ve been thinking back with deep nostalgia to a simpler time and a different place. 1956 in Goshen, Ind. My husband was a student and I had a full-time job in public relations at Goshen College. We lived in the trailer park with other students, and our trailer measured […]
