After being on the road for six weeks, it was very nice to return home to Sunset Country last week. Spending as much time travelling as I have this year has been a great experience that I have enjoyed, but I love where I live more than anywhere else. The […]
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In a sense, the U.S. Open golf tournament is like one of those multi-car pileups on the interstate. You know it’s bad, but you just can’t look away from it. Whether it’s the crazy length of the rough off the fairway or in the high scores that some of the […]
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. It’s a high-pitched sound that immediately puts us on alert. Those darn female mosquitoes burned in my ear as I sat out on the deck watching the sunset Friday night. For almost an hour, I could hear them winding up, high above me, into a steady, growing hum. And […]
Every week, I do my best to keep you informed about what is happening in Queen’s Park. In doing so, I try to touch on the important issues that have come up during the previous week while also taking time to highlight important programs or services that may interest you. […]
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 […]
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 […]
