By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo If you haven’t finalized your cropping plans for 2013 to provide feed for your beef cattle, you may want to give peas some consideration. The following is Part 1 of an article on using peas from Ron Lackey, Feed Ingredients and By-products Feeding Specialist, […]
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I saw yellow rain boots on a young woman the other day; yellow rain boots on a snowy, cold March day. Yellow rain boots—the only bit of colour in the dull, dreary days of pre-spring when our whole bodies seem to be aching for sunshine and grass under our feet […]
Since being elected, one of the most common concerns I’ve heard from people across the riding is the high price of auto insurance. While the frustrations with high premiums are not unique to those of us living in Northwestern Ontario, the level of importance our vehicles play in our every-day […]
I have a pink tie and a pink dress shirt—and I’ll be wearing both of them on April 10. It is “Pink Day,” the international day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia, and transphobia in schools and communities across our country. It began as a simple gesture at Central Kings High School […]
As an idealistic 20-something, one of my idols was German-born Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Respected theologian and philosopher, dedicated physician and medical missionary, esteemed author, accomplished organist and Nobel prize winner, Schweitzer was an amazing person! The son of a pastor who also was a musician, his father taught Schweitzer to […]
For the third-straight year, this Saturday’s OHL draft will see a player who is one year younger than the rest of his 16-year-old compatriots among one of the early names selected. Sean Day, who originally was born in Belgium in 1998 to Canadian parents and plays for the always-strong Detroit […]
Well, my prediction that the end of calving sometimes is a bit of challenge has proved true. A great big ole’ cow that is quiet like a dog and has been acting strange, truthfully, for the last couple of years, calved early Sunday morning. She has been lying out in […]
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” Buckminster Fuller said that. What a great name. Buckminster. He, if you don’t know or remember, was an American architect who created the geodesic dome design. He was a prolific writer, designer, inventor. In a […]
I attended an interesting meeting last Wednesday, during which one of the people on hand made a very appropriate comment. “The council of Fort Frances is not going to save the town,” he said. “The people of the community will save the town!” And when the words had settled at […]
As the baseball season gets underway on Sunday night with a contest between the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, all eyes will quickly turn towards the Toronto Blue Jays after a massive off-season overhaul. Following a wild couple of months that saw them acquire Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose […]
Each week in my column I generally try to include tricks and tips for my readers to help them catch more fish, mostly focusing on the Sunset Country Region. This week I am going to talk about the basics when fishing away from home, as I just returned from a […]
Last week I wrote about the frustration many had expressed as a result of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs’ decision to bypass Northwestern Ontario with its pre-budget consultations. As I stated in last week’s column, my party’s Finance Critic, Michael Prue, had pushed for consultations in the […]
