When the 2013 editions of Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship and the Shaw Kenora Bass International get underway next summer, one name sadly will be missing from the angler lineup. Last Thursday, Frank McClymont passed away at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer, leaving a big hole […]
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If you’ve ever fished in any type of competitive event, you surely will have experienced the ups and downs that go along with this activity. Tournament fishing can be highly-stressful when things don’t go right, yet they also can give you the highest of highs when things work out and […]
Well, the summer weather certainly is continuing here. My final week with a student at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) was busy but we managed to complete our grain harvest and get all our samples in. We also tried to finish our forage work—only to find our Swift Current […]
In the late 1950s and early ’60s, we lived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A wonderful city! And I still enjoy the fun memories of that era. But there is another side to my Edmonton memories. Just before we moved 2,000 miles away from my home in New York state, we […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Installing tile drainage is a very common land improvement practice among farmers in Ontario. Corrugated plastic tubing, clay, and concrete drain tile are installed beneath the surface of agricultural land to drain excess water from the crop root zone. The benefits of tile drainage […]
One thing about where we live in Sunset Country is if you like to spend time in the outdoors, there isn’t a much better place to be. In fact, you couldn’t pay me to live anywhere else. I just love everything about Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake too […]
I have a confession to make. I really like a ham-and-cheese omelet. I also enjoy my “Egg McMuffin,” my Tim Horton sausage-and-egg breakfast sandwich, and Subway’s sausage-and-egg breakfast meal on flat bread. One of my treats at the cabin on the weekend is a big breakfast of bacon, eggs, and […]
I’m staring at a blank screen. My mind is empty and the clock is ticking. This scenario doesn’t happen to me very often when it’s time to write my column. It means my life is sailing along on with calm winds at my back and my slate is relatively clean. […]
Well, another Emo Fair has come and gone! And what a beautiful weekend it was. We did have a few brief showers Saturday afternoon, but it just helped to keep the dust down. Meanwhile, temperatures were near perfect, which seems to make the cattle perform much better. This year we […]
Over the past couple of weeks, a great deal has been said about the province potentially introducing back-to-work legislation to force an end to a labour dispute with most of Ontario’s teachers. In the past, back-to-work legislation was a last-ditch effort used by governments to bring an end to a […]
When last did you pick up a pen and find just the perfect paper on which to write your thoughts, your worries, your questions; and then put that paper in an envelope, affix a stamp, and drop the envelope in one of those red boxes that say Canada Post? It’s […]
One thing about where we live in Sunset Country is if you like to spend time in the outdoors, there isn’t a much better place to be. In fact, you couldn’t pay me to live anywhere else. I just love everything about Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake too […]
