Over the past week, I’ve gone from one extreme to the other seasonally. Last week, for instance, I was fishing in Texas in shorts and sandals. This past week, I’ve been dressed in long underwear and boots, tromping around in the woods looking for whitetail deer. Each fall I run […]
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I love the warm, sunny days of October. These kind of days feel like a delicious surprise; an oh, I forgot how lovely fall can be sort of day. October can come with a lot of rain and dark skies, so I can’t help but feel blessed when I hear […]
Last week, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his resignation as Liberal leader and premier of Ontario. As surprising as the announcement was, more shocking was his decision to lock MPPs out of Queen’s Park until his party can hold a leadership race, meaning MPPs likely will not sit again until February […]
Fifty years have now passed since the Cuban missile crisis. In some ways, I feel that it couldn’t have been that long ago. It still plays in my mind that the world almost found itself in a full nuclear war—and that it would have affected everyone. Our home had only […]
I’m sure that I’ve probably written before about the fall being a hard time on my animals. It seems if something is going to die, it will happen now. Turns out that my favourite old cow (“Daisee”) has congestive heart failure and we will have to put here to sleep. […]
Who knew a gander of geese could put out so much sausage-like material. My neck of the woods suddenly is teeming with great green gobs of goose poop. It is a virtual war zone out there laden with log bombs that make every step a hazard and the bottom of […]
As someone who self-admittedly is obsessed with sports, there’s one thing I haven’t been able to get into despite numerous attempts. And that is the world of fantasy sports. Every year, whether it be hockey, baseball, or even soccer, I get invited to a league and draft my team like […]
I would much rather be writing a story about cornered skunks and wide-eyed squirrels, and the flurry of cat fur that flies when “Cash” and “Dot” decide to play tag with unwilling members of the animal kingdom around here. But that won’t be happening today, and it won’t be happening […]
Like many across the province, I was surprised by Premier Dalton McGuinty’s decision to announce his resignation Monday evening. While I would like to take this opportunity to thank the premier for his more than two decades of public service, I strongly disagree with his decision to lock MPPs out […]
We can pay for the best health services that can be offered in Rainy River District. There always will be services that can’t be provided locally, but we can fund those services and supports that make a difference in the lives of district residents. And when we need more care […]
If you’ve been reading my column over the past month, you know that I’ve been in the southern U.S. fishing in some bass tournaments. The last event took place this past weekend at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Texas. This was the fourth of a series of four FLW Tour […]
Although the league has dropped to six teams for the rest of the 2012/13 campaign due to the Sioux Lookout Flyers suspending hockey operations a couple of weeks ago, the level play of the SIJHL so far this season has been quite entertaining. Whether it be a high-scoring affair, a […]
