I had a touch of frost at home this morning, but it appears the Research Station missed it. That is often the case. I did take the time to cover some of my favorite flowers last night because it looks like we just have a couple of cool nights and […]
Columnists
“It takes two flints to make a fire.” – Louisa May Alcott Last month we took a look at the partnership between John Newton and William Wilberforce working together to overcome slavery. This month’s column tells the story of a small but mighty team working together to overcome unfair, oppressive […]
Did you know? National Concussion Awareness Week in Canada will take place from Sunday, September 27 to Saturday October 3. This initiative aims to improve public awareness around concussion prevention, recognition, and proper management In this week’s column, I’ll be sharing some invaluable information on concussion awareness, courtesy of Parachute […]
Gloria Steinem dedicated her life to activism in the movement to ensure equality becomes the norm rather than the exception. To think that before the 1970s, women could not apply for their own credit card in Canada. I admired her work and was saddened to hear of her passing before […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin Correspondent
Devlin Correspondent
The annual Naicatchewenin (North West Bay) Bass and Walleye Classics take place this weekend, Sept. 11-12. Weigh-ins start at 4 p.m. on both days. A horseshoe tournament takes place on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Come out and try your skills at winning this event or at least having a […]
It is known as the Rumsfeld matrix, and it originates from a 2002 Pentagon briefing by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who used four categories to explain intelligence gaps during the lead‑up to the Iraq War. “As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know […]
I can’t believe that it seems like September has just arrived and now we are nearing the middle of the month. Time surely flies. It has been a very busy time, and the list is long. I had a successful weekend, but of course I have some high expectations going […]
Northern Reflections
By Robert Animikii Horton
By Robert Animikii Horton
This morning, I found myself in Wilson’s Office Supply. With a near-identical delivery to Brian in The Fast and the Furious explaining to Harry, “I need NOS. I need NOS. One. No, no, two! And I need them by tonight,” I expressed the need for Expo dry-erase markers with the […]
Did you know? The growing popularity of electric bikes (e-bikes) in Canada has led to an alarming trend: a significant increase in severe injuries. Hospitals throughout Canada are treating a higher number of e-bike riders with more serious injuries, many of which are preventable. As e-bikes become a common mode […]
Indigenous women are taking their rightful place in Canadian politics in ever-growing numbers. In 1980, only two Indigenous women held office as First Nations chiefs across the country, one of whom was Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier. Marie-Anne was chief for thirty-nine consecutive years (1981-2020) of Okanese First Nation, Treaty 4 Territory. […]
By Grace Petsnick
The Book Stop
The Book Stop
If you read my piece on teaching Shakespeare in high school, you know I have some bones to pick with it. However, I will play my own devil’s advocate here by discussing my favourite play, Hamlet, and confessing that I now wish I had been forced to read it in […]
We all learned a new word from Mark Carney last week when he spoke of Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario. It was the word hydronyms, which is the naming of bodies of water. “We know that America is changing,” Carney said. “Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national […]
