This week there were some rather important developments for many constituents in our riding. The City of Thunder Bay has announced information sessions for flood disaster relief for affected citizens, and the Electoral Boundaries Commission has announced changes to our riding that could affect the services people receive in the […]
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We have had a hot, dry summer—very hot and very dry. We’ve seen our blackberries dry up before they were ripe and our flower gardens wilt. It has been so hot that our tomatoes and cucumbers didn’t “set on.” And we had to deep water our tallest trees to make […]
I was sitting on my wicker couch by the creek a couple of days ago on one of those windy September afternoons that produces very bad hair and smacks of a season I am not yet prepared for. Where did the summer go? I could have sworn it was June […]
We certainly shouldn’t be complaining about this beautiful fall weather but many of us are wishing we would get some rain! My biggest complaint (besides the rain) is the fact it is dark by 8 p.m. now. This limits my daylight hours after work and my precious farming time. I […]
I recently started a new job. I have two 10-hour shifts under my belt; certainly enough hours to bring into question my sanity and the limited endurance of my arches. This is an entry-level position, paying minimum wage. Why, you ask? I had some notion that if I participated with […]
We all awoke to the announcement that another hockey strike was happening. The owners are locking out the players. One might think that in hard times, the owners might have been tightening the reins on their own personal spending for hockey players. But recent announcements in the hockey-signing world seem […]
A few weeks ago our region lost a great dude that many of you probably knew, Frank McClymont. Those of you that like to fish surely knew Frank because he was active in all aspects of the fishing industry around Sunset Country for many years, whether it was participating in […]
If you are looking for a piece about how the current NHL lockout will soon lead to a massive decay in Canadian Culture and will alienate the youth of today from our “national sport,” you’ll have to look elsewhere. Firstly, our national sport is still lacrosse the last time I […]
The wind was blowing in my office window last week, repeatedly chasing papers off my already disorganized desk. I was deep in “writing thought” and was annoyed at the intrusion. I would have shut the windows, but I’ve been so hot for what seems like the entire summer; the breeze […]
By the time you read this column, the cross-district bike ride for the “Together We Can” fundraising campaign to replace the mammography machine at La Verendrye Hospital here will have been completed. But the campaign to raise funds for the new machine only will have been kicked off. Just as […]
Sometimes when I open my mouth, what comes out are words I wish I had never said out loud. I’ve made that mistake a few times lately and, of course, the afterlife of regret lingers longer than it’s welcome, like the smell of campfire in my hair that takes two […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo Soil fertility plays a major role in fall pasture growth, the over-wintering of the plants, and the following spring’s production. Fall is a good time of year to help a pasture that is struggling from being over-grazed, stressed by poor growing conditions, or a […]
