Queen’s Park resumed this week after its summer break. While much of the upcoming agenda will hinge on the outcome of two Sept. 6 byelections, which will determine if Dalton McGuinty has been successful in obtaining his much sought-after third majority government, I expect much of the attention will be […]
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Nothing brings work to a standstill faster than a mom bringing in her newborn baby. Even from the back pressroom, the pressman can hear the cooing the front office staff make. And quickly they reach the front office to compete for time to hold those newborns. And as they grow […]
This past week, I joined New Democrats and Canadians in pausing to remember Jack Layton on the anniversary of his passing just one short year ago. It seems like yesterday. I was shocked to learn of Jack’s second cancer diagnosis in the weeks following the May 2 election, but even […]
Have you heard of Sophia Scholl? Or Traudl Junge? Films have been released, separately, on each of them—a creative depiction of the choices they made and the startling differences in their legacies. They were two young German women at the beginning of World War II, born in 1921 and 1920, […]
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 […]
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. […]
