Last week, our region’s tourism industry was blindsided by news that the three provincially-funded tourist information centres in our region would close permanently this spring. This decision is unacceptable, misguided, and needs to be reversed immediately—and I am fully committed to fighting this decision using all means necessary. The Ministry […]
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On Saturday, my college kid and I filled 126 plastic eggs with goodies and hid them outside in the farmyard. The little peppers and their moms, along with my parents, were expected for Easter dinner that night and the first-annual “Granny’s Easter Egg Hunt.” Easter this year was an extra […]
Spring is such a wonderful time of the year! As I write, the birds are warbling, the sun is shining, a stray crow is cawing, the trees are greening, the doors are open, and my back door flower garden is aglow with color–pink hyacinths, yellow pansies, purple phlox, and bright […]
By Melanie MathiesonThe Gardening Guru
The way that the SIJHL final, not to mention the regular season and “showdown” series, has gone between the Fort Frances Lakers and Wisconsin Wilderness, it sort of seemed destined the title was going to come down to a seventh game. That is exactly what will be taking place tonight […]
Most of us are accustomed to think of owls as large birds, hunting in the fields or the forest.But there are little ones, too, and some are very small, indeed. The first one is the Boreal Owl, which is just about the same size as a robin. It doesn’t have […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
“When can I start my cattle on pasture?” is a question that runs through everyone’s mind as spring approaches. If you turn cattle out too soon, the grass will not support the livestock. Once the grass is set back at the beginning of the season, it will be less productive […]
Now that the ice is out on just about all the water across Sunset Country, anglers are itching to get into their boats and start catching some fish after another long winter. Long winter is a relative term. I know we had it pretty easy over the past few months, […]
The Emo Agricultural Research Station is officially open for the 2012 season. I’ve been working on files, trial plans, and organizing, with seed to be arriving shortly. Often when I get back to work at EARS, there is still snow on the ground. So I feel like I am behind […]
I love this time of year. The weather keeps getting better, the days are getting longer, and with open water, we have plenty to look forward to. Since ice fishing wrapped up a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been spending some time in the woods scouting around some of my […]
Has it really only been five months since that insane World Series which the St. Louis Cardinals won over the Texas Rangers in seven games? Other than a two-game sojourn in Tokyo last week between the Oakland A’s and Seattle Mariners that marked the official start of the season, the […]
The announcement that the province was closing the tourism information centres in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Kenora caught everyone by surprise. In the past 12 months, the province had expanded its budget to promote fishing and hunting in the northwest. The money was targeted at major markets throughout the […]
