Don Cumming received a very special award from the Canadian Community Newspapers Association last Thursday evening at the Royal York Hotel. He was the recipient of the “Gold Quill” Award, which is bestowed upon individuals who have worked within the newspaper years for 50 years and have been involved in […]
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Since the season is closed for everybody’s favourite fish for a few more weeks, other less popular species get a little more pressure than they might throughout the rest of the open-water season. Until the third Saturday in May when we can all start chasing walleyes again, lake trout, pike, […]
It’s not very often you get the chance to talk with someone who was a member of a championship squad from 60 years ago, let alone from the most celebrated team in Fort Frances hockey history. So when I found out that former Fort Frances Canadians’ blueliner, and 1952 Allan […]
Well, Mother Nature co-operated for part of Spring Fever Days in Emo! Friday was beautiful and it was nice to see our little town buzzing along. Unfortunately, the weather Saturday wasn’t so great and it certainly made it a long, hard day for the workers at the sales barn in […]
Leave it to me to make a mountain out of a molehill. I may be free of guilt trips and voyages to “regret-ville,” but I certainly haven’t conquered my anxiety when it comes to stepping outside my comfort zone and away from my neck of the woods. I had best […]
Sunday was Earth Day. I hadn’t paid much attention to the day until I watched the news on CBC that evening and saw the parades and people working to cleaning up waterways and parks across Canada. People also planted trees along roadways and replaced fallen trees in parks. In my […]
Local business is the backbone of our community yet sometimes we forget the significant impact our purchasing decisions can have. By purchasing goods at local shops, farmers’ markets, and craft shows, or other items that have been produced in our region, we help keep jobs in our communities. This money […]
Even though Parliament wasn’t sitting, it was quite an eventful week in Ottawa with two new appointments for me and a shadow cabinet announcement by NDP leader Tom Mulcair. It was a great honour to learn that Tom has appointed me to be our caucus critic for the Northern Ontario […]
“To Kill a Mockingbird” is my favourite book of all times. Although a few others have come close, none move me the way Harper Lee’s writing does. I carry the novel around with me like a Bible—a source of inspiration and comfort and hope. I often have it in my […]
Those of you who follow my column likely have read some of my stories about shed hunting in the past and know what I’m talking about. For those of you that have not heard the term shed hunting before, it refers to looking, or “hunting,” for shed deer and moose […]
You may have thought that with the Pittsburgh Penguins being knocked out of the Stanley Cup playoffs at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday afternoon, you would have gotten a bit of a break from the Sidney Crosby media circus for a few months. But as it turns […]
Obedience is defined as compliance with the wishes of another; an acknowledgement of authority. What a grand idea. I would like to be the authority and would be most pleased to have “Gracie,” canine member of my family, to be compliant. How would I achieve such status? Take one Miss […]
