The last thing I want to do is make everybody back home jealous that I am down in Florida fishing out of a boat in shorts and sandals, so I apologize in advance. After making the eight-day drive to get down here this past week, I did finally make it […]
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Maybe it’s just the bitter and cynical 23-year-old in me, but I’m not really caught up in the hyperbole that is this year’s Super Bowl, which takes place Sunday night in Indianapolis after a 234-hour pre-game show (or at least it feels that way). Perhaps I’m not interested this year […]
On the afternoon of Jan. 19, 2012, my life and the lives of Dr. Jon Fistler’s children were forever changed and we were thrown to the wolves with unanswered questions, regret, and unspeakable grief at the misunderstanding that followed his suicide. I have discovered that I hate the word suicide. […]
The Harper Conservatives have made a mess of our Employment Insurance system. While tens of thousands of Canadians struggle with losing their incomes, only to have access to their EI benefits delayed, rejected, or expire, the Conservatives appear content to let them suffer by eliminating thousands of Service Canada jobs […]
Jan. 24 was Global Belly Laugh Day. A certain Elaine Helle of Lake Oswego, Ore. conceived this idea in 2006 in an effort to better society’s mood. And her idea obviously was a good one because 30 countries participated from seven continents. I’m not completely sure how many continents there […]
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been fortunate enough to have my weekly column printed by many of our local newspapers and online media outlets—and for that I’m truly grateful. It has given me a chance to reach out to you and keep everyone up to date on the […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
Many organizations, farm-related and otherwise, will have recently passed (or soon will pass), their year-end. Throughout the coming months, these organizations will be holding their annual meetings, with one of the main agenda items being to elect a new board of directors. The board of directors will have the responsibility […]
Monday was the day I decided to move my cows into the winter yard. I’m about three weeks from calving, but I also get nervous at this time thinking that someone could decide to calve early. Of course, since I have a few friends who are getting calves, and have […]
?It’s not often you see a high school goalie mask with something on it other than the regular solid colour design, as everyone tends to keep everything clean and without some sort of crazy paint scheme you tend to see in the professional ranks. So what is on the back […]
?For those us across Sunset Country who love to fish, we have plenty of good stuff to keep us going throughout the year. There’s always a season open for something—and usually there’s always a hot bite somewhere on any given day of the year. Ice-fishing season has been okay so […]
My brother was kidding me Sunday as we were putting up some gyproc in my home. “You must really be excited when you work on a room that is square,” he noted. I think he was referring to my helping him on his cottage, where all the walls were nice […]
First off, I would like to extend my best wishes for a happy and safe new year for you, your friends, and your family. With another holiday season behind us and 2012 well underway, we now can look forward to what the year ahead may hold. If 2012 is to […]
