The Monday following the Emo Fair is a tough one! Everyone asks, “aren’t you glad it is all over?” Truthfully my answer is NO! I love the Emo Fair and enjoy our weekend in town. It is like Christmas, so much goes into it and it is over in a […]
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Canadians living in towns and cities do not worry about sewer and water. It comes and goes neatly in the pipes that bring fresh safe drinking water to our homes from municipal systems and takes away our sewage in similar fashion to be processed at a sewage treatment facility. We […]
The annual Naicatchewenin Fall Bass/Walleye Classic (formerly North West Bay) takes place September 13 and 14, this year. The entry fee is $300.00. Those wanting to register a team can do so via Facebook, text or call Connie at 807-276-7998. Payment order will determine launch order. There is an Early […]
This was a bit of a reboot. I started it in 2010 and just got it finished during my annual trek to Alberta.This is important! You know the routine, but you are a senior, or like me a senior; senior, so let’s review. As your 80+ driving licence test is […]
When I made my first “friend” in professional baseball, he was on crutches, sitting in a snow-tainted box seat watching his teammates-to-be. His name was Ellie Hendricks and Winnipeg was the furthest he’d been from his native Virgin Islands, in both miles and degrees. How the baseball equivalent of a […]
While the Kenora Bass International was going on at Lake of the Woods, I have been out in New York for the last two Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments of the season at Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. The first event at Champlain just wrapped up over the weekend […]
Fair week is upon us. I have had butterflies in my stomach for the last week wondering if I can pull it off. It hasn’t been an easy year. Extra work with our Expo, miserable weather which has resulted in a very late haying season. There haven’t been too many […]
This weekend should have been the 125th anniversary of the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society Fall Fair. That designation will hold off for one more year due to Covid. Similarly this should have been the 30th anniversary of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. It too was cancelled one year […]
This week’s column is submitted to me for editing by my B-I-L Ralph Jorgensen of Calgary Alberta. You can understand he needs relief from this year’s tragic failure of his city’s ruptured principal watermain that left him with a strictly enforced city water restriction stated as, “If it’s yellow, let […]
If you are either celiac, gluten intolerant, or just have a gluten-free lifestyle but still want to own a Chef Dez Cookbook – now’s your chance. I have just launched a NEW Cookbook: Gluten-Free Cooking with Chef Dez. This is not a ‘how to bake gluten-free’ book as I think […]
In 1866, London and Sheffield decided their soccer match should consist of two halves totalling 90 minutes. In 1868, the newly-formed Football Association added extra time could be added by the referee. That became the rule world-wide. Soccer has always been in tough when applying for membership in the exclusive […]
The original bass tournament in Northwestern Ontario is set to kick off on Thursday when a full field of 150 teams will blast off for the Kenora Bass International. Started in 1988, the KBI is probably one of the longest standing open tournaments in North America. For the first time […]
