There are a couple of significant dates worth mentioning. Did you realize that last week the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has calculated that by February 9th, 2024, a Canadian household of average income will have earned enough to pay for their entire year’s grocery bill, which lands on the […]
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A survey released earlier this month found that 81 per cent of Canadians are more worried about paying for basic necessities like food, mortgages, rent than saving for retirement. In Fort Frances and across the district the one of the fastest growing groups seeking support from food banks are seniors […]
The first Coffee and Friends event is taking place at the Emo Legion (in the Legion hall) on February 20 from 1-3 p.m. This event is for seniors 55 plus. Coffee and refreshments will be served and board games will be available for those who wish to enjoy a friendly […]
Hitting the road east for a few weeks. Chew on this retread from 2008. I come from a generation whose first burning adolescent ambition was the acquisition of a set of wheels. Plumbing the depths of the mysteries of the opposite sex was more of an obsession than an ambition. […]
I’ve just come through another Atlantic winter storm. As storms go, it was manageable in my area, with no power outage and thus no slogging through deep snow to connect my generator. Other areas weren’t so lucky. I still managed to complain, inwardly of course, about my sore knee and […]
A few weeks back, I visited the supermarket to grab some fresh ginger root for a cooking class I was conducting. My requirement was only a couple of tablespoons, so I snapped off a small knob and headed to the cashier. The total bill turned out to be a mere […]
The Emo Knox United Church invites all area churches to Lenten lunches starting February 21-March 20. A short service at noon is followed by a soup and sandwich lunch. Congratulations to Jacob and Hanna Empey in the birth of their first child. Kadmiel David was born February 4. Proud grandparents […]
Five times, he scored 30 goals in the National Hockey League. He had back-to-back 100-point seasons. An All-Star, he played for Team Canada in 1972’s Summit Series, scoring a key shorthanded goal on Vladislav Tretiak in Canada’s first win. He’s one of seven who also played in 1976’s Canada Cup, […]
One of the perks of my job, competing in professional bass fishing tournaments, is that I get to leave home in Northwest Ontario in February and get back in the boat to start my season somewhere in the southern United States. Typically, we start the season in Florida, where temperatures […]
I am sitting at my desk thinking of what I should share with you this week as I look at my yard camera and it looks like April. Grass appearing through the snow, mud in the driveway and fog. This is crazy and let’s face it, colder weather is just […]
Now that five hockey players from the 2018 gold medal Canada Junior Hockey team have been arraigned in court, it is worthwhile to consider the implications and changes that should be brought forth not only for registered hockey players but for all registered amateur athletes in Canada. Four of the […]
As I await spring and the Superbowl, I am becoming increasingly lazy. Impossible you say. It’s a fact groundhog day, the midwindter bleahs, the super bowl and the endless chatter and whining at the Debating Table at the Bakery here in Rainy is downright depressing. Next thing you know there […]
