The email was from Megan Walchuk, this newspaper’s editor. Letters from the editor, even emails, sometimes mean the writer did something wrong. This one was different. Megan’s message was: “An old friend of yours reached out and asked to be connected. I don’t like sending out other people’s e-mails, so […]
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Initially my travels plans were going to bring me home for the last part of March and early April, as we got a couple of weeks off from our Bassmaster Elite Series schedule. I was looking forward to some late season ice fishing, which I always try to get back […]
I use the winter for garden planning and one of the best ways to plan, is by using seed catalogues or viewing websites. There are many mail order seed and plant suppliers in both the United States and Canada so the number of catalogues and websites you can use for […]
Here is hoping that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. For the most part it was decent weather if anyone planned an outdoor hunt! My nieces were out of town but are still expecting an easter hunt when they return. I thought we might be missing out on this […]
Benjamin Franklin – an American statesman – is credited with the saying “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.” We are in the tax season. The province has just announced its new budget for the next fiscal year. Christia Freeland on April 16 will read the federal budget. Income taxes […]
My granddaughter and her mother went on an adventure with me not so long ago and we had a marvellous time. Nothing too exotic, merely a stay in a hotel with a swimming pool. You can’t have an adventure, not really, without supplies – aka candy. I was remembering Abby […]
Easter is one of the special times of the year where our whole family gets together. The cherished relationships we have with each other are rekindled and we celebrate with food and drink. Two of our most popular side dishes with an Easter dinner are Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Homemade […]
The annual AG Days takes place Saturday (April 6) at the Chapple Rec Centre, doors open between 8-9 a.m. There are over 15 trade show exhibitors, plus eight speakers, there is a large variety of topics that the speakers will discuss from Agricorp programs, importing commercial goods, OFA updates, watershed […]
My first Vancouver Canucks game was also theirs, featuring 17 players from places like Goderich, Winnipegosis, Cudworth, Earlton and Noranda. None from Sweden. One (Paul Popiel) was from Denmark by then a U.S. citizen and the only non-Canadian in the line-up. Six weeks later, the Canucks dressed a Lebanese forward […]
It was a long week of fishing and all of the extra activities that go along with the Bassmaster Classic but when it was all said and done, Justin Hamner of Alabama was the one hoisting the trophy in front of a packed house in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 33-year-old angler […]
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Liz Adams
Liz Adams
“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” Lewis Grizzard Even though the winter has been mostly mild for us this year, it is always a treat to begin to see and feel the first stirrings of spring. When we desire to create lasting positive changes […]
Well I made it into the Station part days last week. I have a hard time weaning myself off from watching cows all day long! One morning I was interrupted by a couple of calving cows. Earlier last week I had an older cow in the barn and I noticed […]
