Here we are once again at the start of another school year. Packing kids’ lunches is a chore for many, and sometimes one can lose sight of nutritional value due to heavily marketed convenience foods. School-time snacks and lunches are not exactly the best avenue to practice “gourmet cuisine”, but […]
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And so another National Football League season is underway. It’s a moment big enough to scare television shows and rival football games (CFL) from going head-to-head on Sundays that aren’t super. It’s the revival of America’s greatest sport, which supplanted baseball decades ago. It’s the lighter that ignites the gambling […]
The 27th annual Bassin’ For Bucks tournament took place this past weekend on Lake of the Woods, out of Sioux Narrows. This tournament started way back in 1996, the idea of local anglers Chris Bell and Mel Geisbrecht, as a way to extend the season for the community of Sioux […]
I’m writing this on September 11. I know this day is a reminder of the tragedy that happened 22 years ago and none of us will ever forget but today is also my mom’s birthday! My mom is the kindest, hard-working, compassionate, supportive lady. She is an excellent cook, and […]
Last week Rob Ford made an announcement that he was going to build 1600 square foot homes across the province for less than $500,000 with even finished basements. It was a brash promise in the land of the golden horseshoe where the average home now sells for just over $1 […]
There’s no place like home, that quote definitely rings through for Marilyn McKinnon. Marilyn returned to her home on August 7th after being in the hospital since August 8 2022 – just one day short of a full year hospital stay. Due to mobility issues that required a long stay, […]
I am sometimes confounded by the obvious differences in people’s behaviour. I don’t expect us to all react the same in certain situations or even behave in a manner that is reflective of our similarities, but … I am a people watcher and what better time to watch people than […]
Throughout the years involved in the culinary industry I have encountered many people who have either become bored of cooking, or don’t think the result is worth the effort. Everything is perception; appreciation through levels of awareness… including your eating experience. Let’s face it, chances are you have a kitchen […]
In a decade of covering the Montreal Expos, either as a beat writer or a radio reporter, I collected a few unusual or bizarre or sometimes-funny stories that had little to do with covering baseball. Such as the time my wife and I were almost arrested for reportedly burglarizing the […]
Even though we might have just experienced the nicest weekend of the whole summer, we all know that the warm weather is coming to an end and temperatures will soon start cooling off. While most of us probably aren’t that excited for winter, fall brings some of the best fishing […]
A previous column outlined the difference between bulbs and corms and this column will tackle tubers and rhizomes. Like bulbs and coms, tubers and rhizomes are also usually considered perennial plants which have a period of growth and flowering, followed by a period of dormancy where they die back to […]
It was just over two weeks ago that we lost power both in town and at the lake. On most planned power outages, we would go to where the power was still on. It is a far cry at the cabin from when the wood cooking stove and the kerosene […]
