This is Agriculture Food Week across Ontario. Ontario Agriculture Week is dedicated to celebrating the abundance of food our farmers produce, the Ontarians our industry employs, the rural communities we support and the economic engine we fuel. Please take some time to enjoy some Ontario produced food this week and reflect […]
Columnists
It wasn’t until 1957 that Thanksgiving became a permanent holiday in Canada. Yet Thanksgiving had been celebrated from as early as Sir Simon Frobisher celebration in 1578 after landing on Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island after losing a ship in the search of the Northwest Passage. They gave thanks for their […]
Once again the LaBelle’s Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic was a great event. The tournament held Saturday, September 30, was definitely a day with high temperatures. A slate of 53 teams competed. After a full day of fishing the top three teams were: 1st – Jeff Bragg and Ross Steele […]
October 4th is the day we honour and remember the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. It is indeed a disturbing and heartbreaking reality that so many tragedies of this nature exist, but the reminder is essential to achieve change, so that one day the compiling of […]
Sometime over the weekend, I stumbled across a list of statistics that quantifies the best Montreal Expos of all time, regardless of position. Such contentions are always open to debate, naturally, but seldom does it lead to war like this one does. Major-league baseball is at WAR. It has been […]
By Liz Adam
Life Coach’s Corner
Life Coach’s Corner
This time of year feels refreshing. Even if we aren’t a student or teacher starting off a school year, fall feels like the start of a brand new season with its vibrant leaves, crisp apples and refreshing autumn air. Only fervent haters of heat and the most devoted of winter […]
As the open water season begins to wind down, it was a busy weekend for area tournament anglers with several events happening across the district. The Shoal Lake Last Chance bass tournament took place at Shoal Lake, the Nestor Falls Musky Cup went down on Lake of the Woods and […]
If you stop and think about it this past weekend was one of the few wet weekends, we have had in a long time. I was of course planning on doing good weather projects but when that wasn’t the case, I managed to tackle things in my house that needed […]
My birch trees are now turning a golden yellow and the rain from the weekend had many of the leaves beginning a mat over my just mowed lawn. We are now in the early stages of the put away season. We will be closing the cabin for the winter shortly […]
The annual Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic is set to go this Saturday (September 1st.) at Birch Point Camp. Fifty teams have signed up to try their skills in bringing in the largest weight. Dale LaBelle( organizer) says it always a great day and enjoyed by both anglers and spectators. […]
When I hear Murray Sinclair’s name mentioned, I pay attention. He is on my list of individuals who will leave the world better than they found it, an accomplishment every single one of us should aspire to. Mr. Sinclair is Anishinaabe and a member of the Peguis First Nation. Chief […]
The three federal parties are in a rush to announce new policies to build upwards of 5 million homes by 2030. It is a huge mountain to climb, and all three parties are putting on their mountain climbing gear and making huge announcements claiming they have the solution to solve […]
