Tom, Dick and Harry? How about Larry, Curly and Moe? Or Willie, Mickey and The Duke? Never mind all that…what happened to Mike, Dave and Bob? A generation or so ago, Mike, Dave and Bob were the most popular names in pro sports — in that order. Well, at least […]
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The local fishing tournament scene got cranked up this past weekend with the Kenora Walleye Open and the Shoal Lake Bass Classic, both taking place Saturday and Sunday. When the dates have worked out, I have fished both tournaments in the past but if they happen to overlap, I’m a […]
Have you ever noticed that our food does not have the same flavour intensity as it did around a decade ago? Food today does not seem to have that taste bud popping flavour that we remember. The reason is that much of our food has been engineered and hybridized to emphasize […]
Good news on the farm! We had a second duckling hatch! This one came on July 4 — so we now have Canada and Indee. They are still living in the house and Lexi is learning to be gentle. She sleeps by the spare room door where they are living […]
“You have to walk the walk, when you talk the talk” is an old saying about making promises. On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised NATO nations that Canada would more than double the number of troops it will permanently station in Latvia to over 2,000. Of course, it was […]
I was sorting through old photos the other day and came upon four-year-old me with my cat in my arms. Muff was my first pet. She had the softest of soft furs, pussy willow grey, trimmed with a white face and four white paws. She had a serious demeanour at […]
Cheers to organizers and volunteers to both Emo and Barwick who were part of the July 1st festivities. Parades, ball tournaments, fire department displays, kids games, dunk tanks, excellent food booths, vendors and much more made up for a great July 1st holiday. One could feel the enjoyment of family […]
Baseball is becoming obsessed with Shohei Ohtani versus Babe Ruth. Each time the Los Angeles Angels super human runs or hits or pitches as Ruth did, another milestone pops up. Only Ohtani and Ruth have been starting pitchers while batting third or fourth in Boston’s Fenway Park. Only Ohtani and […]
For anglers around the region who enjoy competitive bass fishing, the season gets underway this coming weekend. The season for bass is catch and release until July 1 across the Sunset Country region so there are no tournaments during the spring. There could have been a tournament this past weekend […]
The University set Friday June 30 as our July 1st holiday, so we are working today, and I think most of Emo is closed. So, it might be a quiet day for us without any visitors. After three days off there is always a big list of things to catch […]
The late comedian Sam Levenson is quoted as saying “The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. I cannot agree with the statement, but I do know my two granddaughters are filling a part of my heart that I never knew was […]
A coincidence is a remarkable occurrence of events without an obvious causal connection. We rarely take note of these occurrences, but yesterday one such event stopped me and …. got me thinking. On my desk was a blank piece of paper on which I had written COLUMN followed by the […]
