We have been experiencing some beautiful summer weather and I am so scared to let my guard down and enjoy it. With two years of some not-so-enjoyable conditions, it seems I am nervous. The growth is just incredible right now. Alfalfa is knee high, and I would expect dairy producers […]
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As I travel about the District, I am struck by how Canada’s immigration policy is impacting our communities. Over the past several decades, the District’s population has been in decline throughout migration. More recently, we are now seeing a new migration as people from around the world who have chosen […]
The recent heat wave was very stressful. Some say it even unbalanced a few residents. For example: The heat was stifling and John couldn’t sleep. He was tipped back on his lawn chair on the deck enjoying the few stray breezes and the moonrise over the river. His half-dozen cats […]
I come with a surgeon general’s warning, not for my safety but for yours. Let me explain. I was out hunting for blueberries yesterday; not the berry itself, but the plant upon which the berries will grow. This involved a trip to four garden centres for the varieties I wanted […]
There is a “rule” in the newspaper business than you don’t become friends with the people you write about on a regular (or even irregular) basis. I confess it’s a rule I’ve broken a few times. My ex-colleagues in Montreal would say I broke it with Expos pitcher Steve Rogers, […]
The walleye season opened this past weekend across the Sunset Country Region and anglers were greeted with some nicer weather than we usually experience over the May long weekend. It was dry, warm and the wind was angler-friendly. A lot of my May-long memories consist of fishing in sideways rain […]
We certainly can’t complain about the long weekend weather. We reminisce about the many years my dad would want to go fishing simply because it was the “long weekend” and there would be snowflakes in the air. Though I certainly could and maybe even should have been working at my […]
The Golden Rule says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”, yet every day I come across stories of discrimination because of race, religion, sex, and LGBQT status. The culture wars of fear are targeting specific groups of people. Somehow that famous Golden Rule often falls […]
The Emo Walleye Classic is happening May 25,26 and 27th. Thursday starts off with an anglers boat parade, line up starts at the Emo Hospital at 6 a.m. and will makes its way down town. Come out and enjoy a great evening. The weekend just keeps getting better with weigh-ins, […]
Well, my physician old doc Rye Whiski decided it was time to update my diabetes medication. With all the new stuff on the market, maybe it was time I tried something that would make my corpse a little less sweet i.e. lower my blood sugar. So I went on one […]
I recently saw a portion of an interview with Taylor Swift where she explained that differences between women and men in the music industry still exist. The language used creates barriers, where a male musician’s behaviour is described as “strategic”, while the same behaviour in a woman is referred to […]
On May 8, 2023, Connie Walker won a Pulitzer Prize and a day later won a Peabody Award. The Pulitzer was in the category of Audio News and the Peabody for Podcast and Radio. I’m sure Walker has yet to settle back down to Earth, but she has worked hard, […]
