Well, I’m looking forward to spring! My quick trips to barn every two hours took forever in the heavy snow Sunday night. I could hardly wait for my dad to come with his plow truck. Normally, my narrow path that “Rox” and I follow stays rather bare for as often […]
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For 20 years, I have been writing an upbeat aging column called “This Side of 60.” And in those 20 years, I’ve tried to summarize the best of what researchers and experts had to say, as well as sharing some basic common sense suggestions. After I write a column, I […]
On Feb. 19, MPPs from across the province will return to Queen’s Park for the new legislative session. Like most, I’m looking forward to the return and the opportunity to raise a number of important issues on your behalf. Over the past few months, I’ve spent my time travelling across […]
I finally broke down and bought a snowblower. Two weeks ago, after the town had plowed in my driveway for the second time, without even getting my vehicle out of the driveway, I decided that the 30 years of debate on acquiring a mechanical snow shoveller were over. Now I […]
Last week, Canadians were reminded of something that we already knew—our Senate is a useless and unnecessary expense to taxpayers and should be abolished. The irrelevancy and expense of operating Canada’s unelected and unaccountable Senate is something that New Democrats, and many people in Northwestern Ontario and Canada, have been […]
It is cold out, minus double-digits. I’ve grown soft in my upper-middle age—seeking shelter from snow and wind instead of embracing the discomfort. No apologies. To ease the agony of cold toes and shoulders pulled up to my ears, I was imagining warm beaches and frothy drinks and the sound […]
I fell in love with snowshoeing in 1972 when I was 12 years old. I loved the activity most because it was something we always did together as a family. The wooden “Beavertail” snowshoes with leather belted bindings were too big, and my winter boots often got stuck in the […]
While the loss of the Duluth Clydesdales certainly doesn’t help things for the SIJHL in the long-term, the now five-team league does have one thing going for it right now. And that is one heck of a battle brewing from second place on back in the standings as four teams […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Epsom salts can be a way to help green up your garden naturally. Epsom salts contain magnesium and sulfur—two elements found in nature that are important for plant growth. Magnesium helps form chlorophyll in plants and is essential for photosynthesis. Magnesium also is critical […]
It is with sadness that we annouce Gordon Boland, 78, has passed away to a better world. He was born in Fort Frances, Ont. in 1934 but has resided in Vancouver, B.C. for the past 50 years. He leaves his partner of 37 years, Bas Van Der Hoek, and three […]
After a long and fulfilling life, Dorothea Anna Beryl Cupp left this Earth, peacefully and surrounded by love. We mourn the loss of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Mom was born May 30, 1924 in Stratton, Ont. to Cynthia and Archibald Shaw. She was the youngest of six children. […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Vivian Joyce Hartnell announces her passing. Surrounded by her loving family, Vivian passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, Feb. 9, 2013 in the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. at the age of 88. Vivian was born March 13, […]
