This past week, I joined New Democrats and Canadians in pausing to remember Jack Layton on the anniversary of his passing just one short year ago. It seems like yesterday. I was shocked to learn of Jack’s second cancer diagnosis in the weeks following the May 2 election, but even […]
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Have you heard of Sophia Scholl? Or Traudl Junge? Films have been released, separately, on each of them—a creative depiction of the choices they made and the startling differences in their legacies. They were two young German women at the beginning of World War II, born in 1921 and 1920, […]
When the 2013 editions of Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship and the Shaw Kenora Bass International get underway next summer, one name sadly will be missing from the angler lineup. Last Thursday, Frank McClymont passed away at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer, leaving a big hole […]
If you’ve ever fished in any type of competitive event, you surely will have experienced the ups and downs that go along with this activity. Tournament fishing can be highly-stressful when things don’t go right, yet they also can give you the highest of highs when things work out and […]
Frank Allen James McClymont, born May 1, 1952 in Toronto, Ont., passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 in Kenora, Ont. He was raised in Fort Frances, Ont., where, along with his brothers, he grew to enjoy the great outdoors. For work, Frank moved to Manitoba and lived there for 13 […]
Edward Arnold Tribe, 95, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 at The Village of Tansley Woods. He recently was predeceased by his beloved wife, Helen (Aug. 14, 2012), with whom, on Thursday, would have celebrated 66 beautiful years together. Much-loved father of Dawn Sharpe and her late husband, […]
Nancy Lavigne (nee Christiansen), 94, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 at the Littlefork Care Center in Littlefork, Mn. Nancy was born July 2, 1918 to John and Anna Christiansen at Mulvihill, Man. Nancy’s early career took her to Toronto, Ont. to work for the Parker Pen Company. […]
Well, the summer weather certainly is continuing here. My final week with a student at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) was busy but we managed to complete our grain harvest and get all our samples in. We also tried to finish our forage work—only to find our Swift Current […]
In the late 1950s and early ’60s, we lived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A wonderful city! And I still enjoy the fun memories of that era. But there is another side to my Edmonton memories. Just before we moved 2,000 miles away from my home in New York state, we […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Installing tile drainage is a very common land improvement practice among farmers in Ontario. Corrugated plastic tubing, clay, and concrete drain tile are installed beneath the surface of agricultural land to drain excess water from the crop root zone. The benefits of tile drainage […]
