Last week I was in Owen Sound for the Ontario Cattlemen’s summer meeting and we actually met with the board and staff from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, as well. We are dry here in Rainy River, but things were even worse there. For the most part, the entire province is […]
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The cuts keep on coming from the federal government—and it would appear the reason we are not hearing announcements about them is because they are poorly thought out, unpopular, and strike at the heart of many essential services we Canadians depend on. This past week, for instance, we learned of […]
Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be an old woman some day—and it’s still a goal I hope to achieve. Maybe it was because I admired my Grandma Moser so much as a girl. I loved going to Grandma’s house. And, as far as I could tell, so […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo With the extended hot, dry weather we’ve been having, the following is the first of a two-part article with 10 tips for pasture and feeding in dry conditions: 1. Supplementing pastures may be necessary to keep animals from over-grazing This will mean moving them […]
Sometimes I think I’m “all that” and I am! And then I do idiocy and dig my bicycle out of a two-year storage, plunk on a helmet made for a bigger brain, and pedal like the dickens (because I was going to be late) the 8.5 km to work. About […]
Do you ever have days when you’d like to let off steam; get some things off your chest in a loud manner, as though you are a baseball manager getting in the face of the umpire and his bad call and kicking some dirt on his shoes? I started my […]
Last week, Elections Ontario announced two USB keys containing personal data for 2.4 million people had been lost due to employee negligence. While it’s good news that data from Kenora-Rainy River was not one of the 20-25 ridings involved, it shows that not enough is being done by the government […]
This is “Bass Week” in Fort Frances. Anglers competing in this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship have been plying the waters of Rainy Lake for the past week. You can see rooster tails flying high in the sky as those sleek fibreglass bass boats skim across the water. The […]
The sixth-annual KMTS Bronzeback Classic bass tournament took place this past weekend on Lake of the Woods. Anglers were faced with some great weather over the weekend—and plenty of nice smallmouth bass were brought to the scales. Although the bite was off a little bit for most of us who […]
For those who have read my column on a regular basis over the last year-and-a-half, you may have noticed my predictions on certain sporting events have been lacklustre at best. Back in March, for instance, I picked the Miami Marlins to win the World Series this year—and that choice currently […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Kerttu (Gertie) Maki, nee Nurmi, announces her passing on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 in Atikokan, Ont. Kerttu was predeceased by her parents, Kusta and Senja Nurmi; husband, Ernest; brothers, Olavi and Emil Nurmi; sisters, Lil Siegert and Lyyli (Lily) Pettis; niece, […]
James Thomas Hinkle, 71, passed away July 9, 2012 in Sebring, Fla. He was a native of Wauseon, Ohio, moving to Sebring in 1984 from Fort Frances, Ont. by way of Minnesota. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He also was a banker, owner of Jim’s […]
