A recent study in Britain found that it took the average British holidayer two days and 17 hours before they finally could enjoy their holiday. Another study found it takes women in Britain more than three days to relax and begin enjoying their holiday. I don’t know how long it […]
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Once upon a time, I wanted to be a super-hero and a secret agent, both seeming logical and worthwhile endeavours. When I didn’t get a “Secret Sam” spy kit for Christmas when I was 10 (and Duane Peters did), my lofty ambition tumbled off the shelf. Lion-tamer, veterinarian, and astronaut […]
By Tyler J. Moffitt
The Safety Advocate
The Safety Advocate
2012 is upon us! Making your home and workplace a safer place to live and work is a resolution we all should strive for. Being aware of—and seeing—the risks in our day-to-day lives as we go about activities is crucial to others and ourselves. One of the greatest health […]
Happy New Year to everyone! In many ways, I’m glad to see 2011 behind us. But I’m always cautious in complaining too much because I know things always could be much worse. I wasn’t able to stay awake long enough to ring in 2012 but I trust there were plenty […]
In spite of my age, I’ve never really felt old. With one exception, that is. And that exception was many years ago. I had gone to school most of my life, and taught the rest of it. I had travelled in the summers and served in many places of need. […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
Another year has come and gone. Many businesses take year-end inventories of goods on hand and farm businesses are no exception. Producers, don’t forget to get inventories on your livestock, homegrown grains and forages, and any purchased feed and supplies you have on hand. It also is handy if you […]
By Melanie Mathieson
The Gardening Guru
The Gardening Guru
Is the daylily the perfect perennial? They can grow in a wide range of soil and light conditions, have few insect problems, can tolerate drier conditions, and come in hundreds of varieties. Daylilies can be planted in a variety of landscape settings—positioned to make wonderful background plantings, naturalized in ditches, […]
As we welcome in the New Year, it always encourages us to reflect back on the previous one and the good times we had, as well as look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead. The interesting thing about fishing is the mind always allows us to use our imagination […]
One of the dangers as a sports writer is to make predictions and statements that can come back to blow up in your face. All I have to do is take a look back at my predictions column prior to the start of last year’s baseball season to see how […]
Alfred and Marie Veran and family sorrowfully announce the unexpected passing of their youngest and much-loved son, Danny Lee Veran, on Dec. 15, 2011 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Dan was born Feb. 20, 1971 in Atikokan, Ont. He spent his early life in Atikokan and Bears Pass. He had a […]
It is with sadness that the family of Evelyn Grace “Pat” Kozik, 86, of 1101 First St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., announces her passing on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Pat was born April 21, 1925 in Halifax, N.S. to the late John […]
Surrounded by his family, it is with great sadness that they announce the passing of Howard Heimo Ilkka Honka, 74, of Fort Frances, Ont., on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Howard was born July 8, 1937 in Port Arthur, Ont. He had worked […]
