It is with great sadness that the family of Larry Douglas Sweigard announces his passing on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Larry was born on January 14, 1947, in Ottawa, Ont., to Wilbur and Ruth Sweigard. He grew up in Southern Ontario and […]
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April 8, 1943 – February 5, 2023 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Marjorie Jean Toninato, on Sunday, February 5, 2023, after her hard-fought battle with cancer and all the many complications that went with that for the past 27 years. Marge passed away peacefully […]
A kedgeree is a popular curried rice dish in the UK and is classically made with smoked haddock and boiled eggs. In my recipe below, I have replaced the traditional rice, with cauliflower rice and used smoked salmon instead of the haddock. The result? Deliciousness! I, personally, am not a […]
In last week’s column I shared my thoughts on hitting the road to start my eleventh season fishing professionally in the U.S. It’s been a lot of fun and I consider myself lucky to get to do what I do. Getting to travel around to fish has given me the […]
By starting seeds indoors you can often extend your growing season by up to ten weeks. This can be very beneficial for plants that have a longer “days to maturity” time frame. You can even start some of the newer hybrid varieties with shorter “days to maturity” time frames indoors […]
When the National Football League was largely unknown in Canada (one game-of-the-week on TV, period), a friend of mine followed American football studiously. Its most dominant player was Jimmy (later Jim) Brown and, while my friend educated me of his dominance, he always mentioned “Wooten and Hickerson” in the same […]
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Shirley Edna Hodge (nee Watts) at the age of 74. Shirley passed peacefully in Fort Frances on Sunday, January 29, 2023, surrounded by loved ones. Born to Arthur and Arlien (nee Lundy) Watts on April 9, 1948, in Emo, Ontario, […]
Dear editor: The following is an open letter to Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion from North Bay Pride: Dear Minister Hussen: We are in receipt of your latest response to our previous letters outlining the need to end homelessness by giving homes, not temporary solutions. You […]
The sky is a refreshing blue. The frost that hung in the air this morning is clinging to the trees. The white against the black branches makes the whole day wonderful. The cloudless skies has the sun adding sparkles to the new fallen snow. It is a beautiful January day […]
My research of Cree history, in search for understanding my great (x4) grandmother, recently brought me to a report published in 1999 – Kayasochi Kikawenow, Our Mother from Long Ago – written by Kevin Brownlee, an Aboriginal Archaeology Intern, and Dr. E Leigh Sims, Curator of Archaeology, both from the […]
Back in 2012 I had a friend from Minnesota who offered to help me out to sign up for some professional bass tournaments in the U.S. At the time, FLW had a four tournament series called the FLW Tour Opens and that’s what I signed up to fish. The four […]
