With the popularity of social media these days, I get questions from people quite often with all kinds of fishing related questions. Some of the most common questions I get from people are “do you eat fish” and “how do you like to cook your fish?” Over the years, while […]
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Well I am officially finished calving! It ended with a boom; one of my cows gave me a set of twins. The first one was a bouncing baby bull and the second one was backwards, so a quick pull brought a little heifer safely into this world. The little bull […]
When starting seeds indoors, you must be concerned with a disease called damping-off as it can quickly turn your young seedlings into a complete crop failure almost overnight, setting your gardening schedule back by weeks. Damping-off can be caused by any one of the many types of soil fungus. Pre-emergence […]
I am trying to figure out what my new normal routine is. Retirement came and I very much continued my old schedule dropping into the newspaper almost daily. I would write this column over the weekend and then put it into the que Monday sometime from the desk that was […]
One Well we have completed our first day of touring and our second night of trying to sleep. The jet lag is subsiding and we can just about think clearly now. We arrived in Beijing in mid-afternoon Sunday the 13 after a long but decent flight on Air Canada and […]
I heard a retort several weeks ago, probably months ago now, during an argument, or a vigorous discussion, which I couldn’t help but overhear as I unloaded my groceries into the back of my car. “Oh, grow up,” one contender spat at the other, and it got me thinking about […]
Have you ever had the misfortune of tasting gravy that was bland, watery, or as starchy as dragging your tongue across a pile of raw flour? To say the least, it is not pleasant, and a far cry from serving its purpose: to enhance the food being served. To assist […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Gail Helen (Livingston) Fulford announces her passing on Sunday, March 29, 2020, peacefully with loved ones by her side. Gail was born November 19, 1948, in Fort Frances, Ont. to Irvin and Helen (Sisco) Livingston. Gail married the love of her […]
It is with profound sadness that the family of Frances (Marie) Grennier announce her passing on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Marie loved her family, especially her husband Buzz -who pre-deceased her nine days earlier. She was his Mama Bear and he was her Boo. Together they have seven children, fifteen […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Terrance Medicine announces his passing on Friday, April 3, 2020 at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born on September 17, 1990 in Fort Frances. He was raised in Big Island First Nation with Marian and Myers. He […]
Sadly, the family announces the passing of Eugene Bullied, 85, of Emo at the LaVerendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Eugene was born September 29, 1934 in Emo to Lawrence and Elizabeth Bullied. He loved spending time at his cabin on Clearwater Lake, anything he could do that involved his tractor, […]
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Fredrick John Dustak on March 31, 2020. Fred leaves behind his sons Shane(Cathy), Allan (Icela); and his grandsons Chad and Chace; and numerous nieces and nephews. Fred was predeceased by his daughter, Melissa; his parents Nick and Joyce; as well […]
