Felix Lucien DeGagne passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 at the age of 81. A prayer service will take place on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Dryden Community Funeral Home’s Chapel. A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s […]
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The second FLW Tour stop of the season took place last weekend at Lake Travis in Texas. After a decent three-day practice period, where I had the help of my brother, Ben, I was able to grind out a pretty solid 13th place finish on a lake that was fishing […]
The usual sounds and smells that are welcome to wake me up in the morning are the subtle waft of caffeine perking out of the coffee-maker and the beeps that spell “Ready,” the drift to the nostrils of fresh bread baked by timer in the bread-maker, and the smell of […]
I had a busy week of calves (on the top day I had seven arrive). That happened to correspond with Canada Agriculture Day, which I celebrated by bringing more beef into the world. I guess it was good that it was warm since I had to recycle them through the […]
Death is not the opposite of life but a part of it. Haruki Murakami, a Japanese writer, said those words and he is the same age as our beloved Stuart McLean, whose death left our world a lot less bright today–the day I am writing this; writing to soothe the […]
It is with great joy and sorrow that the family of Geraldine Veronica Byinton express her calling to Our Lord’s Kingdom on St. Valentine’s Day, which represents the celebration of love and affection. Gerri, as she preferred to be called, shared these qualities with everyone she came in contact with […]
It’s coming up to three years since town council decided to drop “Pither” from the “Point” because, as a former Indian agent, his name continued to spark bitterness among local First Nations more than a century later. Many names of towns, parks, buildings, other structures, and even sports teams remain […]
It was Family Day in Ontario on Monday and here in Fort Frances, we had a thunderstorm and rain for most of the day. Needless to say, it was not the most wonderful day for outdoor family activities. Driving back from Dryden under a sunny sky Saturday afternoon, I could […]
Sometimes everything in my life comes together–and sometimes I have to coax it into place like a scared dog. I was in the shower enjoying my hot water therapy session Thursday night when I stopped scrubbing and opened my eyes as a sudden and impending doom washed my peace and […]
After a week of fun fishing in Texas between the first two stops on the 2017 FLW Tour, it was back to the grind for me at Lake Travis in south-central Texas before the second tournament of the season starts later this week. The FLW Tour has strict rules regarding […]
I think we can agree that there is a load of the ridiculous that gets posted on Facebook. And when I say ridiculous, I don’t mean those postings that make us giggle or laugh right out loud, or our hearts to ache, but those postings that have the descriptor stupid […]
