’Tis the season for gardening. Nurseries and garden centre add-ons at our local stores are bustling with customers armed with big ideas and good intentions. And even if our thumbs aren’t as green as they should or could be, the benefits of gardening are significant. There are the obvious positive […]
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Electric fence simplifies the management of an effective and productive grazing system. To be effective, your grazing system relies on you controlling where the livestock will be, not the livestock determining where they will be grazing. An electric fence is easy to erect and very effective at controlling livestock. But […]
Now a couple of weeks into the 2016 open-water walleye season, conditions are changing and walleye are on the move towards where they’ll spend much of the summer. Walleye are the most sought-after fish species across Sunset Country, evident by the fact thousands of anglers visit our region each year […]
If you are travelling around the rural areas, you’ll see most of the cattle now are out enjoying the green grass. The grass has come along quite nicely after getting some of this latest moisture. But it is a wise idea to wait until the grass has a good head-start […]
Ever since last week’s column, I’ve been thinking of my wonderful “Coksi-Pepsi” Grandma and how happy she always seemed to be. And how sad I felt when she passed away suddenly when I was only 17 years old. As a naive teenager, I sometimes was almost jealous of Grandma because […]
After much debate and shenanigans (read “Elbowgate”), the federal government’s bill on assisted dying finally passed in the House of Commons yesterday. But don’t start cheering just yet. First of all, it’s clear Bill C-14 won’t pass the Senate—if it even does at all—prior to this Monday’s deadline (June 6) […]
Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of Bill Ewald, 85, of Rainy River, Ont., on Saturday May 28, 2016 at the Rainy River Health Centre. A time of fellowship will be held Friday, June 3, 2016 from 1-4 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion in Rainy River. A complete […]
Mamie Permelia Ogden passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, at the age of 78, on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mamie was born March 20, 1938 to Wesley and Ida Ogden. She was a sister to David Ogden of Atikokan, Ont., Lawrence Ogden of […]
It is with deep sadness that the family announces the sudden passing of Jodi-Lynn Bartczak, 57, of Fort Frances, Ont., on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Jodi-Lynn was born March 17, 1959 in Fort Frances, where she attended public school and high school. At the age of 18, she moved to […]
David Ernest William Barras passed away Friday, May 13, 2016 in Laval, Que. He was born May 12, 1966 in Fort Frances, Ont. After helping his sister on R.R.#1 (Fort Frances), David worked for Canada Post in Fort Frances, Thompson, Man., Calgary, Alta., and finally Montreal, Que. He is survived […]
