What has happened to Stephen Harper’s commitment to build seven Arctic icebreakers back in 2007? Why, in 2015, are we still waiting for just one Polar-class icebreaker to be ready for work in 2021? The whole plan keeps being deferred as the need for more study in Ottawa continues to […]
Features
I had a conversation with my neighbour the other day. Colton Banks. He lives next door. Colton is four. He is starting school so he has a lot of things on his mind. He used to be too shy to talk to me so instead he hovered, playing some sort […]
After the great weather we’ve had over the past week here in Sunset Country, it’s tough to even begin thinking about the upcoming hunting season. However, we all know that a change in the weather is coming soon and before long, some of us will be hanging up the fishing […]
The dictionary defines “dummy” as an unintelligent or naive person. In spite of that definition, I don’t mind being called “dummy” when my partner takes the bid at a bridge party. Otherwise, calling me a dummy would be a huge insult. But apparently, judging by their reading tastes, there are […]
Step right up and place your bets. A fitting opening to my almost annual column predicting the outcome of this year’s NFL season, which begins tomorrow night when the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers. Billions upon billions of dollars are bet every year on professional […]
Dan McBride Dear Mike: An article in last Wednesday’s edition included the following statement: “PLT rates have not been adjusted to increase revenue since the 1950s even though wages, cost of living, and property values have gone up.” Whether intended or not, this statement reads like a government talking point. […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Ronald Arthur Olson announces his passing, with family at his side, in the early morning of Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. Ron was born on May 22, 1938 in Rainy River, Ont. to Arthur and Thelma. As a young man, he worked […]
With great sadness and sorrow, the family of Donna Hurd (nee Morgan) announces her passing on Thursday, Sept. 3 2015 at Riverside Health Care in Fort Frances Ont. With a soft and gentle whisper, her Lord called her name and she was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus. With […]
The 11th-annual International Falls Bass Championship took place this past weekend and it was the father-son team of Travis and Jace Peterson who bested the full 60-team field after two days of fishing on the Rainy River and the U.S. side of Rainy Lake. Since the second year of this […]
The last sunset of August hovers on the horizon as I write this. If you really want to know how fast time flies, watch the sun set. In the time it takes to realize how beautiful the purple-hued light is, reach for the camera, and turn back to the beauty, […]
