HAILSTONE–Born to Sean and Jackie, nee Vanderaa, of Kenora, Ontario, a girl, Olivia Ann Rosaleen, weighing 8 lbs. 5 oz. on April 14, 2014 at Lake of the Woods District Hospital, Kenora, Ontario.
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MISHIBINIJIMA-Born to Aaron and Stephanie, nee Hyatt, of Emo, Ontario, a boy, Quinn Victor George, weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz. on April 11, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
The federal government is planning to commemorate Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan in elaborate fashion on Parliament Hill on May 9, complete with a parade, 21-gun salute, and a fly-past of planes and helicopters. The idea is to pay homage to the men and women who bravely endured 12 years […]
Kim Roach, 56, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away suddenly in her home on Sunday, April 20, 2014. She was born Dec. 21, 1957 to the late Wallace “Swede” Bruyere and Shirley Irene Bruyere (Minor). Kim grew up on Couchiching with her many brothers, sisters, cousins, and friends. Kim […]
The glee was stacked as high as the pancakes and syrup they poked in around my table that morning before the hunt began. Goals were shared about egg collection; theories on where to look cooked up like the crispy pieces of bacon that followed the forks full of pancake down […]
We certainly ended up with a pretty decent Easter weekend compared to our neighbours to the north and east. We did see some snow, sleet, and rain early on Saturday, but we missed most of that and the sun was shining later that day! I vaccinated my cows, calves, and […]
I would like to begin by wishing all of my constituents a very happy spring. I know this past winter has been long, hard, and expensive for the majority of us, and we all are very deserving of a little sunshine, warmth, and, of course, the lower heating costs that […]
This is “Spring Fever” weekend in Emo. This year, it also might be known as the “Cabin Fever Breakout.” The businesses of Emo have, for more than four decades, drawn district residents together to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring and summer. Some 47 years ago, […]
I recently watched a video created by a Dutch father that captured his daughter’s first 14 years in slightly more than four minutes of continuous images of her developing face. The video appears on Facebook and has done the rounds, I would suspect. The idea is a fascinating one—one I […]
With the warmer weather that finally showed up this past weekend across Sunset Country, it finally feels like spring is just around the corner. The snow took a pretty good hit these past few days and it actually was nice to be outside after many months of nasty winter weather. […]
Landscape fabrics can help eliminate weed growth around trees, shrubs, and plants for years when laid done before the application of an organic mulch—saving the time and energy you’ll spend weeding and spraying herbicides. Landscape fabrics are woven, non-woven, or spun-bonded synthetic petroleum products that, when laid on the ground […]
It’s been so long since I’ve written a column, I’m almost not sure where to begin. My apologies for the absence. Trust me, it wasn’t due to a lack of desire to touch base with you all. But it’s been such a vibrant, exciting, and extremely busy sports scene all […]
