After what had been a nearly dead month or so, off-season activity in the SIJHL began to pick up steam in the last couple of weeks, especially with the release of the league schedule for the coming season last Friday. When we last looked at the off-season happenings back in […]
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There is a lot of that stuff called “real life” swirling around these days; life that leaves me worried and sad. I think of the people I know and love as though they are part of my herd or my flock or my pride (call it what you will). I […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Following last week’s article, this week’s outlines the last of 10 tips for pasture and feeding in dry conditions: 7. Feeding poorer quality feed will decrease an animal’s performance as the animal cannot maintain itself or grow. Other symptoms may manifest themselves with breeding […]
First of all, I am writing this with sea legs and if I didn’t feel the floor under my writing desk in my bedroom I would swear I was on the sailboat socking through the waves on Rainy Lake. It’s incredible how the human body continues to process motion some […]
Wow, this month is already a week old! Time seems to fly by once the fall season starts. Our plot forage harvester broke down about two hours from being finished all our second cut and haylage/silage trials. We are hoping that we will have it back this week and finish […]
Since being elected last fall, I’ve met with a number of people who are frustrated with the services being delivered by the Ministry of Natural Resources. In our region, hunting and fishing are a way of life, yet many people find the rules and regulations in place inconsistent, frustrating, and […]
I am sitting in the sun porch of our cabin. A light breeze out of the north is rustling the needles of the pines. A woodpecker is nearby batting its head against a tree to get at some bugs. The Bearskin flight to Thunder Bay just flew overhead. I am […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Recently, I was contacted by a client to do a garden design for their front flowerbed. This client was interested in a makeover to the current garden, with low maintenance as the ultimate goal. As I started the interview, it quickly came to light […]
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a woodpecker. As such, he has all the woodpecker characteristics. For instance, he clings to the bark of trees and pecks at it incessantly. He doesn’t sing, but makes some loud non-musical calls. He also stays close to trees almost all of the time. This bird […]
A lot of words have already been written over Monday’s dramatic 4-3 semi-final loss for the Canadian women’s national soccer team against the United States at the Summer Olympics in London. From the continuing discussions over the officiating during the game, to FIFA looking into possible sanctions over comments made […]
This weekend is going to be a special one for bass anglers across the region as the Shaw Kenora Bass International tournament starts tomorrow (Aug. 9) on Lake of the Woods. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Sunset Country’s original bass tournament. When the KBI started back in 1988, […]
My mother-in-law has just sold her home in Markdale, Ont. Her father had purchased the home in 1920 and it has been in the family for 92 years. Annually, our family would travel to meet gramma and grampa, and it was always to the family home. Their cousins from Waterloo […]
