Editorial / Opinion
Remembering Henry Legary's cheese.
Henry brought in an amazing selection of cheeses when he owned Drayton Cash and Carry in the 1970s and early '80s.,,
This summer, I've valued the opportunity to attend meetings focused on the issues that matter to people across northwestern Ontario...
I guess at one time or another everybody has been wrenched awake from a pleasant, sunny mid-afternoon snooze in their zero-gravity chair by a patio table, nine-foot umbrella, cell phone, camera...
Today, I stand before you not as a visitor, not as a newcomer---but as one of your own. A Canadian...
This week in Ottawa, I questioned the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources about the ongoing delays facing Canada's natural resource sector...
After many years of wearing glasses with photogray lenses (the lenses automatically darkened in sunlight to produce grey tinged shades - automatic sunglasses). I loved them!...
Today was a great one for a walk - overcast, cool, snowy and brutal for a spring day - but a beauty for a little hike...
I was sitting in a Thunder Bay hospital waiting room this afternoon while Mary was having some tests performed somewhere down the hallway...
Mary and I had just gotten home from our anniversary dinner Thursday night...
Snow devils gallop across the lake as ribs, rubbed right, rest atop slow smoke in the barbeque. It's spring!...
I've been observing the best squirrel yet -- let's call him Alfie -- all afternoon. He has been hanging around the deck for hours, herky jerkying on the deck and along the rails...
As we enter the election period here in Sioux Lookout and the rest of Kenora-Kiiwetinoong, I hope that our next Member of Parliament will prioritize the interests of our community and work to bring greater prosperity to the region...
Silliness isn't always funny, but sometimes you have to laugh anyway...
Last Saturday evening I relaxed by my pine wood fire in the Palace and began an hour and a half before sunset to take a panoramic picture every 10 minutes of the progression of the setting sun...
Like many, lately you may be thinking that there is much going on in the world beyond Sioux Lookout...
Common sense Conservatives strongly condemn President Trump's latest unjust tariffs targeting Canadian steel and aluminum workers and manufacturers...
I fell into a pit.
Several years ago I dug a pit for eventual use as a gray water system at camp...
Mary has been sick for the last five days, and I joined her adventure three days ago. Neither of us has been out of bed for more than a few minutes at a time...
This week President Trump unjustifiably placed tariffs on Canadian goods. While he lifted the tariffs on some goods, he only gave a month's reprieve...
Putting Canada first means developing our resources---and Red Lake is well positioned to lead the charge. I met with Mayor Fred Mota to discuss the opportunities ahead as well as needed infrastructure improvements...
"Like sucking on a skunk," I thought to myself, blowing out a cloud of rancid cigar smoke...
More than 20 years ago years ago I created a website called Fairbanks Friends. It attracted people with an interest in Fairbanks, Alaska - a place where I had lived for a couple years in the mid 1960s....
After nine years, the NDP-Liberal government continues to make life more expensive for Canadians. Despite completely losing control of spending, the government decided to launch a disastrous capital gains tax hike on workers, homebuilders, doctors...
I saw this alligator in a Florida swamp last week the day before we returned home from a visit with my mother...