2012-02-17 at 11:10
At the ripe old age of eight years old, I can vividly remember my mother yelling out the front door to get in the house and wash my hands for dinner.
Road hockey after school out on the street was the norm in the neighbourhood, and in those days it’s what kept us kids occupied and active.... Read More
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2012-02-03 at 11:47
Someone told me last week that Lake Superior’s water level is down by almost a metre.
Does anyone have any idea how much water that is in a lake the size of a sea? I mean one metre of water in Lake Superior’s total area is mind boggling to say the least. So why is the largest freshwater... Read More
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2012-01-20 at 13:28
I recently have been following a couple of the articles written and letters to the editor in our local media on the wolf encounters people have been having in our rural route and within our city limits.
In the last five years it seems there have been more and more sightings within the city... Read More
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2012-01-12 at 9:00 AM
The month of January and the dead of winter settling in mean one thing – we have a couple of more months before daylight starts to show significant increases and temperatures stay on the rise.
This is the time of year antlers on moose and deer shed and are strewn on the ground somewhere... Read More
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2011-12-16 at 13:27
As a kid, I can vividly remember sitting on an upside down pail beside my hand-drilled hole intently watching my line tied to a red willow stick jammed in the snow.
Little Butler Lake, Agimak lake, Sandbar Lake, Raliegh Lake, Sowden Lake and many others we fished around the town of Ignace... Read More
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2011-12-09 at NOON
Although I have seen many Christmas trees already set up in the front windows of local residences, it’s that time of year when most folks get serious about doing so if they already haven’t and join the rest of the sheep herd in bringing home that pine or balsam.
The tradition of... Read More
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2011-12-02 at 10:52
After a lengthy session at city council on Monday night, council voted they will indeed go ahead with a planned bow hunt for whitetail deer within the city limits for 2012.
Several deputations were made by individuals representing different outdoor organizations trying to educate and explain... Read More
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2011-11-18 at 11:13
It’s that time of the year where the boat gets wrapped up and put away. Maybe even the ATV, lawnmowers, small outboard motors, hedge trimmer, weed whacker and whatever else is used in the summer and powered by gasoline is also stored away.
A lot of folks overlook the maintenance required... Read More
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2011-11-04 at NOON
Every year during the rifle moose hunt there always seems to be some conflict somewhere between hunters, or hunting parties, and this year proved to be no different.
In the span of a month, I received several calls and emails from individuals who were complaining about the behaviour and unethical... Read More
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2011-10-21 at NOON
With the month of October winding down, there is no doubt in my mind many decent bucks have already been taken by hunters in the last few weeks.
A lot of reports I have received so far indicate this year’s whitetail harvest on a whole has been decent even though we still have the... Read More
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