It was a two-hour sports show on the radio every Sunday morning. Anybody who has worked in radio knows Sunday morning is typically a wasteland of listeners… unless the station is way down south and features a televangelist. After almost a year of being responsible for “Sunday Morning Sports Page” […]
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By Robert Animikii Horton
Northern Reflections
Northern Reflections
This one is for teachers of civics as much as it is for everyday citizens breathing life into our democracy. Let’s roll. Teaching civics and democratic education faces a paradox in the 21st century. Learners (and those who teach them) have unprecedented access to massive amounts of information. The challenge […]
The world has changed. We have learned that under Donald Trump neither Canada nor Europe can any longer depend on our closest ally. We can watch as the American president flexes his economic and military power against nations in the western hemisphere that Mark Carney’s drive to create new trading […]
Did you know? The rapid aging of Canada’s population is a historic demographic shift that demands immediate attention. We are facing a projected spike in “unintentional injuries” and costly fall-related incidents, yet our core systems are unprepared. From healthcare to housing and employment, Canada currently lacks the people (workers) and […]
It seems as though winter had found us and is planning to stick around for a bit. I was planning to leave Lexi at home this morning but she insisted on going for our morning walk but she was very anxious to get in the house when we got back. […]
The Rainy River Valley Association Society is holding its meeting on Tuesday, January 27, at 7 p.m. The meeting takes place at the 4-H exhibition hall. There are four positions to be filled. The next three projects to be completed on the fair grounds are the Borderland Racing concession, an addition […]
Children’s deaths become a statistic in the debate over gun control in the United States, their names and their short lives quickly forgotten, while there seems no restraint on providing details of the one wielding the weapon. It is a disturbing reality how the National Rifle Association (NRA), with its […]
Since the National Football League is always my personal second choice for this game’s entertainment, only rarely do I care who wins the Super Bowl or any of the games preceding it. Most years, I don’t watch “America’s game” until the playoffs. This time, I thought it would be cool […]
When you come from a family of pranksters with a deep appreciation for dry humour, you don’t just inherit the jokes. You inherit the stories—and they tend to stay with you for life. I was in Grade 8, in Living Skills class. Our teacher, Mrs. Mundahl, taught us practical things […]
A group of people met with our MP Marcus Polowski for a sociable evening discussing items that impact residents of the district. A last-minute invitation was sent out making inviting people. I had missed an opinion piece written by our member and John McKay a former member of parliament and […]
Did You Know? In Canada, unintentional injuries are a significant “public health” concern, ranking as the leading cause of death for people aged 1 to 44. Despite how serious this is, many people don’t realize how big the problem actually is. Parachute: Canada’s National Leader In Injury Prevention According to […]
I can’t believe we are nearly at mid-January! I always remember Nanny telling me “January is a long, cold month.” We haven’t had it to bad for weather but it does look like the more normal January temperatures are returning this week. I am not completely over Christmas. I did […]
