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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Fahreed Ali and I met for a beer at the Crest Hotel on Red River Road in Thunder Bay one fine spring day in 1972...

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Stuart Rattai, Bradley Grenier, Adrianna Tornar, and Niels Madsen answer this week's question.

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

On January 8th, I made a delegation to the Mayor and Council of Dryden to ask them to vote in favour of my motion calling for the Municipality of Sioux Lookout to be reinstated to the Northern Living Allowance...

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and was able to spend quality time with loved ones. I recently met with Chief Clayton Wetelainen from Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation about local priorities, projects, and how the federal government can support them...

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

A wondrous feast occurred a few days before Christmas in the Grand Dining Room, attended by 30 guests...

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Polly McCarty and Emma McCarty, Cindy Henrickson, Isaiah Marano and Marius Madsen, and Nigam Parikh answer this week's question.

Thursday, December 21, 2023

It is a wonderful time of year, and as we come together to celebrate the holidays with those we love, I wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas...

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Johnny Luc's Road has been saved from deforestation!...

Thursday, December 21, 2023

My younger brother remembers me from his pre-teen years as the cool guy who would often toss his guitar and sleeping bag into his Volkswagen and drive away - sometimes for weeks at a time...

Thursday, December 21, 2023

As the holiday season approaches, I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I'm looking forward to spending some time back home with family, and I hope everyone across the region is able to spend quality time with their loved ones...

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Colby Lawrance, Wyatt Zatorsky and Aurora Zatorsky, Naomi Torrez and Archer Alvaran, and Edwin Salo answer this week's question.

Thursday, December 14, 2023

A few friends have asked for my potato cupcake recipe. I'm embarrassed to tell you that I can't find it and can't remember where I saw it. I will do my best to reconstruct my process and come up with a pretty good mix that you can tweak at will...

Thursday, December 14, 2023

I had the pleasure of welcoming Chief Merle Loon, Councillor Brenda Fox, and representatives from  Mishkeegogamang First Nation to Ottawa. We talked about the importance of bringing economic certainty to northern Ontario...

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Nora Maki and Anderson Maki, Fisher Stevens and Fawn Stevens, Colton Gatto, and Everett Mandryk and Bronson Mandryk answer this week's question.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

I don't remember seeing a sundog this low to the horizon. I took these pictures from my deck about 9 a.m. The temperature at the time was -27C ( -18F ), having risen a few degrees from the overnight low of -31C ( -24F )...

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

The House of Commons was focused on a Conservative motion calling on the Senate to immediately pass Conservative Bill C-234, which has already passed the House of Commons and is awaiting approval in the Senate...

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Linda Bancroft, Lynne Schofield, Bradley Grenier, and Luis Espana answer this week's question.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

It was great to be in Kenora and Dryden to attend the Santa Claus parades. It's always a pleasure to see such strong community and Christmas spirit and so many people out to celebrate the season...

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Today Andy Ward and I had lunch together in Oxford, North Carolina. We were fifth grade classmates in 1954, in Danville, Vermont...

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Saturday night my Facebook chat box popped open with a hello from Cousin Lee down in Michigan. What a thrill! We have been lifelong friends of the first order, tough MacKenzie boys whenever we got together...

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

I was in Sault Ste. Marie to attend the Northern Ontario Tourism Summit, hosted by Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario and Destination Northern Ontario...

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Forrest Woodrow, Kate Moir, Lenni Bartlett, and Sarah Moir, Sam Holmes, and Colton Mosher answer this week's question.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Tom Chisel, Tim Yewchyn and daughter Charli Yewchyn, Andrea Cospito, and Harpreet Kaur answer this week's question.

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