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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.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

My brother Chris and I drank a special toast to Ma.
We were interrupted Thursday night as we relaxed at the patio table in Chris' backyard, enjoying some brotherly reminiscences and good-natured kibitzing after my arrival at his home in Ohio...

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

It was an honour to lay a wreath at the Remembrance Day ceremony in Kenora to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the freedoms we enjoy today....

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Colby Defoort, Waylon McKay, Joyce Timpson and Grant Power answer this week's question.

Thursday, November 9, 2023

I have a proposal for the Council of Sioux Lookout to recognize Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, as a sister town due to the influence of Filipino culture in our town...

Thursday, November 9, 2023

It was a pleasure to welcome Cynthia Palermo, a teacher at Dryden High School, to Ottawa. She joins 84 other teachers from across Canada to attend the Library of Parliament's Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy...

Thursday, November 9, 2023

My friend Kirk Drew blessed me with a special bottle of Shackleton scotch, distilled from the reconstructed special blend of the 1907 British Antarctic Expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton...

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Skyler Tompkins, Bradley Grenier, Amy Obie, and Janzen Esterreicher answer this week's question.

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Recently, I had the pleasure to welcome North Caribou Lake First Nation Councillor Tyson Matawapit to Ottawa. We discussed how the federal government can help address the housing needs in his community...

Thursday, November 2, 2023

When I went to the hardware store last week I had no intention of buying another barbeque. Honestly, I went there only to get a couple mouse traps...

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Jamie Pruys, Isaiah Marano, Marius Madsen, and Jacob Power answer this week's question.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

I was delighted to see Charron Sippola recognized and receive the Jack McKenzie Volunteer Award at the Blueberry Festival opening ceremonies this year...

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

As a member of the Sioux Lookout Public Library, I was impressed by the Library's recent program of offering free henna services as part of the community initiative...

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Roundabout was going in when we arrived from B.C. late last August. There was opinion on the street.  Why the hell do we need it? Will the snowplows even fit through? Whose idea was this anyway?...

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