NOT A GOOD PLACE TO HIDE WHISKEY by Ralph Bice December 5, 1973 This little episode happened many years ago. In fact it was many years ago, nearly sixty, that it was told to me, or rather to a gathering where I happened to be. The men who took part are long gone, though the […]
WHAT’S IN A NAME? Ontario’s Geographic Names Board’s mandate is to approve any new names for unnamed bodies of water within the province. Should you wish to name an unnamed lake all applications are free. Many lakes are named after people. As am aside I recall actor Jim Carey wanted to change the name of […]
FIRE PREVENTION POSTER At one time the then MNR had a Smokey the Bear costume that some poor sole had to wear on occasion during public appearances aimed at educating the public about forest fire prevention. I can identify and commiserate because at one time I had to wear a walrus costume at a springtime […]
GHOST MOOSE During the week of October 26, 2020 poachers killed two female moose, one of which was white, northeast of Foleyet on Nova Road near km 18. Under the 1997 Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act it is illegal to kill white moose in Wildlife Management Units 30 and 31. White moose have been protected […]
A BOLT IN THE HEAD Carrot the white-tailed buck, so named by wildlife photographer Lee-Anne Carver, has visited her home in Kenora and befriended the family’s Golden Retriever since being orphaned three years ago. In December of 2020 Carver’s husband discovered that the deer had a black carbon-fibre arrow with bright green fletching sticking through […]
THE BUTTERFLY MAN by Barney Moorhouse In the late 1990s I attended an Outdoor Writers Conference in Waterloo, Ontario. I had signed up for a photographic excursion to see some of the more interesting sites and hoped to pick up some tips to improve my craft. I was summoned by an announcement to meet one […]
