THE TIMES TRAVELLER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights call Access 1-800-893-5777 SINGER CASTLE Quickie Quiz. Multiple Choice. At any given time, the building in the accompanying photo was: a) a castle (beware the obvious) b) a fishing camp c) a hunting lodge d) a religious retreat? Crossing at the Ivy lee Bridge, we entered […]
CURRENT BEAR RESEARCH A recent study by Emily Puckett, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Memphis, concerning the colour of black bears researches why the various colours include brown, cinnamon, blond and chocolate. No mention of Canada’s west coast ghost bears. Published in Current Biology Puckett wondered if the brown colouration […]
DESIGNATED DRIVER I believe the year was 1967, our Canadian Centennial year. It seemed that everyone was going to Montreal, to Expo, to celebrate Canada’s 100th birthday. My friend Doug Smith went and suffered an experience that, for him, was to become rather typical. These were the days of the F.L.Q. (Federation Liberation de Quebec) […]
WOMAN in the OUT of DOORS Kathryn Troubridge and her husband Bill own the Excalibur Crossbow Company. When I first tried to arrange an interview, Kath was “off to Wyoming for a pronghorn hunt.” The next time it was to La Belle Province for Moose. “You should have married her,” commented The Resident Wife. “How […]
OUT of DOORS with BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 A TRAPPER’S TALE – From 1984 Four river otter from Ontario were released at Rebel’s Cove, Missouri on November 10, 1984. Two males and two females were released, an adult and juvenile of each. Karen Bellamy co-ordinates the live trapping program of otter […]
TRAPPER JOHN and The SNOWMOBILERS For Reproduction Rights call Access 1-800-893-5777 Trapper John was in his 70’s, according to his younger brother who passed this tale on to me. He had miles of trap lines throughout the Burk’s Falls area in northern Ontario. In his younger days John travelled by snowshoe. The snowmobile was something […]
The Catch & Release Deer There are always two sides to the coin when it comes to the last day of the season in deer camp. The anticipation of opening day is well past and the reality of the last day is sinking in. Another year has come and gone. Many of the guys you […]
My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock Canadian currency, 1914 When I go into a bank I get rattled. The clerks rattle me; the wickets rattle me; the sight of the money rattles me; everything rattles me. The moment I cross the threshold of a bank and attempt to transact business there, I become an irresponsible […]
From The Landowner magazine 2017 THE ROOTS of HOCKEY FUNDRAISING DINNER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 The 6th annual Pond Hockey Classic tournament, organized by Captain Jeff Moorhouse and hosted by 436 Squadron, CFB Trenton, in support of Wounded Warriors Canada and the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation, took place from February […]
REMINISCING by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Someday I intend to write my memoirs. Not an autobiography but a memoir. Simply because our individual memory banks can play tricks. Have you ever wondered, “Did this REALLY happen or am I imagining it?” Certainly it helps if there is someone available who can affirm or deny. In conversation with […]
