THE REAL MANTRACKER The format for Mantracker, the Canadian reality television series, follows the KISS system of “Keep It Simply Successful.” In each episode, Terry Grant, aka The Real Mantracker, attempts to track and capture two “prey” who have 36 hours to escape capture and to cross the finish line. Neither Grant nor his “Sidekick”, […]
Managing Wildlife Hunting regulations in British North America date to 1762 when General Thomas Gage, military governor of Montreal, proclaimed a closed season on “partridges” (as ruffed grouse were commonly called) at that time, and to-day for that matter, from March 15 to July 15, “during which time they were not to be hunted, taken […]
RANDY BIRD – Equine Educator 2011 Randy Bird can’t remember a time when he wasn’t passionate about horses. He entered his first pony race at the Roseneath Fair when he was 10. He was barrel racing at 13 in the Western Games and a bull rider for 5 years on the Ontario rodeo circuit. By […]
DUCK BANDING on the CONROY MARSH A Scotch mist descended as I pulled out of the driveway at 5 p.m. to join an MNR crew for some nighttime duck banding on the Conroy Marsh. On the way to meet the team at Palmer Rapids torrential rains began to dampen my enthusiasm. Over supper at Our […]
RESTORED – The Story of a Halifax Bomber published 2011 At 81, retired Lieutenant (pronounced ‘leff-tenant’) Colonel Bill Tytula is a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to the Halifax, a WW 2 4-engine bomber. An aeronautical engineer with both military and civilian careers, Tytula was Project Manager for the restoration of The Halifax bomber on […]
QUEEN’S PARK Queen’s Park is one of Toronto’s “pre-eminent parks.” In the late 1820s, the new King’s College, the Church of England’s institution of higher learning, acquired a large campus at the north central edge of Toronto. Soon the public began using the eastern part of the campus recreationally. In 1849, the non-denominational University of […]
THE SHEENY MAN A recent column written by Marlene Black (Landowner magazine) in which she talks about rags and the value of a penny triggered the following. During the early 1950’s the ice man, the bread man and the milk man used to deliver their products door to door by horse drawn wagon. Tinkers used […]
HANK BUNKER’S CAT RANCH PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL No matter the times – whether they be in a recession, depression or bountiful – there are always entrepreneurs charged with optimism seeking their fame and fortune. Hank Bunker was such a man. The following tale was published in the August 23, 1923 edition of The Bancroft Times. On […]
Mitch Hepburn Elected at 37, Liberal leader Mitch Hepburn became the youngest Premier in Ontario in 1934. An onion farmer, he ruled during the depression into the WW2 years. Hepburn created a volunteer police force – “Hepburn’s Hussars” – known by some as “Sons of Mitches” – as strike breakers, a strategy that failed. During […]
RUSSELL AVIATION Ed Russell is an architect and an archeologist but his passion is flight. As a boy he liked to make model aeroplanes. Since he was 15 Russell has been associated with 87 Squadron in Welland where he began as an Air Cadet. In June 2014 Ed turned 78. “Here’s my plaque recognizing 50 […]
