SPRING ON TAP Furry rodents and shadows aside what more exemplifies Spring than a visit to the sugar bush? On the Ides of February Frank and Karen Haveman hosted the Ontario Maple Producers’ Association (OMPA) to their Bata Maples Sugarbush for the annual ceremonial first tapping of the 2020 maple syrup season. Joining friends and […]
OUT of DOORS with BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights call Access 1.800.893.5777 HUNT & RELEASE? During the Christmas season, while listening to the CBC’s special programming, I heard an episode featuring two hunters from northern Ontario who had begun their own version of Hunt & Release. Simply they would shoot an animal with a tranquilizer– […]
TROUBLE in PARADISE? Ever since they set foot on North Hastings territory the wild animals from Elk Island have been full of surprises. Readers may recall that the first elk down the unloading ramp headed for the enclosing fence and like the cow that jumped over the moon made its unanticipated exit from captivity and […]
