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I can see the fine for going out on poor ice and being rescued. The amount, however, is absurd. Heck, I've paid out for some 40+ ambulance trips over the past 3 years for family members. It hurts the pocket, but it does not stop me from calling 911.

Emergency services have evolved considerably from 30-40 years back. Back then, community members were called upon to search for missing boaters and ice travellers. Methods and equipment are far more advanced. Due to liability concerns, they do not call on local volunteers. Risks still exist. I get a knot in my stomach every time my nephew gets called out on marine rescue, and it does burn bad when I hear he is risking his life for someone who disregarded weather and condition warnings.

Make me drool, you does. You don't forget days like that.

I hate reading that your family is going through this once more. I hope and pray that all goes really well this time and that the disease is licked this time.

You folks have had enough of this to last a lifetime.

Between all the hospital and clinic visits, and poor weather, there has been little time for fishing. I finally got out for a day with the son for some local perchin. Nor a lot of fish, but no dinks in the mix.

Also been puppy sitting my sons little newcomer.

He's a short little rascal. 1/2 Jack and 1/2 Daschund. Only 10 weeks and gets along famously with Casey.

Reminds me of the days of the cherry beach express

Kala's in St Catharines is famous for bending over to please the customer. Well known for carrying just about anything a farmer can need.

Others are not so great. All depends on the owner. I've seen a couple of stores that have the modern kitchen as their focus and very little hardware or tools.

Gotta love smoke

Best to go to their website.

http://www.npca.ca/conservation-areas/binbrook/

I would know my family was in the room. Every family gathering is like the campfire scene in "Blazing Saddles"

Have not gotten a date, yet for the Hamilton swap. Still asking around.

The Niagara Outdoor Show is on Sun, March 10th, Ft Erie Leisureplex

Cute

And so it begins.

I see the arguments of 40 years back, beginning to rear their heads again. What happens when the peaceful protests do not produce the desired results? You escalate?. Lengthy blockades of the railway and the Trans Canada anyone. I do hope the behaviour does not go down that path again

. I need more salsa that Bruce makes.

I hope I still have some left by then.

These acts of peaceful disruption have been used before. There were many highway and railroad disruptions back in the 70's and early 80's.

Those actions also had serious consequences. Some communities polarized between native and non-native, forcing people to chose sides along racial lines. Both sides being equally guilty. Some communities were hurt by the disruptions, and those people retaliated economically.

I fear this will again bring about a similar polarization.

Still looking for a 16" perch, and a 40lb carp I can verify this time.

Tried to contact Rockhaven Inn to arrange a tournament, but the e-mail bounced back. Can't find any recent mention of it on-line either. Does anyone know the status of this facility?

Apparently they are rebuilding their website. Some lodges do completely shut down in winter, and you may wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

We used to have small arms instructors who had no problem pegging targets with the old LeeEnfield III and IV at ranges of 1 mile without all the gadgets.

I still remember... " Downs!!! Having trouble finding the target?? 25 pushups for each round missed." The 5 with the lowest scores that day got an extra trip to the Assault course. You got proficient real quick

I used to regularly take my kids out of school for some quality "Dad" time. School principal only made a noise once. A half hour call to the school trustee shut him up.

As for sickdays/ fishing/mental health days. Lot of employers frown heavily on the practice.

Been there a couple of times. Worst example resulted in a police chase with $7Gs and 6 weeks in repair costs to our Oldsmobile. The punk had just gotten out of jail 2 weeks earlier for, you guessed it, auto theft. 2 days later he was again released on his own recognizance pending trial. He would have been safer in jail.

Like the saying goes. "A woman scorned....."

Sounds fair to me.

Looks just like NFN. This could get confusing after a few pops

The same number as my fave highway..... 69

As a rule, help houses are supposed to be temporary structures. The usual buildings being portables, mobile homes, trailers. All of which lack a foundation. The moment you lay down a foundation for living accomodations, your structure will fall under the Ontario building code.

Perhaps the municipality may give some leeway. I have not met many building inspectors willing to show much flexibility, mind I stopped building houses 12 years back.

Go IceDogs. Who needs the NHL anyway.