HUGHES OUT TO JIG UP FISHING TOURISTS FOR AMK Ottawa – If you want to wet a line this summer then Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing should be on your short-list of destinations according to MP, Carol Hughes. With access to cold water fisheries on two Great Lakes and thousands of lakes, rivers and [Read more]
Name Schreiber Public Library’s Bookworm Mascot Recently a “Name our Bookworm” contest was held, pictured here is the Katimavik Group who won with their entry of “Dewey” in honour of the Dewey decimal classification system for libraries. [Read more]
Whitesand Beach Makeover by Karina Hunter SCHREIBER, ON – Saturday, May 15th Whitesand Beach received a much needed facelift thanks to some local and visiting volunteers. When Jason Nesbitt received the 2009 John Stewart Community Service Award for the Northwest Region part of the [Read more]
We’ve arrived in Thunder Bay (myself, Lloyd & Emeraude and Mathew, a friend of Lloyd’s/the family) and we are finally in our room at the Best Western Nor’ Wester. The kids are all in bed and I was wandering to see if there are any events coinciding with our weekend in [Read more]
Good news to share, I received the results of my skin biopsy that was done last month (www.karinahunter.com/?p=8503) and everything is clear, no cancer! WOOHOOO!!!! What a relief after worrying about it for nearly a year, now I just need to book an appointment in March when work slows down a little [Read more]
Manitouwadge teens featured in international motorsport publication by Karina Hunter Michigan Snowmobiler’s As a motorsport writer, my work is regularly published in a number of international publications, including Michigan Snowmobiler, and I was pleasantly surprised when their latest [Read more]
So I’ve realized that the only wy I’m going to get the photos from our summer adventures posted is to do it here on the right as mini posts, I hope that you are able to take a closer look at them by clicking, that they will enlarge (surtout pour ma famille du Quebec – [Read more]
This week I will be covering an ATV ride which actually begins in Sault Ste. Marie where the participants will be loading thier bikes & getting on the ACR (Algoma Central Railway) with Bob Collins of Algoma Sled Tours (and obviously atv tours lol) to travel to Millwood. That’s where [Read more]
Terry Fox inspiring children by Karina Hunter Emeraude Charron of Manitouwadge, Ontario was just 16 months old the first time her Mom stopped at the Terry Fox Monument outside Thunder Bay so that big brother Lloyd could read her the information engraved on the monument. It made a lasting [Read more]
Grandmaman travaillait au Chutes Niagara la semaine dernière et a rapporter un livre plein de photo qui explique les chutes et ce beau t-shirt rose pour Emeraude. Merci Grandmaman! xo [Read more]
Once I was in, although it hurt at first (very painful pins and needles, much more pronouced and sharper then the kind of pins & needles you might feel when your foot falls asleep) and my skin felt very uncomfortable, the heat went deep to make the pain back off somewhat or as they describe it in [Read more]
While in Thunder Bay I had to visit the emergency department of their hospital several times for pain injections to help me manage the bone pain I have been feeling in my legs, feet, hands and arms as symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Lucky for me, the children & Vickie chose to accompany me on [Read more]
Lloyd had to piggy-back me back up to the parking lot. He is so strong and I am always amazed at how easily he seems to carry me (I do weigh almost 130lbs!) as well as how willingly he does so. What a gentleman [Read more]
I hoped to have Lloyd get his cast removed before leaving for Thunder Bay. Sunday I was going to bring him in but the nurse on emergency recommended that he wait to have it removed until an x-ray could be done as follow up during the same visit (makes good sense but I didn’t [Read more]
Lloyd & I had appointments with Rafeal, Lloyd’s regular hairdresser @ Trendz Salon. This could’ve become really complicated but again [Read more]
