All posts by George Walters

George Walters is a Canadian columnist and author with more than forty years of writing experience. For over twenty years he has written a weekly column for Postmedia Network — Canada's largest newspaper chain — never missing a single week, publishing fifty-two stories a year. Combined with his work in Reader's Digest Community Voices, World News, Country Living, The Country Register, and farm and rural lifestyle magazines across Canada, he has published well over two thousand stories drawn from everyday life. He writes about farm work, fishing, old trucks, and the kind of people you only find in small towns — but just as likely he'll hand a voice to a weathered telephone pole, or turn his eye on something happening in the world today and tell you exactly what he thinks about it. No subject is off limits. If there's a story in it, George will find it. He has been called a philosopher of everyday life, a description that came up more than once during his television appearances over the years — and it's not hard to see why. His writing has a way of making the ordinary feel worth sitting with. He is the author of eleven books, including yearly short story collections and the Clay Moretti Files mystery series. Clay is a fifty-year-old private investigator who drives a 1967 Ford Galaxie, smokes cigars, and operates by a code the modern world gave up on a long time ago. The cases are present day. The man handling them is not. All titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon. Together, George and his wife Ruth have also created Elmer Finds His Way, the first in what he hopes will be a long series of children's books. Ruth did all the illustrations, as she has for every one of George's books — and beyond that she designed and painted the covers as well. Her work is woven into every page of everything he has published. A few words from readers: "I pulled up a kitchen chair and read your story three times." "You have a way of making a person homesick for a place they haven't been to." "Thank you for writing things that make old people and kids feel the same way at the same time." All my titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon.ca here.

Weather, Happenings & Fishing Times

Good Morning: Well it is a cold one here in Port Loring this morning.  Temperatures waking up were sitting at -24 C | -11.2 F.  For all your weather information you can go directly to our very own web site by clicking here…. http://www.loringlsb.ca/weather-station/

Forecast For Today: Changeable, mending.  Will see some sunshine for most of the day.  It remain cold though all week.  Great time to be doing some inside work.

Highway Report.  Highway 522 is for most parts snow covered with icy sections.  But if care is taken travelling should be OK.  No accumulations on the highway are taking place.

Fishing Times:  Today the old weather stick is saying that the best times to be out there will be from 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM.  Then again a bit later from 3:00PM – 4:30 PM.  I give it a 3 fish rating out of 5 for catching a few.  Winds this morning are coming in from the West North West at, 1.8 m/s | 6.48 km/h | 4.03 mph.

Around Town:  Nothing much to report here this morning community wise.  Hardly a car or truck moving up and down Highway 522.  Looking out this morning being so cold the smoke from the chimneys off in a distance, seems to hang in the air, looking for an escape.  Kind of brings on a feeling of peacefulness.  Streaks of moisture and ice building up on the bottom of the windows each morning show off jacks frosts handy work from the night before.  Some interesting scenes are to be seen if one takes the time to seek them out.  The sunlight glistening upon the fresh snow with tracks from critters, tells another tale of their visit and where they were going.  Yes nature is all around us we, just need to take the time to see and enjoy it.  Have a great day my friends.  Stay warm and safe.  You can reach me George Walters if you so wish at [email protected]

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Weather, Fishing Times & Happenings

Good Morning.  Well not to bad of a morning.  Waking up temperatures were sitting at -10.2 C | 13.64 F.

Forecast For Today: Stormy, with snow.  But we could see a glimmer of sunshine if luck materializes. Tonight though will get pretty cold down to -23 C / -9 F.  Tomorrow will also be quite cold and remain cold.  So if I might suggest.  This would be the day to clean up any outside work.

Fishing Times:  Today the old weather stick is saying that the best times to be out there will be from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.  Then once again from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.  I give it a 4 fish rating out of 5 for catching a few.  Winds this morning are coming in from the North North East and at the moment it is calm.  It will pick up quite a bit later on, which in turn should lighten up some of the branches of our huge pines.  Amazing how much they can hold without breaking.

Highway Report:   Highway 522 from Highway 11 in, has some icy sections with a bit of slushy snow here and there.  From Highway 69 in there is quite a few snow covered areas along with some icy sections throughout.  Care should be taken if out travelling.

Around Town:  Not much on the go here today.  I do have to clean the end of our driveway out a touch, where the snowplough so nicely piled some for me.  But other than that not so bad.  Will give me some exercise at the least, along with some fresh air.  I did bring in a touch more firewood for this new wood furnace of ours, in speculation of it getting colder.  A bit extra on hand is always nice to have on hand. I also got a small electric log splitter for Christmas and have it in the firewood room.  I have to say I am in love again.  Sure makes short work out of the large pieces.  Not that I mind burning them but with this new furnace the large ones aren’t needed anymore, as one large one split, lasts twice as long now.  Also with low ceilings one can’t get a good swing using an axe, so there is a safety factor there also. Now when going down to feed the furnace it is a pleasure.  Kind of look forward to it.  So guess I will head on off to the kitchen as my lovely wife has a tea ready for me.  Do some chattin’ as we both are really good at that.  Solve the problems of the world and see where the day brings us.  Enjoy your day my friends, stay safe and warm.  You can reach me George Walters at    [email protected]

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Weather, News, & Fishing Times

Good Morning:  Well waking up this morning it wasn’t quite as cold as yesterday.  Temperatures were sitting at -9.4 C | 15.08 F.

Forecast For Today:  There is no warnings up to speak of but, if data serves me right we could see some nasty weather move into Port Loring & District.  As of now there is a huge storm moving into the Niagara area.  Could be rain, could be ice or it could be snow. Depends on how the temperatures fluctuate throughout the day.  Same goes for us here in Port Loring.  At any rate extra care should be taken if out driving a bit later on today.

Fishing Times:  This morning the old weather stick is saying that the best times to be out there will be from 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM.  Then once again a bit later on from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.  I give it a 4 fish rating out of 5 this morning and a 3 fish rating out of 5 this afternoon for catching a few.

Highway Report:  As of now Highway 522 is bare for most parts coming in from Highway 11 but it does have some snow covered areas here and there.  Coming in from Highway 69 there is lots of icy sections and and some snow covered areas.  Again.. care should be taken if out and about.

Around Town:  Not much happening here in Port Loring these days.  Think folks are hibernating like the bears.  In some respects can’t say I blame them.  But one does need fresh air and getting outside now and then will do ones body a world of good.  Myself I get quite a bit of exercise shovelling the driveway, as if at all possible, I try and do it by hand.  Gets the old adrenalin moving through ones veins.   On another note I see Gas Prices took a huge drop over the holidays. Was a great treat for those travelling here and there.  Yesterday in North Bay at the Esso you could get it for 82 cents a litre.   I suspect it will remain there for awhile too by the looks of things.  No reason in my eyes it shouldn’t be even lower.  Not in our country where most of it comes from.  All about money.  So my friends enjoy your day, stay safe and try and get outside for a bit, your body will thank you for it.  You can reach me George Walters if you so wish at [email protected] 

All my books are available on my Amazon Author Page.

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Weather, FIshing Times & Information

Good Morning: Cold morning here in Port Loring.  Ice at the bottom of our windows.  Temperatures waking up were sitting at -20.4 C | -4.72 F.  Will remain there most of the day.

Forecast For Today: Rather unsettled clearing later.  We do have a touch of sunshine here now which makes things not so bad.  It will warm up a wee bit for the weekend but after that things are going to get really cold for a few days.

Fishing Times:  This morning the old weather stick is saying that the best times to be out there will be from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.  Then again a bit later from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.  I give it a 3 fish rating out of 5 for catching a few.  Winds this morning are coming in from the South West and at the moment calm.  They will pick up some later on this morning.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is pretty well all snow covered with some icy sections throughout.  The snowploughs are out though and the roads are clear in that respect.  Travelling should be OK if care is taken.  Myself I prefer to drive on hard snow instead of all that slush.  Saves the under-body of the cars and trucks.   Also makes for easier driving.  But to each their own.

Around Town:  Very quiet is the norm for this time of year.  Myself I am working on inside work for most parts.  Got some snow to remove after a bit but not going to rush into anything.  Life is what you make it and I choose to take mine easy.  So my friends, enjoy your day, stay safe and warm.  You can reach me George Walters if you so wish at [email protected]

All my books are available on my Amazon Author Page.

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Weather, Fishing Times & Things

Good Morning & Happy New Year.  Well we are starting off the new year here in Port Loring with around 6 inches of snow which fell over night.  Winter wonderland out there this morning.  Just beautiful. Temperatures did warm up a touch through the night and at the moment it is sitting at   -5.6 C | 21.92 F.  Will remain there most of the day.

 Forecast For Today: Stormy, much snow.  We also will have some high winds which will make things much more challenging if out driving.  I suspect after looking at things we will get another 2-4 inches; drifts will be also a major factor.   Especially for those with long driveways.

Highway Report:  Highway 522 is snow covered in all areas.  From Highway 11 straight through to Highway 69.  Not a great day to be out driving.  But for the snowmobiles it is a dream come true.

Fishing Times: This morning the old weather stick and gathered data is saying that the best times to be out there will be from 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM.  Then a bit later on from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.  I give it a 3 fish rating out of 5 for catching a few.  Winds this morning are coming in from the West at around 10 MPH.

Around Town:  Well this morning I haven’t seen one car moving up and down the Highway.  With this weather I can’t say I blame anyone neither.  For my wife and I we are going to sit back and let nature take her course.  Nice to be able to do that at this time in life.  But it wasn’t always that way.  We were like most working from 6 in the morning to after dark at night.  Never letting up for a minute.  Pretty well all my life I have been self employed which in my mind is a great life style.  Never took one cent from the government no matter how sick or injured I was.  Not in me to do that.  At any rate we all choose our own roads.  Some are wrong some are right. For you my friends I hope you take the right road and what better time of year to start things off.   Happy New Years my friends.  Stay safe and keep warm.  You can reach me George Walters at [email protected] 

All my books are available on my Amazon Author Page.

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In Closing, I Would Like to Wish You Well!

George Walters | [email protected]