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.

4,000 Niagara students face suspension unless vaccination

4,000 Niagara students face suspension unless vaccination records brought up to date. According to Public Health, immunization has saved the lives of more babies and children than any other medical intervention in the last 50 years.

Now here is a perfect item that should be upsetting folks.  Here is the Powers That Be telling you what and what you can not do.  Talk about a free country.  First off these shots that we are giving to our young in my eyes, are the cause of most of the medical problems today.  I often wonder why some folks think that the human body is so defenseless.  If left to do what it does best, on its own, for most parts it does quite well.   If vaccines work, then of course unvaccinated persons pose no risk to vaccinated persons at all. Is that so hard to see. The persistent, widespread claim that unvaccinated people “put everyone else at risk” is, therefore, nothing more than absurd fear mongering.

A better way would be where individuals have the flexibility to make a risk-benefit analysis for themselves and their children talking with their doctor or professional who know their needs or doing the research themselves. Some may choose vaccines, but others may find that for them, the risks outweigh the benefits. Whatever the choice, all should have the right to make that assessment without government interference. With forced immunity having been disproved, there is no scientific basis for government imposing its will on the people,  usurping the rights of the individual.

My Opinion Only.

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Bubba Watson WIns The Masters

Bubba Watson won his first green jacket and if asked I would have to say it was about the best Masters ever.  My old buddy Mickelson added what was one of his most perfect performances coming in at third place.  There was so many good players this year that if one had to choose it would be drastically hard, as they all played magnificently.  Even Fred Couples did well this year and just goes to show that age isn’t a great factor when it comes to playing the Masters.  Great four days my friends and it is a real shame we don’t recognize it more here in Canada.

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Powassan Library Fundraising Walk-a-thon

Got a note asking for us if we would announce an even taking place at the Powassan Library next weekend.  Sounds like a lot of fun and funds are going to a good cause.  Also what better way to get some sunshine which we all are in need of these days.

PSA—Powassan Library Fund-raising Walk-a-thon.

Pledge forms will be available at the Powassan District Library as of April 14 for the May 5 walk-a-thon. Routes are 1, 2 and 5 kms and families are encouraged to come out and support the first fund-raising event, with all funds raised going to a planned library expansion.  Should you need more information please call Librarian Marie Rosset at 724-3618.

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Allergies & Honey

For those that suffer from allergies every spring, one has to remember, or should know that there is  a fix to the problem.  What would that be?  Simple really.  Again, one just has to use common sense and look at what nature has to offer.  One doesn’t need all these allergy shots, or pills, or what ever.  Through my eyes all they do is make the problem worse or bring on new problems.  Think about this, most allergies come from pollen.  Now comes the fix.  Bees. yep bees is the answer. The bees goes out, collects the pollen, brings it back to the hive and makes honey.  So if everyone took at couple table spoons of honey each day, they would soon find out that they don’t have any more allergies.  Now in saying this, one should use nothing other than pure, unpasteurized honey.  All the others won’t work and will in reality make the matters worse. Same as milk in theory, as unpasteurized milk fixes most body problems, where as pasteurized milk causes a lot of our problems.  So, get your self prepared if you have allergies by simply picking up some raw honey and get to eating. And who said getting healthy is a long hard process.  My Opinion Only.

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E. Coli Beef Warning

Canadians are being advised to avoid over 135 burger and beef steakette products sold under a variety of brand names.

The affected brand names include:

  • Best Value
  • Irresistibles
  • Keg
  • Licks
  • Maple Lodge Farms
  • PC and PC Blue Menu
  • Calgary Stampede
  • Country Morning Gold
  • Western Family
  • Grillhouse

The full list of products is available on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website.

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