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.

Highway 522, Ontario Road Report


Segment Surface Visibility Observed at
Cranberry to 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing Snow Covered Good 2008/12/07 08:14 AM
7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing to Trout Creek Snow Covered Good-Fair 2008/12/07 08:14 AM

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Fresh Morning Here In Port Loring

Well cool morning here down to 6 below 0 old scale.  Almost had to put my coat on walking over to the shop.  I gotta’ say though, even though it’s this cold it sure is nice out there.  When looking at things they are so clear, reason being there is no pollution in the air. The icicles just seem to glitter.  When you take a breath of air you just know it’s fresh.  Good to be alive.  Talk Soon

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Good Old Garlic For What Ails Ya

Garlic  can wipe out unwanted visitors in the body and prevent disease. Garlic has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes. Its pungent, spicy flavour adds a kick to any dish. Just one clove a day will provide your body with vitamins A, B and C, as well as a vast array of minerals including selenium, iodine, potassium, iron, calcium, zinc and magnesium.

Garlic is more beneficial when it is fresh out of the bulb. As soon as it is smashed it begins to lose it potency.  Talk Soon

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Staying In Where It Is Warm.

Well after a few days of heavy snow it’s finally stopped here in Port Loring and sure glad to see that it has.  Been working away here in the house where it is warm as just haven’t felt like going out. So figured it is a good time to work on my book.  The book is coming along great so far, lot of work but starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Talk Soon

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More Snow On The Way.

SNOWFALL WARNING: North Bay – West Nipissing Issued at 5:33 AM EST SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 2008

SNOW AND LOCAL SNOWSQUALLS TODAY.

SNOW SQUALL WARNING..AT 5:30 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWS MULTIPLE SNOWSQUALLS CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE WAWA AND SUPERIOR EAST REGION. THESE SQUALLS SHOULD WEAKEN WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS WHEN WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER. ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 CENTIMETRES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. SNOWFALL WARNING..BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ALSO CONTINUE TO THE COME ONSHORE NORTHEAST OF GEORGIAN BAY. THESE BANDS HAVE MOVED INTO THE KILLARNEY AND WEST NIPISSING AREAS AND ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE SUDBURY AREA LATER THIS MORNING. THE APPROACHING CLIPPER WILL ALSO SERVE TO ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THESE REGIONS. GENERAL AMOUNTS OF 15 CENTIMETRES WITH LOCAL TOTALS NEAR 30 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. THE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUALLS AND THE CLIPPER WILL END THIS EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS TO THE NORTH OF GEORGIAN BAY AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM. ALSO..A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW BEING GENERATED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN IS AFFECTING SAULT STE MARIE. AS OF 5 AM..SAULT STE MARIE AIRPORT HAD REPORTED 5 CM OF SNOW. THIS SNOW BAND SHOULD WEAKEN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER..ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM THE ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL LIKELY RAISE SNOWFALL TOTALS TO NEAR 15 CM BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES IN BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

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