Trent Peterson of Bellingham, WA would say he has always taken the road that is less traveled, and that he will always find a way to travel that road. His life journey took him on a life as a ski bum in Vail, CO, a school stint in Fisheries Science that landed him a job for the Washington Fish & Wildlife department, and then he found myself making a hand on the Walking D ranch in Winthrop, WA. which is where he first was introduced to horses and packing with mules in the mountains.

Trent moved abroad to the UK to become fully immersed in the culture, pubs, and vineyards for the next 6 years growing grapes and making wine, but missing the wildness of the mountains he grew up around. It was there that he learned life is about living and not just existing.

Trent’s Dad was robbed of the ability to continue to live as he wanted because of ataxia, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, and so he lived through his sons. He lived for the days that he would sit there in his wheelchair and watch his three sons pull out of the driveway on his Harley, or with him in the sidecar as a passenger. He could no longer ride, but he could in his heart and spirit. So Trent goes on living for him, and in turn, with hopes to tell his story so that people might understand him a little more.

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Wax Mannequin is the stage name of Chris Adeney, a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. His style has been described as “a hybrid of Bruce Cockburn and Frank Zappa”, “Tom Waits and Type O Negative jamming on the early Beatles catalogue”, and “Rheostatics via Savatage”. Carl Wilson of The Globe and Mail noted that “crowds are often baffled whether to be awed, irritated or amused by Wax’s all-rockets-flaring, un-Canadian-like extravagant performances.” (Wikipedia)

“The Obelisk” sees Adeney set the stage for the new record, which is said to be his most personal yet, detailing the singer-songwriter’s feelings of alienation through coping with neurodivergence. Driven by a rollicking, folksy guitar progression, he envisions himself as a monument to not merely surviving, but thriving in a world that you don’t quite feel as though you were made for. (Exclaim! magazine)

The music veers from scrappy folk and art punk to absurdist stadium metal, churning with dark humour. Beneath unsettling imagery and musical twists there is a steady questioning of life’s strangeness and his own neurodivergence. Wax has appeared on thousands of pub, gallery and festival stages worldwide. (Bandcamp)

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Pete Bowman is one of the most revered and popular anglers in the nation, and has a tremendous love for the fishing game. Pete’s vast knowledge of angling and ability to articulate it to audiences world wide has endeared him to his fans who still see Pete as just “one of the boys”.

Pete is also an accomplished and published outdoor writer and photographer as well as a sought-after speaker. In 2012, another of Pete’s ultimate fishing career highlights occurred when he was inducted into the Canadian Angler Hall Of Fame, something he never thought would happen. A Canadian fishing icon.

The Fish’n Canada Show first aired in 1986 with phenomenal success. In 1988 the program went coast to coast on CBC, the first North American weekly fishing show to broadcast on a national network. In 1992 the show went into syndication adding Global Television Network, prominent CTV and affiliates and several cable networks. The move resulted in unprecedented fishing audiences. With the addition of WFN U.S. and The Sportsman Channel Canada, today the Fish’n Canada show dominates the air-waves with a national weekly reach of 3.5 million, easily making it one of most watched “outdoors” program in North America.

Visit: fishncanada.com/category/pete-bowman/

ABOUT YOUR GUIDE 2 GUIDE HOSTS

At the heart of the Great Lakes, at beautiful Sault Ste. Marie, you will discover world-class fishing and breath-taking outdoors. Pristine lakes and rivers abound in the region, home to more species of fresh water fish than anywhere in the world. For the full-on experience, the best choice are these three experienced and knowledgeable guides.

Adam Vallee is a full time guide and tournament angler. When not traveling for tournaments across Ontario and the U.S. he spends his time guiding and promoting his home waters of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma.

John Giuliani has 30+ years experience guiding fishing on the historic St. Mary’s River Rapids and Algoma Country, up north to Lake Superior’s various tributaries in search of all species of fish.

Tyler Dunn offers unique fishing adventures along the shores of Lake Superior and on the St. Mary’s River, as well as many different lakes and rivers found in the Sault Ste. Marie area.

Let’s Go Fishing!

Adam Vallee: anglingalgoma.com

John Giuliani: stmarysrapidsguiding.com

Tyler Dunn: tylerdunnguiding.ca

Author Ernest Hemingway once said “…the best rainbow trout fishing in the world is in the rapids of the Canadian Soo…”

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Spirited Conversations seeks to provide existential questions such as these by challenging our current beliefs regarding death and the after-life. From her personal collection of lived experiences, this series compilation evokes intrigue and mystery about the super-natural events that have become commonplace for author Sherry.

For decades, Sherry has been no stranger to the world of the paranormal, ghostly hauntings, tea leaf and palm readings, and other strange phenomenon of the supernatural world. Sherry explains, “I am no one special. I live a pretty ordinary life, aside from the fact of having an acute sixth sense. It is my personal belief, and that of others, that I have been chosen to be a direct communicator of divine messages between the dearly departed and the living. I have accepted my unorthodox mission with total and unequivocal spiritual devotion.”

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Spirited Conversations – As the memorial service has come to a solemn end, the mournful congregation of family and friends gather outside of the ominous funeral home doors. They weep deeply, hearing the sound of the hearse door being slammed shut, signifying the end of life. After the tear-filled motorcade ride to the cemetery, loved ones gather around to watch as the casket housing their dearly departed is lowered into the grave. Is this all that is left of a life once lived? Your loved one can’t truly be gone forever… Can they?

“The only real valuable thing is intuition.”

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Apostle Paul writes: “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all” (1 Corinthians 12: 4-7). Within the congregation, there are diverse groups with diverse needs. New Apostolic Church offers care for all souls through Programs. Our ministers proclaim and advocate the gospel of Christ to each diverse group. Through listening, sympathizing with personal concerns and praying, our ministers provide soul care. One feels loved because someone cares. This is comforting and brings about peace and courage to carry on. Soul care is also about sharing faith and knowledge to help each person grow in faith.

Wanda Dinter, music leader of The New Apostolic Church in Sault Ste. Marie, works to make music a central part of the spiritual experience with its congregation. To that end, Wanda connected with Lois Veenhoven Guderian, based in Lake Zurich, Illinois, near Chicago, to have Lois visit the local church to educate the leaders of the group as to how best present and teach the music.

Lois has spent a lifetime devoted to children and youth in schools and teacher education. Her efforts in research, publication, and education have resulted in new models of arts education, teacher preparation, and international programs. In recent years, she has developed a unique and effective learning community approach to educator preparation that has received national attention and interest. Under Lois’ effective model of experiential learning in music education, school educators, children and youth in schools, professors of education, and pre-service higher education students work together at a school site as a community of learners.

“Nurturing the musical and creative potential of my fellow humankind continues to be the focus of my life work. I am thankful for a life so rich in human interaction under the framework of music education.”

Running time: 50 minutes.

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When the topic turns to money the discussion invites a wide range of opinion. The economy, on personal and international levels, stirs emotions like few subjects. Maria, with Fidgal, delve into the matter with an eye on money’s power and how the universe interacts with it. Does money have a spiritual aspect to it that we are missing?

THE NEW NORMAL PODCAST – Maria Iuliano with Fidgal

Maria guides a successful business called Fidgal, named after Maria’s guardian angel. They met when Maria was 5 years old.

Maria is a Peace Therapist, graduated with Honours in Peace and Conflict Studies from Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology. With this knowledge, along with her expertise in the afterlife and her ability to see auras, Maria helps others find and create peace in their lives.

Visit: fidgal.com

“Your money will return, your time won’t.”

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Randy’s knowledge of the Sault Ste. Marie hockey scene and its history is unparalleled, and his memory quasi-impeccable.

ONE NIGHT IN WINDSOR (an excerpt from Tales Of An Old Hockey Writer by Randy Russon)

If I had a dollar for every tale that I could recant from days and nights and months and years spent in Windsor, I would be able to increase my net worth by at least a thousand bucks. But this one, as it relates to hockey, is one of my all time favourites.

It was a Thursday night in Windsor early during the 1975-1976 season — my first year in the media — and the Spitfires had just finished playing an Ontario Hockey League game against the Soo Greyhounds. I had hitched a ride on the team bus from Sault Ste. Marie to Windsor with the intention of staying in town for a few days after the game. I had a girlfriend in Windsor at the time and hadn’t seen her since the summer and was looking forward to taking her to venerable Windsor Arena for the game — and out for a few drinks after.

So, after the game, it was to — where else — my uncle Steve’s bar, the Grand Tavern on Howard Ave., for a few beers. Which, of course, were followed by a few more. After several glasses of Old Vienna on tap and a nice visit with my uncle, last call came and went and we left the bar. We were hungry so we headed over to nearby Ing’s Restaurant on Goyeau St. for some of Windsor’s best Chinese food. Afterwards, we walked back to where the Greyhounds were staying downtown, at the Viscount Hotel on Ouelette St., since I had a room there for the night.

Avoiding the crowded hotel lobby elevator — it was about 3:00 a.m. or so — we decided to take the stairs up to my room. We had just reached the second or third flight of stairs when we suddenly came face to face with Muzz MacPherson, who was the head coach of the Greyhounds, in the stair well. Muzz looked a bit startled when he first saw us but quickly regained his bravado and motioned for us to go on ahead. Which was easier said than done.

That is because, as Muzz was standing in front of us with his suit pants in disarray, there was a rather large woman in front of him, performing an act of, well, you know. Funny thing was, the woman paid no heed to us and just continued to do what she was in the process of doing. As for us, as we resumed our jaunt up the stairs, I dared take a glance back at Muzz. He just smiled and winked at me, showing absolutely no embarrassment at being caught in the act.

At any rate, without going into further detail from the night, I ended up seeing Muzz in the hotel lobby the next day as the Greyhounds were getting ready to board the team bus for London, where they were to play the Knights that evening.

And Muzz mentioned absolutely nothing from the events of the previous night except to look me straight in the eyes and say, “Remember kid, what happens on the road stays on the road.” Then he winked his trademark wink at me, chuckled out loud, and boarded the bus from Windsor to London.

There was, and always will be, only one Muzz.

For mature audiences.

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‘O people gather around I’m gonna tell you how it all went down.”

From the song Massacre At Mackinaw, on his 2010 album, Voices From The Gathering Place, Peter White with fellow musician and Anishinaabe friend Joel M. Syrette discuss the historical event. On June 2, 1763 the Ojibwe Indians slayed British soldiers at Fort Michilimackinac, sparing the French that were living at the fort. The Indians, bitter at the brutal treatment they had been receiving from the British, planned a ‘friendly’ game of baggatiway, later known as lacrosse, that would turn deadly.

Running time: 95 minutes.

Visit: www.irsss.ca

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The Trews have graced a few stages here in the Sault with their full electric sound and also their acoustic trio. Each performance is a demonstration in why they are among the 150 best-selling Canadian artists and the Top 40 selling bands in Canada. Joining me on the show is John-Angus MacDonald, brother to Colin, the lead singer in the band. John-Angus and I discuss the influence of Nova Scotia trad music on their sound and their most recent album, The Wanderer.

The Trews — singer/guitarist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, drummer Chris Gormley, and keyboardist Jeff Heisholt — have shared stages with everyone from the Rolling Stones to Weezer, Bruce Springsteen to Rich Robinson, the latter collaboration culminating in three blazing tracks on the band’s latest, The Wanderer, cut in Nashville with the onetime Black Crowes guitarist. Amid the global pandemic, which halted both the Nashville sessions and tour plans for 2018’s epic Civilianaires album, The Trews completed The Wanderer at home in Canada with producers Derek Hoffman and Eric Ratz, emerging with their fiercest and most accomplished set of songs to date, and a heck of backstory to boot.

Hollis and Morris
The Wanderer
Not Ready to Go
Permission
Tired of Waiting/Hey Jude
Highway of Heroes
Can’t Control Myself
I Wanna Play
The Enemy

Visit: thetrewsmusic.com

“I grew up in Nova Scotia, so there weren’t a whole lot of rules.”

diego klatenhoff

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