There is no place for bullying around any municipal council table. That’s the message the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) hopes is heard after bitter acrimony led to the recent dissolution of what was left of the RM of Ritchot’s council earlier this month. On May 10 Indigenous and Municipal Relations Minister Eileen Clarke appointed
No bullies allowed on municipal councils: AMM
AMM offers ongoing training for elected officials in handling conflict and working with difficult people, executive director says
Flying hook nearly hits farmer
Wawanesa farmer warns others not to use a tow rope with hook to extract a stuck vehicle
A Wawanesa farmer was left shaken earlier this month after bolts on a truck he was trying to tow broke, sending a tow rope and metal hook hurtling at him at bullet speed. The tow rope snapped like a slingshot and the impact of the hook on the end of it shattered the tractor’s fibreglass
Forging a community
Matt Jenkins, modern-day blacksmith and owner of Cloverdale Forge near Selkirk, says he’d like to see more people learning the craft of blacksmithing
Tiny Cloverdale, Man. once had a church, dance hall, one-room schoolhouse and the small cow-calf operation owned by Tom and Pam Jenkins. The joke around here was salvation, damnation, education and starvation could all be found here, says the Jenkins’ son Matt. There was something else here then too — a blacksmith shop on the
Disaster mitigation changes needed, western leaders say
New payout method could potentially triple costs, leaders say
Municipal leaders in Western Canada want the federal government to revert back to a previous formula for payouts of disaster financial assistance, arguing the new method has the potential to triple costs to local governments. The Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) program was created in 1970 to reimburse the provinces and individuals (via the province)
New tool kit guides urban reserve process
New resources can help First Nations and municipalities work together on economic development
When Swan River and Sapotaweyak Cree Nation first began talks in 2010 to set up an urban reserve, the Parkland town’s council had no idea how to proceed. It needed to learn about what Treaty Land Entitlement was, and how to honour it, and what would be involved to convert a parcel to reserve land,
New potato-derived health product hits store shelves
Two Carberry brothers are hopeful results from newly published clinical trials will spur growth of their company MSPrebiotics Inc.
A Carberry business that successfully launched a natural health product for the hog sector has now released a second-generation product aimed at the human market. It’s a product clinical trials show can significantly improve the digestive health of humans, particularly seniors. Earl and Derek McLaren, the Carberry-based brothers who own the company, recently saw their
Fewer farmers in total, but more young ones
Farms are larger and more valuable than in 2011, but profitability is unchanged
There are fewer Canadian farmers, and those over 55 still outnumber their younger peers, but the latest Census of Agriculture shows a slightly larger number of those 35 and under now farming too. Statistics Canada takes an extensive look at farmers and farm practices every five years, and the results of the 2016 census were
Common ground found over potluck
Members of the Women’s Institute in Woodmore, Man. discover how much they have in common with new-found friends with the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute
It was out of sheer curiosity that Janet Kroeker picked up the phone and called the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute in Winnipeg a few months back. The Roseau River woman had heard its president telling a CBC interview about the organization. “I said, ‘well, that’s interesting,” said Kroeker, a member of Manitoba Women’s Institute herself.
Organic industry pushes back on regulatory changes
Sector spokespersons say moving rules governing organic production under a larger regulatory framework will limit market opportunities and create needless new certification requirements
A spokesperson with Canadian Organic Growers (COG) says the organic industry is confident it’s made a strong case against having its rules shifted into a larger regulatory framework. At issue is the migration of the Organic Products Regulation (OPR) into the Safe Foods for Canadians regulation. In 2012, the passage of the Safe Foods for
North Interlake highway wins ‘race to disgrace’
PR 239 to Faulkner and Steep Rock tops CAA’s 2017 worst roads list
If repairs can’t be sped up, at least slow down the traffic, say local leaders where CAA’s annual worst roads campaign ranked local roads the worst in the province. Last week’s list put PR 239 into Faulkner and Steep Rock as the worst of the worst in Manitoba and it took an early lead in
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