A made-in-Manitoba energy bar was off to the Oscars last week. Colleen Dyck, the Niverville farmer who created the GORP Clean Energy Bar was headed to Los Angeles, where her product was to be featured at a special trade show held at the Academy Awards. Known as the Luxury Gifting Suite, the show participants were
Manitoba energy bar reaches the stars
Niverville-based Colleen Dyck was headed to the Academy Awards last week with her GORP energy bar to be featured in an exclusive trade show at the glitzy event
Rural populations rise — near cities
Overall growth occurs around core urban areas, in cottage country and other desirable retirement regions
With every passing year more Canadians live in urban areas but that doesn’t automatically mean rural populations are declining. Rural Canada’s population is growing too — just not as fast as urban Canada. And when a rural region becomes more populated, it’s sometimes not classified by Statistics Canada as rural anymore. The recent 2016 census
Commitment to a cleaner lake and greener living earns community recognition
Dunnottar has made outstanding efforts to protect Lake Winnipeg, say officials with East Interlake Conservation District
Dunnottar has a tree-lined pathway, curbside recycling and makes the yard waste it composts available to local residents to use in this lakeside village’s large number of community gardens. It does water conservation education too. Someday the local government hopes to heat its municipal office with solar panels. But it’s how this small village of
Reeve astonished at municipality’s population growth
Expanding family size on the local Hutterite colony, and some additional new residents probably explains it, says reeve of the Municipality of Victoria
Last week’s 2016 Canada Census population data has left officials in one rural Manitoba municipality wondering how they could grow so much without anyone really noticing. The Rural Municipality of Victoria’s population rose by 395 persons — a whopping 35.3 per cent since 2011. Reeve Harold Purkess said he’s pretty happy about it, but also
Manitobans participate in first-ever national agriculture day
February 16 marks the countrywide launch of Canada’s Agriculture Day, which aims to be an annual national celebration
Dauphin Co-op planned to share drawings and photos about farmers created by local school students this week. Some of those students would be meeting real farmers and learning about how they produce food too. The youngsters are taking part in a special event organized by staff at Dauphin Co-op to mark Canada’s Agriculture Day February
Vet seeing widespread adoption of pain control measures
Observed benefits by producers, plus new products and influence of veterinarians all contributing to wide usage, says Ag Days speaker
Pain control is here to stay in the cattle industry — and not just because the beef codes of practice have brought these measures to the forefront, said an Ag Days speaker. Western Canadian ranchers are widely adopting the use of pain control measures for procedures such as castrations, dehorning and branding because they see
Oats after breakfast
This healthy dietary choice doesn’t just have to be limited to the breakfast table
Hardly anyone says ‘porridge’ anymore. It’s a plain, old word, like grits or gruel or frumenty. For most of us it means, simply, boiled oats, a rather humble meal. Englishman Samuel Johnson, who had something to say about everything, once called oats “the grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland
Frustrated farmers declare MLA MIA in ad
The Manitoba Bipole III Landowners Committee bought the ad, saying it is frustrated by the government’s total silence
Provincial infrastructure minister Blaine Pedersen has gone missing. At least that’s according to a full-page advertisement running this week on the cover of the Carman-based Valley Leader newspaper. Local landowners affected by Bipole III paid for it, saying they’re frustrated the Progressive Conservative government has been unresponsive since their election last spring. The ad states
Southwest warily waits for spring
Communities gearing up to protect against overland flooding as province flags elevated risk
It’s too soon to tell if flooding will occur this spring, but heavy snowfall on saturated ground has communities in southwestern Manitoba watching the weather warily. Residents around Wawanesa had a reminder last week of what that combination can do — a 10-metre-high riverbank collapsed on the Souris River just south of the village January
‘Great Tastes of Manitoba’ seeks sponsors to develop new farm-focused content in 2017
The popular cooking show featuring Manitoba foods is now entering its 28th season
A popular cooking show that was the brainchild of groups representing Manitoba farmers is still going strong — and beginning its 28th season this year. “Great Tastes of Manitoba” first aired in 1991 with half-hour programs airing on CTV with dietitians and home economists sharing recipes and offering expert advice on how to cook and
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