Three high school students sit chatting over laptops and lattes near the fireplace, while a group of women spins and knits together nearby. Parents stream through the doors with kids in tow. Dishes rattle in the on-site coffee shop and bakery. Selkirk’s 18,000-sq.-ft. Gaynor Family Regional Library doesn’t sound like an ordinary library and that’s
Not-so-little library on the prairie
Gaynor Family Regional Library, serving Selkirk and residents of surrounding RMs was built to set an example of green construction on budget
Farm equipment operator killed on Hwy. 83
A 63-year-old Roblin man died after a car crashed into the back of his tractor
A Roblin-area man died May 15 when a car collided with the tractor he was driving on Hwy. 83. Police reported that just before 7 p.m. that evening they received a report of the crash between the two vehicles travelling northbound near road 139 North. Their investigation showed the car had collided with the back
Infrastructure minister rolls up sleeves
Infrastructure that supports growth of economy will be the focus, says new minister
Manitoba’s new minister of infrastructure says the $1 billion a year pledged for repair and renewal of key infrastructure will be aimed at projects that bolster economic growth. Blaine Pedersen, a grain and cattle farmer, has served as MLA for Midland constituency since 2007. He was appointed minister of infrastructure last week by Premier Brian
Ancient Syrian diet a delicious discovery
Gate to Plate: Shorbit Adas (Lentil Soup), Yakhanit Batata (Potato Stew) , and Bharat (Syrian Spice)
The world continues to watch in horror as the conflict in Syria leaves so many hundreds of thousands dead and millions homeless, their cities and towns destroyed. Many Syrians now rely on emergency food assistance. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank, for example, has provided over $30 million of emergency food assistance since late 2012, to Syrians
‘Holland, Man.’ documentary follows a Manitoba family’s transition
Winnipeg filmmaker Aaron Zeghers spent two years creating a film about the last two years of his family’s farm at Holland
After touring North America, a Winnipeg filmmaker is bringing the story of the last years of his family’s farm near Holland, Man. back to his hometown. The documentary film, called “Holland, Man.” will debut in Aaron Zeghers’ hometown May 12. Zeghers spent two years interviewing his father and other family members while producing the film. “It’s obviously
Whimsical replicas bring out the kid in all of us, says hobby builder
East St. Paul retiree John Ness’s interest in tiny barn replicas began with a toy barn he built for his grandson
You don’t need to be a farmer to appreciate a well-built barn. Just ask retired East St. Paul businessman John Ness, or the curious visitors drawn to his replicas on display at farm toy shows. Ness’s display includes tiny toy barns kids love to play with, and replicas that the bigger ‘kids’ who flock to
Economic development delivery needs improvement: draft report
A draft strategy proposes ways to improve support business startups and other forms of rural development
Rural Manitoba needs a more co-ordinated approach to economic development delivery. That’s according to a draft strategy proposing some ideas for grappling with a system of too many groups working with neither a shared vision nor goals. What’s developed over time is now a “confusing landscape of programs and services” that many potential entrepreneurs see
The fat of the land
Gate to Plate: ‘Planned Over’ Cajun Ham Hash and ‘Freeze Ahead’ Holay Molay Chili
Here’s a term we’ve been hearing lately — the “obesogenic environment.” Do you live in one? It means any place where it’s all too easy to eat poorly and not very conducive to getting much exercise. That’s where a lot of us are at, according to the newly released Obesity in Canada report by the
Rural roads worst in CAA’s 2016 voting
Carman mayor says 2016 campaign sends strong message about just how bad roads are
The mayor of Carman isn’t very happy to have his town’s Main Street now known as Manitoba’s worst road. But Bob Mitchell says at least it draws attention to a problem local people regularly give him and his council an earful about. Two sections of Provincial Hwy. 13 intersecting his town — dubbed Main Street
The farmer and the fossil
David Lumgair’s Thornhill-area farm is the site of significant fossil finds from the Cretaceous period including a newly identified flightless bird now named in his honour
It isn’t every day a farmer is asked if a fossil can be named after him. But that was exactly what staff from the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre were asking retired southern Manitoba farmer David Lumgair earlier this month. Paleontologists had discovered a new species from a fossil found on his farm in 1978. They
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