You learn a lot growing up on a farm. Graysville farm girl Bailey Gitzel jokes she’s already starting to look back to when she was “a kid with too many chickens.” “I’ve had some life-changing experiences between then and now,” says the 17-year-old Grade 12 student in Carman Collegiate. Her foray into poultry just after
World conference an eye-opener for Graysville teen
Seeing the big picture has changed Bailey Gitzel’s path in life
Drivers beware of driving while tired, say safety officials
Driving while overtired is the equivalent of driving drunk, sleep experts say
You are… getting sleepier. The road is long and even longer when drivers start to nod off. Driving drowsy also makes it a far-riskier trip. Each year there are about 100,000 accidents across North America that are linked to driver fatigue, according to the National Sleep Association. They happen because driving when you’re overtired is
Tiny school turns school turf to gardens and orchards
Conservation Champions: Alonsa Community School has transformed its school lawn into an edible playground
It’s not unusual to see classes held outdoors at Alonsa Community School. Students regularly eat their lunch there too. That’s because what they’re learning — and what they’re eating — comes from the school’s yard. Two years ago, this tiny school of 130 students decided to dig up part of the schoolyard lawn and fill
Atlas showing future climate change under development
An online resource of maps and data will help planners adapt to climate change
Growing conditions on the Canadian Prairies will be very different if global warming trends continue — but how different? A new series of online maps offers a glimpse of the length of season, temperature changes and rainfall farmers in the not-so-distant future could face under various scenarios. The maps are part of a ‘climate atlas’
Small farmers considering their own organization
Nov. 24 meeting will explore how to best represent small-scale farms
Small-scale producers who sell mostly direct to consumers will meet next week to decide whether they have enough in common to form a new Manitoba farm organization. A good turnout for the meeting Nov. 24 is expected, but it remains to be seen whether they can unify under an umbrella organization, one of the organizers
Who visits small-town museums?
What is the reason for your visit? Two-year BU study takes a look at traffic through small-town museums
Two thousand people passed through the doors of the 1910 castle-like Hillcrest Museum in Souris this summer. That’s a lot visitors for a museum its size, says Keven Bowie, treasurer at the museum. “We were quite amazed at the traffic,” he said. “We were only open during July and August, mainly.” Hillcrest is strategically located
Processing plant close to getting federal stamp, says owner
When CFIA gives green light, processing will jump to around 1,000 a week. The plant has capacity to expand
True North Foods, a beef-processing plant near Carman, expects it will have its federal licence very soon, says the plant’s principal owner Calvin Vaags. “I’ve been saying ‘two weeks’ for a long time,” he said during a recent tour by the Manitoba Beef Background and Feedlot School at October’s end, joking he’s considered wearing a
What’s your big idea for a local business?
Business forum aims to link new rural business owners with mentorship, financial supports and business management advice
Paul Laliberte had a good job as a physiotherapist working at the Minnedosa hospital when he decided to go into private practice. “I think every entrepreneur can say at some point in time a seed is planted,” he told a business forum in Minnedosa last week. “Mine started with just a discontent with punching a
Food developers compete at Food Fight
Ten competitors squared off October 14 for prize money at annual Great Manitoba Food Fight
Three Manitobans making speciality food products are this year’s prizewinners at the Great Manitoba Food Fight competition held in Winnipeg on October 14. Two women, both originally from the Swan River area, took home the gold and silver prizes. The third-place winner is owner of a Grand Marais company producing birch syrup. Cori Poon of
Where will the collective memory of the 4-H Museum go?
Caretakers of the museum's collection of artifacts say high humidity and Hydro costs are forcing them to look for a new home
Roland’s 4-H Museum’s collection will stay put another winter while a local group continues to search for a new home for it. Earlier this year, a spokesperson for the museum said they’d pack up the collection of uniforms, banners, scrapbooks and other donated items this fall as a precaution against chill and humidity. Its current
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