Province may soften its stand on forced mergers, suggesting municipalities with large numbers of cottagers may be exempted
The NDP government may soften its stand on amalgamation, but will wait for the end of public hearings before making any revisions to its contentious Bill 33, officials say. Resort communities such as Victoria Beach and Dunnotar have mounted significant protests against the bill, the Municipal Modernization Act, arguing their summer populations are far aboveAmalgamation foes keeping pressure on NDP government
Cavers advised to start again after four years of development
It’s back to the drawing board for Pam and Clinton Cavers, who are unlikely to regain control over the $8,000 worth of specialty meats, the product of four years of research and development, seized from their Pilot Mound-area farm. Officials indicated to them Sept. 6 that the meat would be destroyed Sept. 10 after health
Pilot Mound farm’s prize-winning meat product seized by health inspectors
Clinton and Pamela Cavers are looking for a path through the bureaucratic and regulatory maze that has blocked them marketing their prizewinning meat products. The Pilot Mound owners of Harborside Farms had their entire inventory of about 160 kg of charcuterie, which is cured pork and beef products, seized by health inspectors last week, a
Niverville unveils new state-of-the-art personal-care home
Assisted living, supportive care, and now personal-care home provide full aging-in-place services in Niverville
A new state-of-the-art personal-care home unveiled here this summer has caught the attention of at least three other towns in rural Manitoba. The 80-bed Heritage Life Personal Care Home includes the country’s first special-care 20-bed unit designed specifically for patients with aggressive and overactive Alzheimer’s or suffering from dementia. It’s also the province’s first personal-care
U of M study looks at state of home economics programs in Manitoba schools
Nutritional sciences professor Joyce Slater wants educators and parents to better appreciate the value of home economics education
Nutritional sciences professor Joyce Slater wants educators and parents to better appreciate the value of home economics education
If the student in your family takes home economics when school resumes this fall, they’ll be in a minority. A new study in Manitoba shows the majority of schools don’t offer it and if they do, few students beyond Grade 9 take it. “I think there’s an impression that all middle years students (Grades 7Recipe Swap: Dinner on the dry Prairies
My dad seldom spoke of the dust bowl this part of the world became in the 1930s, but his younger brother told stories. That long dry spell finished off the farm as well as the family, Ray would say. He remembers the brothers dispersing, one after another, after the last cow was sold. I’m fascinated
Recipe Swap: Kids Recipe challenge produces more great school lunch ideas
Parents stocking up on school supplies are always looking for new ideas for school lunches, too. Kids usually have favourites, but as any parent knows, eventually get tired of the same-old, same-old. And since school lunchtime is more about socializing than eating, any “uncool” stuff won’t get touched. With school just a couple of weeks
Recipe Swap: So much to do and only so little summer left
As a kid, the ‘the dog days of summer’ arrived in August and spelled boredom. Dogs don’t play in the buzzing heat of a long, hot Prairie summer day, and neither do kids when this boooorring time of holidays sets in. Oh, to be a kid again, with nothing to do in August! I find
Deloraine-area farm celebrates 100 years of farming organically
In addition to a century of farming without chemicals, Larry and Sue Black can also lay claim to having the first certified dairy operation in Manitoba
Century farms are rare enough but the centennial farm sign Larry and Sue Black will install by their driveway this month will also bear the words ‘100 years of organic farming.’ The Deloraine couple has asked around in the province’s organic community, but no one knows of anyone else who can make that claim. “There
Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporters celebrate 30th year
The ‘30 for 30 challenge’ helped increase the number of Growing Projects to 250 across Canada, including 40 in Manitoba
There’s a tiny corn and pumpkin patch in south Winnipeg that the church folk who tend it call the ‘Mulch and Hoe.’ They sell the produce, accept donations, and think about the needs of a hungry world. ‘Singing in the Grain’ is the name of a series of concerts put on by a variety ofCyber-Savvy Farmer
