A young brother and sister in Russell started fundraising to help raise money for airline tickets to help reunite new residents, formerly of the Philippines, with their children
The room was spellbound as 13-year-old Ayla Hamilton told her story to the Manitoba Women’s Institute convention here earlier this month. She and younger brother Van, now eight, had come home from Mother’s Day brunch at the Russell Inn last spring with heavy hearts. She explained how their mother Rheanne, who works at the hotel,MWI touched by Russell children’s effort to reunite Filipino families
Province hopes good things will be cooking in Swan River
The province expects entrepreneurs will be cooking up some innovation in Swan River’s new food-processing centre. The government has spent $80,000 to outfit a former meeting room of the War Veterans Community Hall on 6th St. N. — part of a pilot project to provide entrepreneurs from northern communities with the opportunity to test and
Manitobans challenged to DIG IN
Initiative of Food Matters Manitoba challenges Manitobans to spend $10 a week of their grocery money on a local food purchase An urban-based food issues think-tank is challenging Manito-bans to make this the year they start buying more local food and connecting with the people who grow it. The Dig In Challenge is a five-month
Recipe Swap, April 19, 2012
The quickening pulse Having lunch with friends a couple of years ago, we naturally began talking about food and the subject came around to “pulses.” Surprisingly, few knew what a “pulse” actually was. Few also ate lentils or chickpeas on any regular basis, although they were curious to learn more. Mission ImPulsible Here are two
Social enterprise study reveals an ”overlooked” sector’s economic impact
Good works can pay unexpected dividends. Take, for example, EPIC de St. Malo Inc. (SMILE of St. Malo Inc.). The 38-year-old non-profit organization serving people with intellectual disabilities has 62 full-time and part-time employees — making it the largest employer in the RM of De Salaberry. Some workers run the recycling program, which serves six
Hay is here, markets are there
The hay is here, it’s moving it that’s the problem. The Tyrchniewicz report found that the Manitoba and Saskatchewan forage industry has sufficient quality and quantities of forage for export markets, the spotty availability of up-to-date market intelligence and a lack of compressing, pelleting and cubing facilities hinders the export trade. Portage la Prairie and
Some trails may become off limits in popular ATV-riding area
A group representing ATV enthusiasts is rallying all recreational users of public lands to fight a proposal by Manitoba Conservation to restrict motorized vehicles in a popular wildlife management area of eastern Manitoba. ATV Manitoba says all recreational users should be concerned about a proposal in the Mars Hill Wildlife Management Area (WMA) north of
Recipe Swap, April 12, 2012
Asparagus reigns as a favourite It sounds like the name of a Roman ruler, and for a while it dominates like one in our gardens and fridges too. I’m talking about asparagus, of course, which may show earlier and oftener this spring. As those who grow it know, you can be picking every day as
Manitoba a biocomposites world leader?
Composites Innovation Centre official says researchers close to finding way to create super-strong composites from flax and hemp fibres
Manitoba researchers believe they are on the brink of game-changing breakthrough that could thrust the province — and its farmers — into the forefront of the multibillion-dollar composites materials industry. “Manitoba has a real opportunity to be a global biomaterial centre,” said Simon Potter, sector manager for product innovations at the Composites Innovation Centre (CIC)Budget lacks funds for housing: AMM
Improved Internet access and a commitment to keep funding infrastructure upgrades were good news for municipalities in last week’s federal budget. Budget 2012 contained several highlights that will affect rural and small-town Canada. They included an ongoing commitment for a new, long-term infrastructure plan implemented before the Building Canada Fund ends in 2014, $150 million
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