What’s the weather like?” inquired the office clerk one day last week when I dropped in on an errand. Her smile said it all. She just wanted to hear someone say it again; it was a brilliant sunny day outside, warm enough for shirt sleeves. These first days of warmth and light after another long
Recipe Swap – for Apr. 21, 2011
ATV Accidents Take Toll
ATV season is off to a rough start with the death over the weekend of a 75-year-old man in the RM of Alexander and injuries sustained by a 15-year-old girl in a separate incident earlier in the week. Powerview RCMP say on April 9 they were called to the scene of an accident around 7:30
Municipal Wetlands Tax Credit Program Eyed For Award
As in so many locations across rural Manitoba, the small sloughs that once dotted farmland had virtually disappeared in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin by the late 2000s. “Every quarter section used to have a slough, and some maybe two. Now I think there’s one slough left east of Hwy. 13 in the RM of
Enjoying The Cupcake Revival
We yearn for certain foods for lots of reasons, but a big one is nostalgia. We will always love what we enjoyed eating as little kids. So as more of us hit middle age, the comeback of the cupcake is no surprise. Food magazines everywhere are carrying recipes and photos of cupcakes these days, reminding
Food Projects Receive Funding
Aproject to develop food production and leadership skills among northern Manitoba youth is among the projects supported through a recent $1-million federal research grant for alternative food research. In February 2010 the federal government allocated a $1-million Community University Research Alliance (CURA) grant to help set up and run action-oriented research projects in Manitoba that
New Chair, Directors For Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council
The Mani toba Rural Adaptation Council is looking to expand its mandate and find new ways to serve rural Manitoba, says the council’s new chair. “I think we can take the talent that’s around the table, and do an awful lot more for Manitoba,” said Shelley Curé, a dairy producer from St. Pierre- Jolys, who
Buying Clubs
Once a month a delivery truck pulls up in front of Anna Weier’s Winnipeg home on Langside containing pre-ordered packages of meat, jars of honey, bags of grain and other farm-grown produce. Over the next hour people pull up to Anna’s house, to collect and pay for their purchases. They chat with each other and
Common Voice For Ag Sector More Critical Than Ever: MRAC Speaker
Bracing for major change in the agricultural industry, Manitoba’s ag community proposed the formation of the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council 15 years ago. Founding members believed a common voice and vision for agriculture and for making rural Manitoba a better place to live was needed. That need for collaboration and common voice is even more
Raptor Highway
If you’re looking for a sign of spring, head for the Pembina Valley and look up. Each year thousands of hawks, eagles and other raptors travel down “raptor highway,” which runs above the Pembina Valley in southern Manitoba and northeastern North Dakota. The spring migration of these majestic birds of prey also brings out another
Community Cookbooks That Care
Last spring, we we ran a series of stories and recipes from rural communities’ cookbooks that have raised tens of thousands of dollars over the years for important community programs and infrastructure. Community-compiled cookbooks are still rolling off the presses. Here’s a sampling of recipes found in new Carman Palliative Care Cookbook, published just last
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
