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Rural Health-Care Gap Probed

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Rural residents make less use of the country’s health-care system and government policy-makers don’t really understand why, says a study done for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. “An important message for health-care policy-makers is that despite universal health insurance coverage, inequities in access to care still exist between rural and urban residents,” the study
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Recipe Swap – for Jul. 28, 2011

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I brought them home as two tiny bedding plants and they didn’t look like they’d make it at first. Lo and behold, a few weeks later they’ve grown into gigantic green-armed creatures the likes of which you’d run screaming from if you met them on the beach. They are our zucchini plants, doing ever so
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Asessippi Provincial Park

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With several of our provincial campgrounds closed this summer due to flooding, campers and boaters may want to check out some new locations. One provincial park in western Manitoba is Asessippi Provincial Park located north of Russell. Asessippi Park isn’t a large park – just 23 square kilometres – but there’s plenty to do for
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Nourish And Protect Your Skin

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Skin cancer is the most common malignancy in the world today. There are three main types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Are you at higher risk for skin cancer? Ask yourself these questions. Do you have previous skin cancer history? Are
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Tall Perennial Ground Covers

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Most gardeners are familiar with ground covers that are the “creepy, crawly” type, – those that hug the ground and form a thick mat on the soil surface. There is another category of ground covers, however, that is just as useful in the landscape and the good thing about this group of plants is that
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Growing A Weigela

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The weigela might be one of the easiest and most eye-pleasing shrubs to have in your flower bed, with its upright growth, heavy blooming and being almost maintenance free. Weigela is drought tolerant, although on very hot days it will need watering as leaves must be hydrated. Flowers range from white to ruby red, and
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Control Basement Water Seepage

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If the water table in your area is above your basement floor, you may be dealing with water seeping into the basement. Water can get into the basement where the walls and floor meet and through cracks in the floor. Sometimes water also will come through cracks in the wall, but that usually is the
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More Questions For Reena – for Jul. 21, 2011

Dear Reena, Is there any way I can reduce the scratch marks on my glass dining room tabletop? They are in the middle, and can be covered with a vase or placemat, but it would be much better to eliminate them all together. Thanks for any hints you may have. – Heather Heather, Typically scratches
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A Summertime “Blizzard”

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During the summer months we Prairie gardeners do not like to be reminded of winter – it will come again soon enough! When I exclaim about the beauty of someone’s “Blizzard” at this time of year, I am not even thinking about winter; I am referring to a wonderful flowering shrub that when in bloom

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