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Avoid This Plant

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Poison ivy lurks in many places so it’s most important to recognize it. It is attractive in all seasons, reddish in early spring, deep green in summer and shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. Small, white, waxy berries form in late summer turning red later in the year. A good identifying feature is
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Life Made Easier With Stock Dogs

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Cattle ranchers Glen and Dorothy Campbell have had their share of hard times. Raising Black Angus cattle full time for Glen, a part-time job off the farm for Dorothy, and a bed and breakfast business which allows visitors to explore their ranching way of life has kept these country folk busy. Health issues and poor
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Handy Household Hints

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To prevent soggy pie crust, sprinkle a tablespoon of flour on the bottom shell before adding filling. To prevent foaming when making jam, add a tablespoon of butter to the fruit when cooking. Spot remover for clothes: 2 parts water, 1 part rubbing alcohol. Try on an inconspicuous area first. Wall cleaner: 1/2 cup ammonia,
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Send Recipes Or Recipe Requests To: – for Jul. 1, 2010

RECIPE SWAP It was a pleasure to open the mail the other day and find a package of recipes sent to us courtesy of the Anglican Church Women in Stonewall. They enclosed a photocopy of their 125th anniversary’s cookbook cover bearing the image of Stonewall’s pretty-as-a-picture Church of the Ascension. They also sent a brief
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Arden Teen An Eight-Second Cowboy

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Hooked on an eight-second ride, the rush is created by being involved in a sport where his adversary – a rank bull – is as explosive as gunpowder and lead. The Arden teenager comes by the cowboy lifestyle honestly, as his father was the 1982 Manitoba Rodeo Cowboys Association’s (MRCA) bareback champion. “For as long
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To Be Canadian

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What does it mean to you to be Canadian? Does your heart swell with pride when you hear our national anthem played? When our flag is raised? When our military serve so bravely in other countries? When our athletes win a medal at the Olympics? Do you really value your citizenship in this glorious country?
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Even More Reason To Smile

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One of Manitoba’s well-known roadside attractions is about to get much better known across Canada. Gladstone’s smiling “Happy Rock,” situated on the edge of town beside the Yellowhead Highway (No. 16), has been selected to be featured in a stamp series put out by Canada Post this summer. Four roadside statues were selected but Happy
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Thoughts On Canada Day – for Jul. 1, 2010

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More than 50 years ago it took us 17 hours to fly across the ocean from Holland to Canada. We had to refuel in Gander, but finally we landed in Montreal. We found the railway station and settled down for a 4-1/2-day travel to Vancouver. The landscape changed from forest and lakes to endless fields,
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The “Transition Town”

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“Transition builds a positive vision. It’s about people coming together as a community and supporting each other in the changes that we have to make, and not feeling like we’re losing, but that our life is actually being enriched.” – MICHELLE COLUSSI, CANADIAN CENTER FOR COMMUNI TY RENEWAL AND TRANSITION (CCCR) For further information To
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NDP Says Canada Needs Food Security Policy

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Canadians are looking to their government for a comprehensive food strategy to protect our food security and sovereignty, a report released by the New Democrats June 22 says. The report is based on the “Food for Thought” tour led by Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko, which held public forums in 28 communities across the country over

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