Thanks For The Cookbooks

RECIPE SWAP When we put out a call for community cookbooks this winter, we were confident we’d hear from some of you – and you delivered! Health centres, church groups, festival organizers, community park stewards, 4-H clubs, women’s groups, homecoming committees, dance groups and ag societies – cookbooks came from all of these and more.





Snow Lake Prepares For Future Boom And Bust

“We’ve gone from a community where we were almost giving property away to where we’re now needing to accommodate people. You can’t do that without proper planning.” – GARRY ZAMZOW, SNOW LAKE MAYOR Snow Lake Mayor Garry Zamzow jokes how he likes hearing his cellphone ring these days. Until last month, Snow Lake had no

Apply For FCC AgriSpirit Fund

The application period for the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) AgriSpirit Fund opened May 3. Registered charities and non-profit organizations interested in applying for funding this year are encouraged to apply online at www.agrispirit.ca,from May 3 until June 14. The fund will provide $1 million to support rural capital projects across Canada. The FCC AgriSpirit Fund


Still The Local “Go-To” Group After 60 Years

RECIPE SWAP They’re the group this north Interlake town regularly turns to when help is needed in the community. That’s because the Fisher Branch Women’s Institute, in place for over 60 years, never rested on its laurels after years ago successfully rallying to bring a hospital to this community. This is an active group of

Be Prepared For A Home Invasion

The first step to dealing with an infestation is to identify the intruder. Termites are 10 times as destructive as carpenter ants, but termites are far less likely to be the culprits as they are not native to the Prairies. The distinctions in appearance between carpenter and other species of ant are subtle, and ants


Honour Your Mother

Attention all you young folks for I have a word or two It’s time to let your mother know how much she means to you. Forget the times she scolded for she wasn’t being cruel Or when you said you had a headache and she sent you off to school. When you had to hug

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’ll just give Mom a call on Mother’s Day. She already has everything anyway.” No, she doesn’t. She doesn’t have your recognition of her as a person with hopes and feelings, hobbies and habits, expectations and desires the same as any other woman. Age is no barrier to emotions, and emotions run high on Mother’s