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Rural area eyes “buy local” initiative

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A mix of community pride and fear for the future is driving more small towns to promote the concept of buying local – and not just at Christmas. “I think people are starting more and more to realize the importance of it,” said Sharon McNeily, who came out to listen to a mid-October presentation on
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RECIPE SWAP – for Nov. 6, 2008

SEND RECIPES OR RECIPE REQUESTS TO: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or e-mail [email protected] To help get the swap started this week, members of the Manitoba Women’s Institute kindly agreed to contribute a series of recipes from their new MWI Cookbook being published as a fundraiser and keepsake for the
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Friend or foe?

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A gentleman came in wearing a Legion blazer and navy beret, insisting they had both “shrunk” since last year at this time. Coming home from a trip out west one year in November, we stopped for breakfast at a little town in Saskatchewan. The place looked rather deserted as we crossed the railway tracks. No
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Remembering…

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My dad served overseas for five years in the Second World War. When he finally returned I was excited and a little shy of this man who had left when I was three. I did not understand war at that age, but later I bought war stamps at school, collected clothing for the War Drive
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Tours teach educators about wars

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Sometimes we hear complaints that students don’t learn enough about the First and Second World Wars and the part Canadian soldiers played in these historic events. Hoping to change that, a number of Canadian teachers have, for the last three summers, taken part in study tours designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the Canadian
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EDITOR’S NOTE – for Nov. 6, 2008

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Harvesting the garden

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On the warm, sunny, fall afternoons, I enjoyed the task of “harvesting” my garden. Often my children joined me at the job and we made it a family event. We loaded our wagon with peppers, cucumbers, carrots, pumpkins, beets, corn and potatoes. How blessed we were with the abundance of it all. My children were
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Remembrance Day has new poignancy

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We have honoured the dead of two world wars and several other conflicts on November 11 for many years now. It has always been a solemn and important occasion to offer thanks to the many soldiers who gave their lives to defeat evil forces and preserve peace and freedom for the world. As the years
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Thoughts on Remembrance Day – for Nov. 6, 2008

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Wars are raging in the world. Even during Bible times many wars were fought. November 11 is a day filled with special memories for me. I can still see the tanks rolling into the little town where we stayed, escaping the hunger in the big city. The Canadian soldiers came and set us free from
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CWB and Primo Foods launch national pasta promotion

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“We want Canadian consumers to value this wheat as much as our export customers do.” – IAN WHITE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD Television commercials and other promotional messages will soon be telling Canadian consumers pasta is made from Prairiegrown durum wheat. They’re part of a national campaign launched last week between

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