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Asparagus is packed with nutrition, tasty and low in calories.
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Eat your asparagus

Asparagus is a nutritional star that is high in fibre, several vitamins and minerals

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I opened the refrigerator and noted the large bunch of dark-green asparagus. I had purchased two bunches of asparagus recently and used one of them. We rinsed and trimmed the ends of the first bunch of asparagus, then we drizzled it with olive oil and grilled it on a perforated grilling pan. It cooked quickly
Pickleball paddles are smaller than a tennis racquet but larger than a ping-pong paddle.
Country Crossroads

How about a game of pickleball?

It’s easy to learn and can either be played fast and competitive or slower and recreational

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With Canada’s 150th birthday coming soon, ParticipACTION is once again urging Canadians to make physical activity a vital part of everyday life. “Sit less and move more” is a motto we could all adopt. One way of doing that is to take up a new sport, and in our town there’s a new game — pickleball.
U.S. expands war on Canadian wheat
Our History

U.S. expands war on Canadian wheat

Our History: May 1994

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The world wheat trade war was in full swing in 1994, as we reported in our May 26 issue. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy had been in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil the previous week, urging them to take action against what he claimed was price undercutting by the Canadian Wheat Board. Espy claimed the CWB
It appears religious edicts that spurred greater demand for chicken caused a spurt in genetic development.
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Holy edicts may have created modern chicken

Religious rules may have fuelled greater demand for chicken meat and spurred development

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Chickens were domesticated from Asian jungle fowl around 6,000 years ago, but these early birds didn’t look much like the chickens of today. They didn’t look the same, they were more aggressive and they laid fewer eggs less often. At some point this all began to change, but until recently researchers have never really understood
A pygmy goat and duck own the farmyard during a yoga session at 10 Acre Woods in Anola.
Country Crossroads

Goat yoga makes Manitoba debut

Yoga moves out of the studio and into the farmyard as enthusiasts flock to goat yoga

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Move over Vancouver and look out New York, goat yoga is taking Anola by storm — but there is a Manitoba twist to the growing fitness trend. “It’s goat yoga, but it’s also more than that,” said Tara McKean, owner of 10 Acre Woods near Anola, which recently added yoga sessions to its roster. “It’s
Don't believe everything you see or hear. Asking a few questions and having a bit of healthy skepticism can let you make better decisions.
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The truth behind nutrition and health headlines

Asking questions is a great start when it comes to sorting fact from fiction

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“An intern was asking how many cans of pop you drink a day,” one of our program assistants commented a few years ago.“She said you carry around a can of soda all day,” the program assistant continued with a laugh.She knew the truth and was teasing me. “It’s the same can!” I replied. “After I
Dearth of moisture in Manitoba earth
Our History

Dearth of moisture in Manitoba earth

Our History: May 1993

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This photo from our May 6, 1993 issue showed (l-r) Peter Entz of Manitoba Agriculture, Bill Poole of Ducks Unlimited, Bob McNabb of Minnedosa, Wayne Lewis of Rapid City, Garth Butcher of Birtle and Bob Bradley of PFRA checking soil moisture for the first year of the Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association’s 640-acre research farm
Maren Mueller, (left) with Manitoba Women’s Institute (Woodmore) joins with Meharunisa Kinnarath (centre) and Hiba Kasem, two of more than a dozen women with the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute who joined the Woodmore group for a halal potluck held April 22 in the village hall at Roseau River.
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Common ground found over potluck

Members of the Women’s Institute in Woodmore, Man. discover how much they have in 
common with new-found friends with the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute

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It was out of sheer curiosity that Janet Kroeker picked up the phone and called the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute in Winnipeg a few months back. The Roseau River woman had heard its president telling a CBC interview about the organization. “I said, ‘well, that’s interesting,” said Kroeker, a member of Manitoba Women’s Institute herself.
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What Trump wants from Canada

The Jacksons from the May 4, 2017 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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The thing,” Grant Toews was saying, as Andrew Jackson sat down in his usual chair at the window table in the café and set his coffee cup down before reaching for the cream, “is that if Donald Trump wants Canadian softwood lumber, he can get Canadian softwood lumber. At any price he wants. He has

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