With the arrival of spring, it’s time to start planning some day trips, and it’s not too early to take that first one. Even before the leaves are out or the grass is green, a drive around rural Manitoba can be an interesting experience. Just be sure, that if you do venture off pavement and

Each year, Ethiopian farmers lose 1.5 billion metric tons of topsoil, Frew Beriso said, quoting the number from a 2008 study. As a result, whatever investment of nutrients exceedingly expensive for smallholder farmers — are put into the soil are in vain. Moisture is the other top issue. This year the spring rains are delayed,

In early April, Ukrainian soldiers expelled Russian invaders from the northern regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The wounded enemy left, leaving behind burned-out war machines and the unburied corpses of soldiers. However, the invaders managed to do a lot of damage. Many of you are probably aware of the atrocities uncovered after

There are a couple of problems when it comes to the education pipeline that would launch new truckers out of the classroom and into the industry: There aren’t enough students coming in and, once they’re on the road, there are not enough who stay. That’s according to the Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA). “Right now, with

There’s a calendar hanging in my home. Inside, there are 12 outstanding wildlife scenes, all captured by elite Canadian photographers. There are pages featuring mammals, marine life, the birds and the bees. But it’s more than gorgeous pictures; it’s a route to support the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) and its mission to conserve Canada’s wildlife

It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Troy Angus and his crew watched a single spark float up the historic grain elevator at Elva, in the far southwest of the province, and lodge in a hole no larger than a football. “It was literally smoke on contact,” Angus said. Initially he was in denial, telling