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Portable generators: a lifesaver or a real killer?
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Portable generators: a lifesaver or a real killer?

Improper hookup or use can be hazardous

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When a power failure occurs, due to a storm, equipment failure or accident, a properly sized and well-maintained standby generator can be a lifesaver when used properly. But many people turn to a portable generator as a temporary solution to a power outage without knowing the risks. Know how to use a generator safely: Only
VIDEO: Cooking up good things with pulses
Local news, Pulses

VIDEO: Cooking up good things with pulses

Canned chickpea water substitutes for egg whites in making macarons

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While Canada grows copious amounts of pulses, most are exported. Chefs Geoffroy Dextraze and Chef Chris Kopp of Winnipeg’s Prairie Ink Restaurant and Bakery share their experiences developing new pulse recipes for the provincial launch of the International Year of Pulses. The event was put on by the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers and attended by
What was once called the Weed Fair and split between Winnipeg and Brandon has now become Canada’s largest indoor ag show in Brandon.
Crops, Local news

Ag Days kicks off the agricultural new year

Construction at the Keystone Centre is finally complete, 
and new space has been added for Manitoba’s biggest ag show

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Kristen Phillips is straightforward when it comes to what attendees can expect at 2016 Manitoba Ag Days. “We are 100 per cent pure farm,” says Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager. “We have a very diverse selection of exhibitors who know they have a targeted market of approximately 45,000 attendees that come through our doors
Jean McManus of Winnipeg took up photography after retiring from her 30-year career as a Health Sciences Centre cardiac nurse. She is now on a photographic 
quest to capture a photo of every grain elevator in Manitoba. To date she believes she has photographed every site still on a rail line.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Photographer documents Manitoba’s last wooden elevators before they’re gone

Winnipeg photographer Jean McManus’s photos will help Manitoba Historic Society to gather information and stories — with Co-operator readers to preserve the history of Manitoba’s once vast network of wooden grain elevators

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Jean McManus wanted just one great photo of a wooden grain elevator when she set out with her camera in June 2014. She didn’t know at the time that she would soon to be snapping pictures of every elevator in Manitoba. “I retired and picked up a camera,” says the former cardiac nurse from Winnipeg,
Rapeseed field and sun
Local news, Oilseeds

Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s board election results

More than 8,000 ballots were mailed out and just over 1,000 valid ones were counted for a voter turnout of almost 14 per cent

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Two new farmers and two incumbents have been elected to the Manitoba Canola Growers Board (MCGA) of directors. The newcomers are Ron Krahn of Rivers and Bill Nicholson of Shoal Lake; Jacob (Jack) Froese of Winkler and Clayton Harder of Narol (near Winnipeg) were re-elected. Hugh Drake of Elkhorn, who has served on the board
Evergreen School Division educators Penny Ross (l) and Cheryl Bailey recognize the importance of making a strong commitment to environmental education and outdoor learning.
Local news

Taking education outside

Conservation Champions: Educators in Evergreen School Division partner with Eastern Interlake Conservation District to develop outdoor classroom, wetland and other resources for raising student awareness about the natural world

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It was observing how disconnected from nature her students had become that prompted Gimli High School teacher Cheryl Bailey to take action a few years back. “I saw them spending so much time with video games,” says Bailey who teaches biology and environmental science in the Evergreen School Division. “When we talked about the environment
Cynthia Grant
Crops, Local news

Manitoba researcher receives international recognition

Cynthia Grant recently retired from AAFC in Brandon

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Cynthia Grant, an internationally recognized plant nutrition researcher, has two new awards to add to her collection. The International Plant Nutrition Institute recently awarded Grant the 2015 IPNI Science Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in research, extension, or education. The award is focused on efficient management of plant nutrients and their positive interaction in fully
Manitoba Hydro staff have been running hard this week clearing ice from power lines. This Hydro employee was knocking hoarfrost off a line three miles west of Miami, Man., Thursday (Dec. 17) afternoon. Power outages have occurred in many areas of Manitoba, especially in south-central and western regions. In some cases transmission lines have been damaged, while in others Manitoba Hydro has turned the power off so staff could clear the lines. Some people on social media have reported being without electricity for 12 hours.
Local news

Need for more disaster planning in rural Manitoba

A seminar Jan. 14 in Portage la Prairie will look at how the risk environment is changing in rural Manitoba

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Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to prepare for disaster. The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) and the Manitoba governments Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) want input from municipal leaders, emergency co-ordinators, rural businesses and ordinary citizens on how best to prepare for climate change in the face
Local news

First Nations interested in buying Churchill port and railway from OmniTrax Canada

A letter of intent has been accepted triggering a 45-day due diligence period in which both parties will work together to ensure that a purchase becomes a reality

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The sooner the Port of Churchill and the rail line that serves it have a new owner the better, says Sinclair Harrison, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA), an organization that supports and promotes the Hudson Bay Railway and Canada’s only deepwater ocean port. “We’re heading into another year and so long as
Mayor of the municipality of Norfolk, Neil Christoffersen (l) and councillor, Bill Wieler (r), see value in having a strong partnership with their conservation district.
Crops, Local news

Norfolk builds retention ponds to aid watershed management

Conservation Champions: Members of the municipality of Norfolk council say their partnerships are win-win

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A solid relationship between the municipal council and the local conservation district has benefited both in the RM of Norfolk, local officials say. “There are a lot of drains in our municipality that the conservation district looks after, so that is huge for us,” said Bill Wieler, a councillor with the municipality. “We have always

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