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The past two years has seen areas of Manitoba swing between extreme drought and flooding.
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Provincial water strategy released

Managing water resources in a variable climate among priorities

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The province has released its first comprehensive water strategy in nearly 20 years. “Our growing communities, vibrant agriculture sector and expanding industries all depend on continued access to water,” said Premier Heather Stefanson in a Nov. 8 news release. “At the same time, climate change and extreme weather, such as floods and droughts, have a
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Tyson Foods CFO arrested for public intoxication, trespassing

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Tyson Foods Chief Financial Officer John R. Tyson, 32, was arrested for criminal trespassing and public intoxication in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Nov. 6, according to a police report. A college-aged female was alarmed to find Tyson, who she did not know, asleep in her bed upon returning home, according to the Fayetteville police report. The
Ninety-five percent of all the population growth until then, says the UN, will occur in the relatively young, relatively poor sub-Saharan nations of Africa.
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Comment: Mother Nature has a population plan, too

China is about to shrink, Africa to grow, and the environment to strike back

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A scientist friend recently noted that at today’s rate of consumption, the world is environmentally and economically sustainable for roughly one billion people. “That means with the world’s population of eight billion,” he half-joked, “you’re a goner.” Right, just not right now. Let nature take its course, eh? Recent population trends, however, show that nature
Overland flooding east of Roseisle around the junction of PR 245 and PR 240 on April 30, 2022.
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Province says closed means closed

Bill 46 would make closed roads legally enforceable by police

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Anyone driving on a closed road in Manitoba may soon be courting a ticket. Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Doyle Piwniuk says Bill 46, which would amend the Highway Traffic Act, will bring Manitoba in line with British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Drivers can already be prosecuted for driving on a closed road in those
A new report by Doctors Manitoba pinpoints how bad rural and northern doctor shortages have become.
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Rural doctors stagger under administrative burden, burnout: report

Manitoba has lowest number of family doctors per capita, and more are about to leave says Doctors Manitoba

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A young man visits a doctor’s office in his rural town. A few weeks earlier, he had squashed his finger in a work accident. He didn’t need medical attention but he couldn’t do his normal job. Now he’s ready to go back to work, but before he can punch the clock again, he needs a
Pedal planes will occupy the youngest visitors to the museum.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

PHOTOS: Remember veterans with a visit to the Commonwealth Air Museum

Winston Churchill called the pilot training program Canada’s greatest contribution to the war effort

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If you’re looking for an activity to help recognize Remembrance Day, consider a visit to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum and RCAF WWII Memorial at McGill Field (Brandon Municipal Airport). This was the site of a training school for pilots and other aircraft crews of the British Commonwealth during the Second World War. It
Lentil-based shepherd’s pie being prepared for the children.
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Comment: Sustainability shouldn’t be an optical illusion

We should pay attention to our environmental impact, but not exaggerate it

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Glacier FarmMedia – An interesting email landed in my inbox earlier this fall. It was from a freelance writer and Glacier FarmMedia contributor Rebecca Hannam, and its subject was a press release from Ontario’s University of Guelph, often described as “Canada’s food university.” The document touted how the University of Guelph’s Child Care and Learning Centre (CCLC)
Rick Andrews and his wife Judy at the DUC land dedication event.
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DUC honours conservation leader

Long-serving staff member recognized his love for nature at an early age

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As a child, Rick Andrews could see the future. “I was one of those very fortunate people who knew what I wanted to do at a very young age,” he says. By the time Andrews was in his pre-teens, he had become enamoured with the outdoors and knew he wanted to work in conservation and
Over the last 70 years, after U.S. stocks drop by 20 per cent or more, it took on average 19 months to recover.
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Financial markets will recover, but when?

Assets are cheap now, but may get cheaper before they recover

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October has notoriously been perceived as a bad month for stocks. The 1929 crash that precipitated the Great Depression, Black Monday in 1987 when the Dow Jones dropped close to 25 per cent in one day, as well as the worst month of the 2008 mortgage bubble and financial crisis all happened in October. While
Keystone Agricultural Producers president Bill Campbell.
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KAP makes its annual rounds in Manitoba

Keystone Agricultural Producers will host its annual circuit of district meetings in coming weeks

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Keystone Agricultural Producers president Bill Campbell expects a couple of topics to crop up as the organization starts this year’s tour of district meetings. The federal target to reduce fertilizer nitrogen emissions by 30 percent by 2030 is near the top of that list. [RELATED] Ottawa’s bid to cut fertilizer emissions being rushed, say farm

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