Customers look over the produce marketed by Teenie Yanick and Ernie Peleshok.

Starting a farmers’ market

Shoal Lake Ag Society aims to see markets thrive and vendors grow

Starting a farmers’ market is a challenging task. The Shoal Lake Agricultural Society learned this first hand in hosting single-day markets this past summer. Besides generating a customer and vendor base there are also key administrative foundations that need to be established. Although 2014 was the first year that Shoal Lake became involved in a

ARHA Palliative Care Services

When we hear the term “palliative care,” we usually think of someone facing the end of their life’s journey. While this is true, the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority (ARHA) Palliative Care Services are also for people dealing with a life-altering illness, one not necessarily ending in death, but certainly a condition that affects quality of


Dream Being Fulfilled

Sometimes we don t realize how big the little things in life really are. Many of us have fond, childhood memories that brought us joy, but may have had a greater effect on our lives than we really know. For Kendra Sitko, a wife, mother, employee and business owner, the little things in life go

How-To Workshops Were Popular Last Year

The Assiniboine Regional Health Authority (ARHA) is offering workshops again this spring to help more people learn gardening basics. This is a second year the health authority is hosting the spring workshops at health centres across Westman, bringing in speakers to talk about starting and tending a backyard garden. A series of garden workshops last


More Southwestern Manitobans Are Gardening

Brandonites itching to grow some of their own food this summer are waiting to hear if there’ll be room in one of the Wheat City’s thriving gardens. March is the month when the hundreds of small plots, found in gardens throughout the city are assigned on a first-come-firstserved basis. Some may get turned away. There