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British War Brides Had Their Own Cookbooks

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As we spend time honouring veterans and members of our armed forces this Remembrance Day, some may think of the Canadian war brides and the impact they had on our country. What does this have to do with a cooking column? Well, recently I obtained a treasure from 1945 – a copy of theCanadian Cookbook
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Celebrating A Century Of Progress – for Sep. 16, 2010

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Women running farm homes a century ago could scarcely have imagined the clean, comfortable, and efficient homes of their daughters and granddaughters. But they could envision a better quality of life, and today’s farm families owe a debt of gratitude to those women who fought for amenities such as electricity and running water, and encouraged
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Cost Of Solar Systems Coming Down – for Aug. 19, 2010

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Harnessing the power of the sun used to be an expensive proposition for ranchers developing off-site watering systems. But thanks to a frenetic expansion of production capacity by manufacturers in recent years, the price of solar-powered systems has come down, especially for photovoltaic panels. Much of this was due to subsidies in European countries, breakneck
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Bit Of History Becomes Tea House

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Mill Pond Tea House’s name is derived from the pond on the Little Saskatchewan River which runs through Rapid City, Manitoba. In 1878 the residents decided they needed a grist mill and a sawmill so they built a dam to form a pond to have the river water run the water wheels required for the
Livestock

Maintain Solar Panels

Its always better to plug in if you can, but for remote pastures away from the yard site, a battery-powered fencer charged via a solar panel is the only option. Remember, though, that deep-cycle batteries need to stay as close to 100 per cent charged as possible. Repeated heavy cycling – running them down below
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The Shocking Truth About Electric Fence Maintenance

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“Amps kill. Amps hurt. So everybody wants lots of amps on their fence. That’s backwards. We want zero amps.” – WIL REX You don’t have to be Thomas Edison to build an electric fence, but it helps if you understand some of the basic principles of electricity. According to Wil Rex, a dealer in New
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St. Joseph Wind Farm Officially Launched

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“This wind farm will more than double wind capacity in the province.” Officials officially launched construction of Manitoba’s largest wind farm near St. Joseph April 29. “Today we celebrate the start of construction on Manitoba’s second wind farm and we also celebrate the expansion of renewable energy sources in Manitoba,” said Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk

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