Entertainment/Culture Archives - Manitoba Co-operator

Theatre board chair Sharon Currie speaks to the roughly 40 people at the ribbon cutting on Dec. 20.

Pilot Mound celebrates opening of new community theatre

It's Lights! Camera! Action! as Tivoli Community Theatre pulls back the curtain

By Geralyn Wichers December 24, 2019

Roll film! Pilot Mound’s brand new Tivoli Theatre is open—after what can only be described as a fundraising marathon. “It’s just amazing. It is kind of a little surreal that it’s here now,” said Gisele Harding, a theatre board member. “Kids will have a place to come.” On Dec. 20, board members cut the ribbon

Host Dez Daniels, Susan Riese (Manitoba Pork), and Aaron Alblas (Manitoba Liquor Mart).

Farmit Manitoba, Local news

Television show serves up 30 years of ‘Great Tastes’

Manitoba’s longest-running local show highlights farming families, relatable dishes in its 30th season

By Geralyn Wichers September 27, 2019

Early this month, Manitoba’s longest-running local cooking show began its 30th season. “Great Tastes of Manitoba” began when a committee of representatives from various producer boards and associations conceptualized it in the spring of 1990. The first show went to air in November of 1990, and it has been on the air ever since. Thirty

Performances by musicians Sierra Noble and Kelly Prescott from a travelling stage car kept the audience warm.

Local news, News

PHOTOS: Holiday train rolls through Manitoba

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 13, 2018

The CP Holiday Train is celebrating its 20th season this year, and stops in Whitemouth, Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Carberry, Brandon and Virden between Dec. 3 and 5. Dec. 4 the rolling party was in Brandon and photographer Sandy Black stopped by to capture a few images. There was a half-hour musical performance and local

Solange Simard of St. Lazare was the winner of the GX94 Star Search contest.

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

St. Lazare teen wins Star Search competition

Singing since she was a child, high school student Solange Simard’s talent stands out

By Darrell Nesbitt October 24, 2018

Growing up in a talented musical family, a St. Lazare teenager did herself and her community proud upon winning the GX94 Star Search contest this summer. Solange Simard, the 16-year-old daughter of Rene and Tanya Simard, was named the winner of the Yorkton radio station’s event, with the finals held as part of the Yorkton

The band (l to r): Joseph Thiessen, Curtis Szakács, Robert Thiessen, Russell Thiessen, and Michael Thiessen.

Country Crossroads, Other

Prairie Joe making its mark in Canada’s gospel music industry

Oak Lake-area family band recognized at GMA awards ceremony

By Darrell Nesbitt March 27, 2018

Since releasing their debut album “The Good Life” in the spring of 2017, the five-piece group Prairie Joe, based in Oak Lake, is making a mark in Canada’s gospel music industry. The band consists of four brothers and a brother-in-law: Robert Thiessen (lead singer, guitarist), Joseph Thiessen (mandolin), Russell Thiessen (vocalist, percussion), Michael Thiessen (bass)

The St. Malo museum closed it's doors forever this spring, after the making of the film. The collections will be dispersed back to donors this month.

Country Crossroads, Local news

‘The End of Our Memories’ shows the challenges of small-town museums

Gimli-based filmmakers Andy Blicq’s and Huw Eirung’s half-hour documentary interviews  volunteer proprietors of small-town museums about their struggles and successes

By Lorraine Stevenson September 14, 2016

A new film depicting the plight of small-town museums is a cautionary tale of what rural communities will lose if they’re closed, say museum advocates. These aren’t merely collections of curios, tools, books and other things donated by local pioneer families, says Monique Brandt, executive director of the Association of Manitoba Museums. They’re tangible connections

Our History

Kirschmann Spra-Coupe, and wheat exports see a five-year low

Our History: June 1968

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 2, 2016

This Kirschmann Spra-Coupe advertised in our June 13, 1968 issue featured a 54-foot spray pattern and speeds up to 25 m.p.h. The main front-page news that issue was Manitoba Pool Elevators directors recommending that the Pool convert to a “line” company. Unlike the other two Prairie Pools, which were centrally owned from the start, each

Pulses

VIDEO: Roundup Ready Xtend crop system for soybeans, avoiding spray drift

Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans are glyphosate and dicamba tolerant. Here are some tips on avoiding dicamba drift

By Allan Dawson June 29, 2015

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with DEKALB agronomist Bruce Murray June 23 about Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans. Monsanto’s technical development representative Allan Froese also demonstrated how different nozzles affect spray droplet size.

Beef cattle, Forages

VIDEO: Good soil critical to producing good calves says Alberta cattle producer Doug Wray

By Allan Dawson June 24, 2015

Doug Wray, an Irricana, Alta., cow-calf producer and president of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association, talked to Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson June 10 about his conversion from a mixed farm and the need for rain. Additional video footage provided by Laura Rance

Our History

Clydesdale stallion takes first prize in Portage la Prairie

Our History: June 1888

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 18, 2015

The front page of the June 1888 issue of The Nor-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller featured the Clydesdale stallion “Splendour” owned by Mr. James Walker, Esq. It had captured the first prize and diploma at Portage la Prairie, and was son of the Prince Imperial, which won first prize at the Royal International Show in

Daily Network News

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

U.S. grains: Soybeans tick up as market weighs crops, U.S.-China ties

Pulse Weekly: Good yields for Manitoba peas, beans

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