young man with card game

Weeds and weather woes included

A new card game aims to meld farming with fun, while teaching kids a little bit about 
how agriculture works in Manitoba

Trevor Lehmann can’t say exactly what the cards have in store for him, but he hopes it’s something good. The international student adviser at the University of Manitoba has been a lover and creator of board and card games since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. Now he hopes his latest creation called Crop Cycle

Olympic curler, Jennifer Jones speaking at conference

Olympic curler inspires rural entrepreneurs to ‘Take the Leap’

The annual conference in Dauphin connects successful and budding entrepreneurs

An awed silence fell over the room, even quieting a gaggle of teenage girls, as Olympian gold medal curler Jennifer Jones took the stage to address the recent Take the Leap conference in Dauphin. “I want to talk to you about having a gold medal performance in life,” said the Olympic gold medal curler and


RM of Hanover resident Diane Stadnyk is president of the Women’s Business Network, a nearly 50 member group of female business owners in southeastern Manitoba who formed the organization a decade ago to support and encourage women as they start up and expand local businesses. photo: Lorraine Stevenson

Women’s Business Network supports rural women entrepreneurs

Southeastern Manitoba women business owners organized to serve as mentors for each other in founding and growing their businesses

Diane Stadnyk knows how to get people organized. The RM of Hanover resident is the owner of Embracing Simplicity, a recently launched business that help people better manage their time, set goals, and clear clutter in their homes and offices. She’s also putting those organizational skills to use as volunteer president of the Women’s Business