A farmer in central Manitoba blows snow out of his driveway with a tractor-mounted snowblower after a major winter storm. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Prairie farms race to get ready for winter 2025

Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly

Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly






A photo of stolen equipment released by police after recovering about $375,000-worth of stolen heavy equipment, trailers, off-road vehicles and snowmobiles from a property near Gilbert Plains, Man., in 2023. Photo: RCMP

Canada’s rural crime problem far from fixed

Farmers on the Prairies are worried about crime rates and safety, but an effective approach to meaningfully reduce rural crime remains out of reach so far

Farmers on the Prairies are worried about crime rates and safety, but an effective approach to meaningfully reduce rural crime remains out of reach so far.



Smoke rises out of a northern Manitoba fire in late May 2025. A water bomber can be seen in the background.

Manitoba lifts state of emergency

Rampant wildfires put Manitoba under a state of emergency for the better part of a month across May and June

Rampant wildfires put Manitoba under a state of emergency for the better part of a month across May and June. The state of emergency was lifted June 23, 2025.

Not everyone appreciates getting up close to a bunch of frogs.

Who let the frogs out?

A fear of frogs comes head-to-head with a bucket full of the amphibians

Stories out of rural Manitoba: A fear of frogs comes head-to-head with a bucket full of the amphibians.


According to Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting, agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the country.

Farm safety requires grassroots, cultural shift

Farm safety means deliberately changing how we as members of the agricultural community think and behave, even when it’s inconvenient

Better safety on Canadian farms means deliberately choosing the safer way of doing this, even when it flies in the face of what we’ve always done.