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Floods drain Assiniboine farmers

By Daniel Winters June 30, 2012

Judging from the view of water covering a broad, green meadow of seeded cropland on both sides of the Assiniboine River here, the flood of 2012 is already underway. Near the town of Shellmouth, a little farther downstream, tiny canola plants are poking up through the mud of a broad flood plain. In the lower

Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters , June 28, 2012

June 30, 2012

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News

Province brings in more help with flood assessments

June 16, 2012

staff / The Manitoba government is hiring more property assessors to speed up appraisals for flood-affected properties around Lake Manitoba, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton announced June 7. As well, the province has added six new commissioners to help with the claims appeals process. Ashton said more than 65 per cent of applicants have

Opinion

The 2011 flood battle is not over

By Cam Dahl June 8, 2012

It has been a year since the flood of 2011. At that time Manitobans were bombarded by flood news every day. Many felt that they personally knew the people impacted around Lake Manitoba, down the Assiniboine River, Lake Dauphin, Winnipegosis or the Shoal Lakes. There was a sense of solidarity with everyone in the province

News, Opinion

OUR HISTORY: February 11, 1982

June 5, 2012

Our Feb. 11, 1982 issue reported on Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin’s announcement that a process would be established to eliminate the 85-year-old Crowsnest Pass rate agreement. The railways would receive commercial rates and farmers would be compensated by a federal subsidy. University of Manitoba economist Dr. Clay Gilson was appointed to head a negotiating process

News, Weather

Frost touches the Prairies

June 5, 2012

winnipeg / reuters / Temperatures dipped slightly below freezing on parts of the Canadian Prairies May 24 overnight, but damage to newly emerged crops looked to be minor, an agricultural meteorologist said. A few regions dipped slightly below freezing for several hours overnight, including parts of southern Alberta, southern and central Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba,

Country Crossroads, News

MANITOBA PARKS: After the flood

By Donna Gamache May 30, 2012

For some Manitobans, last summer’s flood is just a memory. But for farmers and property owners along the Assiniboine River, Lake Manitoba and some other regions, the effects of the flood are still very evident — and this applies to several of our provincial parks, as well. Some parks remain closed for the foreseeable future,

News

Professor says more must be done to prevent repeat of Lake Manitoba flood damage

By Daniel Winters April 30, 2012

Scott Forbes estimates flood damage at $2 billion and says most of it  could have been prevented if there had been better drainage

Like the problem child in the family, Lake Winnipeg gets all the attention over its phosphorus problems, while its well-behaved smaller sister to the west tends to be ignored. Or at least that was the case for Lake Manitoba until last year, said Scott Forbes, a professor of biology at the University of Winnipeg, who

News, Weather

Southwest reeve slams province’s 2011 flood response record

By Daniel Winters March 5, 2012

The provincial government’s handling of the 2011 flood has come under fire from a group representing 40 rural municipalities and towns in the southwest corner of the province. The province needs to step up its efforts in the area hard hit by severe overland flooding of the Souris and Assiniboine rivers almost one year ago,

Cereals, Crops, News

Saskatchewan pledges seven figures to wheat research

February 14, 2012

The Saskatchewan government has pledged $10 million over five years in new funding for development work on better, hardier wheats. The new support, to flow through the province’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), is meant to “accelerate” development of new varieties and help improve “yield, quality and tolerance to disease and extreme weather conditions.” The province

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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