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Protect Our Seniors

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In many cultures, to be a senior or elder is to be respected and revered for their wisdom. In our fast-paced North American society however, older people are not always valued and may be marginalized or suffer abuse. Last month, Isabelle Mymko organized a presentation at the Sandy Lake Seniors Drop-In Centre entitled Senior Safety:
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for May. 26, 2011

If CWB not needed, are subsidies? The Harper government is hell bent in destroying the Canadian Wheat Board, which brings a lot of value to farmers, because corporate farmers believe they can do better without it. Does this also mean all the farming subsidies corporate farmers receive will now end also? Smaller, unincorporated family farms
Opinion

Bipole III Route Must Change

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Farmers will be directly affected by the construction of the Bipole III power transmission line and Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) continues to lobby the Government of Manitoba to abandon the plan to develop the west-side route. KAP is opposed to the west-side route because it is not the right way to proceed for farmers and
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Mar. 10, 2011

Time to change directions Your recent editorial “A Change In Thinking,” February 17, hits the nail on the head. Past farmer thinking has concentrated too much on income support and not enough on change and innovation. Taxpayer-sourced payments made simply for producing and selling a commodity, interest-free loans and advances, rewards for year-to-year income variability
Crops

U. S. Court Upholds Manitoba Water Claim

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The U. S. District Court has again ruled in favour of Manitoba in its case against the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) project, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced March 8. Judge Rosemary Collyer, in her decision issued March 5, ordered the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation to take a “hard look” at the consequences
Livestock

TAP Funds Offered To Hog Farmers

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In response to increased challenges facing Manitoba’s pork industry, pork producers will now be able to access 75 per cent of their estimated 2009 AgriStability payment. This increase to the targeted advance payment will make an additional $70 million available in cash flow assistance to the industry. “This government is always willing to adjust programs
Opinion

Wetlands vital to nutrient management

The Government of Manitoba’s March 25 throne speech includes a statement identifying more research being undertaken to reduce nutrient loading into Lake Winnipeg. This comes at the right time as Ducks Unlimited Canada’s (DUC) new water quality research in the Broughton’s Creek watershed in southwest Manitoba shows the need to assist landowners as a critical

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