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This small outbuilding near Gilbert Plains is a designated heritage site, as one of the few beef ring buildings still standing in Manitoba.

Beef rings speak volumes of local history

These early informal co-operatives kept beef on the table in the warm summer months before refrigeration

By John Beckham August 1, 2017

The recorded history of the settling of Western Canada is a sketchy affair. I am not referring to history as we ordinarily think of it, such as treaties, battles, or political decisions, but rather the histories of families, communities, and the evolution of a society largely cast upon their own devices in what was a

Trading returned to the pit of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange following the end of the Great War, as it was then known.

Local news

Between the wars

Canada 150: A postwar bust, political activism, the Great Depression  and the formation of the Canadian Wheat Board  marked the interwar years in Manitoba agriculture

By Alex Campbell July 26, 2017

As the smoke cleared from the battlefields of Europe, the landscape had changed dramatically for Winnipeg, Manitoba and Prairie agriculture generally, particularly in the area of grain marketing. While the Winnipeg Grain Exchange and the wheat futures market reopened in August 1920, the experience of farmers with the 1919 wheat board was positive and led

Greg Steele, Before Brandon exhibit guest curator, displays a replica paddle styled similarly to what would have been used by voyageurs during the fur trade in the Brandon area.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Before Brandon was the Wheat City

Brandon was established as a city in 1882, but trading outposts along the Assiniboine River predate that mark by decades and are the subject of a museum exhibit at the Brandon General Museum and Archives

By Alexis Stockford July 25, 2017

In most tellings, Brandon is a city that appeared from nowhere, fuelled by agricultural settlement. In 1881 it was a single shanty, and just 12 months later it was the province’s first western city, the Wheat City. Local history buffs will recount how rail plans were moved 50 kilometres south in the 1870s, in line

Star Mound School with pioneer dedication monument.

Country Crossroads, Other

Celebrate Canada’s past — visit Star Mound School

Located in south-central Manitoba the school is one of the oldest remaining of its kind

By Donna Gamache June 30, 2017

Recently, my husband and I visited Star Mound School in the south-central part of Manitoba, which now operates as a museum. It is located northwest from the village of Snowflake (GPS co-ordinates N49.05975 and W98.72491). Also called Nebogwawin Butte and Merry Dance Hill, Star Mound is thought to be a glacial moraine from the time

Elaine and Darrell Klym are the proud owners and managers of Farmers Hall, a much-loved old country hall just east of Gimli which they completely restored. The original building was built in the 1920s and for years bore the name United Farmers Community Hall over its doorway.

Country Crossroads, Other

Farmers Hall restored to its former glory — and then some

A Gimli couple has completely renovated and restored a decade-old rural dance hall

By Lorraine Stevenson June 30, 2017

It was once the heart of this farming community but by the early 1990s it looked like the last days were approaching for an old country hall on Hwy. 231 the locals called ‘Farmers.’ Its volunteer board had made the difficult decision to board up the building by then, with too many upgrades and repairs

The editorial cartoon from The Scoop Shovel in June 1927.

Local news, News, Other

Jubilee Jottings — looking back at the first 60 years

Canada 150: As they do today, farmers in 1927 reflected on how much easier life was  than back in the old days

By John Morriss June 29, 2017

In the midst of war in 1917, there was not much appetite for a 50-year celebration of Confederation, so the country was anxious to celebrate the “Jubilee” year in 1927. Former editor John Morriss prepared this look back at what we covered as those celebrations approached. The Scoop Shovel, which published from 1925 until it

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Our country

By Gord Gilmour June 29, 2017

It’s long been a national pastime, fretting over “Canadian identity.” Does it exist? What is it? How do we define it? What does it say about us? With Canada Day set for this weekend, and a milestone 150th birthday party celebration for the nation set to run all summer, we’re no exception here at the

In July 1972, a Manitoba Pool elevator at Rounthwaite, on the CNR Wawanesa Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, was destroyed by fire. It had been purchased from Federal Grain shortly before the fire and was to have been repainted in the new corporate colours a few days later. A new elevator was constructed between 1974 and 1975 and designated as Pool B, joining a Pool elevator dating back to 1928, seen in this photo from October 1978. When the railway line was abandoned in December 1983, the old elevator was demolished and the new one was moved to Nesbitt. It operated there until it was sold into private ownership. The railway line at Nesbitt was removed in mid-2016.

Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: May 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 26, 2017

In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator

Our History

Efficient, dependable manure spreading and more!

Our History: April 1967

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 6, 2017

The Farm-Eze manure spreader advertised in our April 6, 1967 issue offered efficiency, dependability, simplicity, versatility and economy. It was available in 130- and 170-bushel sizes. At the Royal Winter Fair in Brandon, Agriculture Minister Joe Greene announced that there would soon be new federal legislation providing for low-interest loans for the proposed construction of

We’ll never be sure what occasion afforded these pioneers with the opportunity to have a brief break and socialize.

Country Crossroads

When the week’s work is done

A chance to pause and rest was a rare thing for the region’s early pioneers

By Alex Campbell April 5, 2017

In the Black family photo collection at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, there is one of some of the family members gathered around a Ford Model T car, sitting on the running board or on the grass, relaxing and chatting. The week’s work is all done as most of the people in the photo are well

Daily Network News

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