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The population growth in the Rural Municipality of Victoria which includes the villages of Holland (pictured above) and Cypress River, is up 395 persons since 2011.

Reeve astonished at municipality’s population growth

Expanding family size on the local Hutterite colony, and some additional new residents probably explains it, says reeve of the Municipality of Victoria

By Lorraine Stevenson February 16, 2017

Last week’s 2016 Canada Census population data has left officials in one rural Manitoba municipality wondering how they could grow so much without anyone really noticing. The Rural Municipality of Victoria’s population rose by 395 persons — a whopping 35.3 per cent since 2011. Reeve Harold Purkess said he’s pretty happy about it, but also

A group of Hutterite women returns from the fields at sunset.

Country Crossroads, Local news

A long and interesting history for Hutterites in Manitoba

Few realize the challenges faced by early Anabaptist groups like Hutterites  and Mennonites which brought them to North America

By Dora Maendel August 10, 2016

The late Selma Maendel was recently the first Hutterite inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame for her many long-standing contributions to agriculture in the province. Among other things she was a popular columnist for this publication, developed the Field History Manager software to computerize field record-keeping and worked with the medical industry to

A group of Filipinos who arrived to work at the Springhill Farms hog-processing plant in Neepawa last January. Immigrants now make up almost a quarter of Neepawa’s population.

Local news

Prairie towns lack settlement services for immigrants

Rural Development Institute study surveyed 29 towns across Prairies and B.C.

By Lorraine Stevenson August 11, 2015

Rural towns exist because of immigration, but they aren’t easy places for immigrants to move into nowadays. Lack of employment or foreign credentials going unrecognized are only part of the problem, according to a new report released by the Brandon-based Rural Development Institute. Newcomers go wherever language training, affordable housing, child care, public transportation, and

Local news

Rural Manitoba struggles with population growth

Retired statistician maps out future of labour market

By Meghan Mast November 21, 2014

Looming labour shortages due to mass migration to and around cities have made rural development much more difficult than it used to be, according to a retired statistician. While rural populations in Manitoba overall are still growing by .6 per cent, since 1996, places farther away from Brandon, Winnipeg and Winkler are not faring as

Crops, International news, News

U.S. senators unveil immigration reform bill

By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai April 26, 2013

A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation April 16 to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become U.S. citizens. Under the proposal, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States before Dec. 31, 2011, and had stayed in the

Crops, International news, News

Farm group backs U.S. immigration reform

By Charles Abbott February 15, 2013

The largest U.S. farm group is throwing its weight behind a new immigration law reform that would allow undocumented workers already in the country to gain legal status. Delegates at the annual meeting of the six-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation issued the call after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asked them to speak up for

News

Separate path for farm labour in U.S. Senate immigration plan

By Charles Abbott February 12, 2013

Reuters / Agricultural labourers would be on a separate path to U.S. citizenship than other undocumented workers in the immigration reforms proposed by eight senators Jan. 28 that cited the importance of feeding America. Many of the 1.5 million farm workers employed in the United States annually — perhaps 500,000 to 900,000 in all —

News

China Unprepared For Increasing Urbanization

October 20, 2011

Beijing/Reuters More than 100 million rural Chinese people will settle in towns and cities in the next decade, testing provision of welfare and services as a new generation of migrants turn their backs on farming, according to a new government report. The National Population and Family Planning Commission report forecast that by 2020, China s

Hogs, Livestock

New Limits On Temporary Foreign Workers

May 5, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Over the last few years, the western Canadian pork industry has become heavily dependent on foreign workers. Indeed, it is not too far fetched to say

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Tyson Foods to close U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted

Tag Archives Immigration

Reeve astonished at municipality’s population growth

A long and interesting history for Hutterites in Manitoba

Prairie towns lack settlement services for immigrants

Rural Manitoba struggles with population growth

U.S. senators unveil immigration reform bill

Farm group backs U.S. immigration reform

Separate path for farm labour in U.S. Senate immigration plan

China Unprepared For Increasing Urbanization

New Limits On Temporary Foreign Workers

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