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Future Of Women’s Conference Contemplated

By Lorraine Stevenson November 18, 2010

The Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference marked its 24th year this fall and remains a much welcomed post-harvest event for farm women, says its 2010 chair Beth Connery, a Portage la Prairie-area farmer. But next year’s convention, scheduled for Brandon, might be its finale. No decision has been made yet and discussions continue on the event’s

Opinion

Why Don’t The Chinese Eat Canadian Food?

By Ronald Doering November 4, 2010

A big question in the news these days has been whether the Chinese will buy part or all of Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp. Underlying this is the recognition that China has a huge problem coming at it: how to feed itself. With little arable land and a growing middle class – estimated by some to be 700

News

Women’s Involvement Declining

By Lorraine Stevenson October 28, 2010

The suffrage movement is one of history’s finest examples of the kind of social change a united women’s voice can achieve. Yet women today seem mostly absorbed by their private lives, unable or uninterested in engaging in the social and political activism of a few decades ago. “We’ve not been as ardent as we need

News

KAP Awaits ‘Cost Of Capital’ Review – for Sep. 23, 2010

By Allan Dawson September 23, 2010

Farm groups say they won’t be snoozing when a study comes out next month on the arcane process of calculating railways’ cost of capital. Because if they snooze, they might lose and farmers will wind up paying more in freight rates. “I’m sure the railroads are saying there should be an adjustment In their cost

News

Relief Plan’s Details Due Shortly: Masc

By Allan Dawson July 15, 2010

More details about who qualifies for the $450 million in federal and provincial aid should be known this week, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s manager of claim services said in an interview July 8. It’s clear farmers with land too wet to seed this spring will qualify for the $30/acre payment, whether they are enrolled in

Country Crossroads

Manitoba Women’s Institute Prepares For 100Th Birthday

By Lorraine Stevenson February 18, 2010

“We have to start discussing how we are going to move into this second century.” – ENID CLARK, MANITOBA WOMEN’S INSTITUTE PRESIDENT ABenito Wome n’s Institute member rose from her chair one day in 1947 to voice her worries. While putting her team of horses away for the day, she’d spotted a woman changing a

Country Crossroads

Editor’s Note – for Sep. 17, 2009

September 17, 2009

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Editor’s Note – for Aug. 20, 2009

August 20, 2009

WELCOME TO COUNTRY CROSSROADS! If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads, 1666 Dublin Ave, Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1 Phone 1-800-782-0794, fax 204-944-5562, e-mail: [email protected] I’d love to hear from you. Please remember we can no longer return material,

Weather

We’re Cool, But Not Record Breaking

By Daniel Bezte August 20, 2009

The weather page is prepared by Daniel Bezte. Dan has a BA Honours degree in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He has taught climate and weather classes at the U of W, and is a guest climate expert on CJOB’s morning show with Larry Updike. Daniel runs a computerized weather station

Livestock

Let’s Go Ridin’ – for Jul. 23, 2009

By Maerz E. Doats July 23, 2009

Well folks, it’s been a good ride and as with all good rides, we’ve reached the trail’s end. It’s time for movin’ on so I thought I’d leave you with a few notions about the lessons that horses have taught me. I’ve had some good horses, and some not so good, and I have learned

Daily Network News

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Future Of Women’s Conference Contemplated

Why Don’t The Chinese Eat Canadian Food?

Women’s Involvement Declining

KAP Awaits ‘Cost Of Capital’ Review – for Sep. 23, 2010

Relief Plan’s Details Due Shortly: Masc

Manitoba Women’s Institute Prepares For 100Th Birthday

Editor’s Note – for Sep. 17, 2009

Editor’s Note – for Aug. 20, 2009

We’re Cool, But Not Record Breaking

Let’s Go Ridin’ – for Jul. 23, 2009

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