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Province hopes good things will be cooking in Swan River

By Lorraine Stevenson April 20, 2012

The province expects entrepreneurs will be cooking up some innovation in Swan River’s new food-processing centre. The government has spent $80,000 to outfit a former meeting room of the War Veterans Community Hall on 6th St. N. — part of a pilot project to provide entrepreneurs from northern communities with the opportunity to test and

Beef cattle, News

Briefs Jan. 5

January 17, 2012

Doug Connery passes Well-known Manitoba vegetable farmer and industry leader Doug Connery died Dec. 15 after suffering a heart attack. The 56-year-old owner of Connery Riverdale Farms near Portage la Prairie was a director of Peak of the Market, past president of the Vegetable Growers Association of Manitoba, past president of the Canadian Horticultural Council

Beef cattle, News

Doug Connery passes

January 5, 2012

staff / Well-known Manitoba vegetable farmer and industry leader Doug Connery died Dec. 15 after suffering a heart attack. The 56-year-old owner of Connery Riverdale Farms near Portage la Prairie was a director of Peak of the Market, past president of the Vegetable Growers Association of Manitoba, past president of the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC),

News

New Vegetable-Processing Plant Putting Down Roots In Portage

By Shannon VanRaes November 10, 2011

Kelly Beaulieu is cultivating more than freshness these days the former agronomist is growing opportunities and sowing the seeds of success in her hometown of Portage la Prairie. The entrepreneur has spent the last year creating Prairie Garden Puree at the Manitoba Food Development Centre, a base ingredient for food production. This is something that

Opinion

Lake Manitoba Flood Puts Life On Hold

By Sandi Knight October 20, 2011

co-operator contributor It s October, surely the water is gone by now, isn t it? Unfortunately, no. For people who live near and around Lake Manitoba, the flood continues. In all likelihood it will become the Flood of 2011-12. No one wants to talk about it. Some people are tired of hearing about it. But

News

Pressing Rural Priorities

By Lorraine Stevenson September 8, 2011

If Portage la Prairie fixed all the sidewalks, roads and water mains it needs to, the city would be $11 million over budget. Now, they’re faced with another bill coming due – the anticipated $25 million it will take over the next five years to meet new provincial regulations for nutrient removal from waste water.

News

History Of Home Economists Serving Rural Manitoba Released

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 7, 2011

Abook that tells the story of district and extension home economists who served in rural Manitoba over the last century is now available for purchase. A Time in our Lives – A History of Manitoba Home Economists in Extensiontells stories of a time when home economists contributed much to the future of Manitoba. The book

News

Lake Manitoba Residents Forced To Flee Flooding

By Ron Friesen June 9, 2011

Tom Teichroeb was busy last week moving the last few cattle off his flooded farm near the shores of Lake Manitoba. When he’s done, he’ll move his family out, too. Teichroeb, his wife and two young daughters had rented a house in town and were moving in furniture when shifting flood waters would let them.

News

Special Flood Aid Welcome: KAP

By Allan Dawson June 2, 2011

Daily talks between the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers about flooding appears to have paid off, says KAP president Doug Chorney. The province adopted KAP’s call for 100 per cent compensation for farmers artificially flooded, including lost income, in the Manitoba government’s Flood 2011 Building and Recovery Action Plan announced May

News

Aid Package For Flooded Farmers

By Allan Dawson May 26, 2011

The Manitoba government announced several compensation programs worth an estimated $44 million for farmers May 24 as part of a sweeping $175-million package of mitigation and compensation measures related to flooding in the province. There is a program for farmers south of the Hoop and Holler Bend near Portage la Prairie and surrounding Lake Manitoba

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Tag Archives Portage la Prairie

Province hopes good things will be cooking in Swan River

Briefs Jan. 5

Doug Connery passes

New Vegetable-Processing Plant Putting Down Roots In Portage

Lake Manitoba Flood Puts Life On Hold

Pressing Rural Priorities

History Of Home Economists Serving Rural Manitoba Released

Lake Manitoba Residents Forced To Flee Flooding

Special Flood Aid Welcome: KAP

Aid Package For Flooded Farmers

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