RCMP Bust Rural Drug-Trafficking Network

Rural Manitobans received another reminder this month that drug trafficking is not just a big city problem. Thirty-one people were arrested and another three are being sought in connection with drug trafficking – all with addresses in smaller towns and rural municipalities of eastern Manitoba, RCMP announced earlier this month. Police laid over 100 charges

In Brief… – for Jul. 8, 2010

Another barn burns: A fire struck a hog barn June 29 in the R. M. of Hanover, killing 150 hogs and causing an estimated $325,000 in damages, Steinbach RCMP say. The barn contained approximately 1,600 hogs, most of which were rescued. A subsequent investigation by the RCMP and Office of the Fire Commissioner determined that


Your Door Is Ajar

DAVE BEDARD It’s not been much fun in retail these past few years for those selling fertilizer to farmers. If you had to restock when prices skyrocketed, then deal with outraged farmers who declined to pay those prices, you’d start to wonder how the next growing season would pan out. If you were then stuck

In Briefs continued from page 2 – for Mar. 4, 2010

Honoured: The Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association (MFWBA) selected Agriculture in the Classroom – Manitoba as the recipient of its first annual Agriculture Awareness Award Feb. 18. “Our goal with this award is to recognize the people in Manitoba who capture our imagination and interest, compelling us to learn more about agriculture’s role in


Twelve Votes Needed To End Gun Registry

The latest attempt by Conservative Party members to abolish the controversial long-gun registry comes up for a House of Commons vote Nov. 4. Twelve extra votes from opposition party MPs are all that the minority Conservatives need to pass the legislation ending the requirement that individuals and businesses register their rifles and shotguns, said Tory