Farmland expropriation for Oak Bluff highway project brings process, farmer compensation concerns back to the fore.
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Manitoba farmers uneasy on expropriation
Farmland near Oak Bluff is getting expropriated for a highway interchange; its not the first time expropriation-affected farmers have worried about land loss and fair compensation in Manitoba
Niverville welcomes new RCMP detachment
A new police detachment in Niverville will have four police officers on staff, expanding local police service in the rural Manitoba area
A new police detachment in Niverville will have four police officers on staff, expanding local police service in the rural Manitoba area
Rural Manitoba resources slim on disaster planning
Only 13 per cent of small and rural Manitoba municipalities have formal climate strategies despite recent struggles with fires, floods and droughts in communities across Manitoba
Brandon University’s Rural Development Institute has found that many rural and small municipalities in Manitoba don’t have staff or resources to make formal climate plans against natural disaster.
Manitoba community projects get support from HyLife
HyLife Fun Days 2025 donated $35,000 each to projects in Killarney, Steinach and Neepawa
HyLife Fun Days 2025 donated $35,000 each to recreation and housing projects in Killarney, Steinach and Neepawa earlier this fall.
China moves to develop rural economy with plan to boost farmers’ income
China's agriculture ministry outlined measures on Thursday for provincial governments to boost farmers' income by developing the rural economy, including efforts to spur employment of migrant workers.
Editor’s Take: The rural problem with EVs
Electric vehicles have a chicken-and-egg problem in rural Canada. Until there are enough charging sites that drivers feel no constraints on travel, electric vehicle purchase will be a hard sell. And until there are enough electric vehicles to create demand for those charging stations, there isn’t an urgent push to install them. When Western Canada’s
The draw of rural vet practice
Faces of Ag: Nyssa Guilbert is the first Manitoban student to receive the Guy Hobman Award
With her love of rural life and penchant for the problem solving needed to treat many types and sizes of animals, Manitoba-born veterinary student Nyssa Guilbert says she hopes to work in a country practice once she graduates. “It’s just kind of like what I’ve always known and what I’ve always loved,” said the Anola-area
North Korea’s Kim demands more farmland to boost food production
Seoul | Reuters — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered improvements to infrastructure and expansion of farmland to ramp up food production, state media said on Thursday, amid warnings of an impending food crisis. Kim gave instructions to revamp irrigation systems, build modern farming machines and create more arable land as he wrapped up
Development partners commit US$30 billion to food production in Africa
Continent facing record-level hunger
Dakar | Reuters — Development partners have committed US$30 billion to boost food production in Africa over the next five years, the president of the African Development Bank said on Friday at the close of a summit on food security on the continent. The continent is facing its worst food crisis ever, with more than
Ontario trims minimum memberships for ag, hort societies
Eligibility thresholds for provincial operating grants lowered
Rules taking effect with the new year are expected to make it easier for Ontario agricultural and horticultural societies to qualify for provincial grants in the face of a membership crunch. The province on Friday confirmed amendments to regulation 16, attached to its Agricultural and Horticultural Organizations Act, kick in effective Sunday (Jan. 1, 2023).
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