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Artist renderings of JohnQ Public’s ‘Daycare in a box’ design.
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“Daycare in a box” brings desperately needed rural childcare

Federal-provincial agreement funds 17 daycares in rural and First Nations communities

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Parents in Rosenort are getting a local day care after years of fundraising and advocacy. “There is a huge need,” said Jenn Rzesnoski. When her oldest son went into daycare, Rzesnoski had to drive him to St. Jean Baptiste, 20 minutes away from her home, and then drive another 20 minutes to Rosenort. Other community
A new report by Doctors Manitoba pinpoints how bad rural and northern doctor shortages have become.
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Rural doctors stagger under administrative burden, burnout: report

Manitoba has lowest number of family doctors per capita, and more are about to leave says Doctors Manitoba

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A young man visits a doctor’s office in his rural town. A few weeks earlier, he had squashed his finger in a work accident. He didn’t need medical attention but he couldn’t do his normal job. Now he’s ready to go back to work, but before he can punch the clock again, he needs a
Federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 10, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)
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Federal minister for rural affairs among Tory pledges

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The federal Conservatives’ pre-election pledges for Canada’s rural communities include a plan to appoint a federal minister for rural affairs. Tory leader Andrew Scheer included that promise Sept. 7 in announcing a list of “specific measures he will take as prime minister to help rural communities across the country,” in the lead-up to a federal
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Opinion: Rural Manitoba overlooked in election

It seems the parties have decided everything outside the Perimeter Highway isn’t worth talking about

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In the 24-7 news cycle we live in, it’s hard for us all to take the time and consider what might be coming down the road. We seemingly lack the ability to see past today or tomorrow because we are so inundated with information that we simply can’t begin to consider what lies ahead. That’s
Keith Currie was acclaimed to a second term as OFA president at the organization’s annual meeting Nov. 20-21 in Toronto. (John Greig photo)

OFA pre-election policy targets broader economic development

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Stable rural areas and thriving farms can help urbanites with some of their biggest challenges. That’s the message from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture going into next year’s provincial election. The OFA talked about how it is framing its election strategy at its annual meeting, which ran Monday and Tuesday in Toronto. “With the election
Results from the 2016 Census of Agriculture show Manitoba had the second-youngest population of farm operators in Canada.
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Fewer farmers in total, but more young ones

Farms are larger and more valuable than in 2011, but profitability is unchanged

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There are fewer Canadian farmers, and those over 55 still outnumber their younger peers, but the latest Census of Agriculture shows a slightly larger number of those 35 and under now farming too. Statistics Canada takes an extensive look at farmers and farm practices every five years, and the results of the 2016 census were

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