Spring Flooding: The Dice Are Loaded

It seems you can’t listen to a conversation lately that doesn’t at some point move to the topic of spring flooding. The latest flood forecast for southern Manitoba indicates a high potential for flooding in pretty much all regions. If we continue to have favourable weather, which means little to no snow or rain over

Early-Spring Delicacy Rich In Nutrition Too

“The fiddlehead’s total antioxidant activity is twice that of blueberries.” – DR. JOHN DELONG Fiddlehead greens, the young, tightly curled fronds of the indigenous wild ostrich fern (Matteucia struthiopteris), are a delectable spring vegetable and rite of the season. Fiddleheads as a food source have been well known to Canada’s First Nations for many years.


Snowmelt May Delay U. S. Spring Corn, Soy Seeding

Near-record amounts of snow dumped across the United States over the winter could delay seeding of the corn and soybean crops in the Midwest grain belt when the melt begins this spring. Any planting delay could set the tone for volatile trading at the Chicago Board of Trade, which got a foretaste on Monday when