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Checkowski Claims Letter From Ritz Exonerates Him

By Daniel Winters June 10, 2010

“The minister recognizes that he’s not an expert in the diagnosis of TB.” – Mari A Koller-Jones Rodney Checkowski was armed with a letter from Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz that he thought supported his case when he stood up to Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials in 2008. The letter, signed by the minister and forwarded

News

Testing Is Not Harmful, And It’s Working, Says CFIA Senior Vet

By Daniel Winters June 10, 2010

“We use the best tools we have.” – MARI A KOLLER-JONES The federal vet in charge of TB testing in the Riding Mountain TB Eradication Area dismisses claims by ranchers that the test could be making their animals sick. Dr. Maria Koller-Jones says the argument that the existing testing process needlessly exposes ranchers in the

Opinion

Letters – for May. 20, 2010

May 20, 2010

Will taxpayers pay for hog barn cleanup? As I read about “Empty Hog Barns Tumbling Down” in the May 6 Manitoba Co-operator, I again began to wonder who is going to foot all the bills for the decommissioning and cleanup costs of the manure storage facilities, those outside and inside the barns. When I previously

News

Two Ranchers Fined Over Refusal To TB Test

By Daniel Winters April 29, 2010

“If you are not prepared to do this, I suggest that you get out of the cattle business.” – JUDGE JOHN COMBS Two convictions under the Health of Animals Act in a Brandon courtroom April 16 have sent a clear message that refusing to comply with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in testing for bovine

News, Other livestock

West Side Elk Herd May Be Culled In Final Blitz

By Daniel Winters April 22, 2010

On the map of Riding Mountain National Park’s three TB-management zones, lies a black amoeba-shaped blob. Straight south of Grandview, the irregular-shaped area in the Western Control Zone was created by drawing circles with a six-kilometre radius based on the known home ranges of radio-collared elk that have tested postive for bovine TB under the

Livestock, Other livestock

Reporters Take A Peek Inside A Culled Elk

By Daniel Winters April 22, 2010

“Once in a while we get some large ones. When you cut it open, you see that the inside is much like the cream filling of a doughnut. It’s just disgusting. It’s offyellowy white, gooey, hideous stuff.” – Ken Kingdon Of the 28 elk killed this spring in Riding Mountain National Park, all have so

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Riding Mountain Wildlife Cull Will Resume

By Ron Friesen March 18, 2010

An on-again, off-again wildlife cull in Riding Mountain National Park to control tuberculosis in the herd is back on. Parks Canada will kill 30 bull elk and 50 whitetail deer in a TB core area hot spot at the western end of the park in early April, park officials said last week. The wildlife cull

Livestock

Rossburn Farmer Faces Three Counts

By Daniel Winters February 18, 2010

An April 16 trial date has been set for Rossburn-area farmer Rodney Checkowski, who has been charged with three violations of the Health of Animals Act, all of which are related to testing for bovine tuberculosis. Court documents allege that on June 6, 2008, Checkowski refused to present his animals for TB testing, obstructed or

Livestock, Other livestock

Hunters Assist In TB Eradication

By Parks Canada Release November 12, 2009

Hunters are playing a significant role in the effort to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the Riding Mountain area of southwestern Manitoba. By turning in samples of elk and white-tailed deer, they are helping wildlife managers determine where the disease is present, and more importantly, they are helping define where the disease is not. Since

Livestock, News, Other livestock

TB Eradication Plan Back To Square 1

By Ron Friesen October 22, 2009

TB task force is “not functional.” – RAY ARMBRUSTER, MCPA Ayear ago, Manitoba cattle producers felt they were finally getting somewhere in their decades-long fight against tuberculosis in Riding Mountain National Park. Parks Canada had signalled a willingness to eradicate some wildlife in Riding Mountain as part of a strategic plan to help control TB

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