Restoring sailboats an enjoyable sideline
PELICAN LAKE, Man. — A small two hulled catamaran with a tarpaulin stretched between the hulls sits by the side of a Manitoba rural road, with its mast just waiting to be hoisted. The Hobie sailboat is parked outside Darryl Enns’s business, Signature Cover, in Elm Creek, Man. He has been manufacturing hopper covers for […] Read moreStories by Anne Cote
Shoal Lakes flood problem presents long-term issue
Many of Manitoba’s flood-weary residents are dismantling their sandbag dikes and breathing a sigh of relief, but not near the three Shoal Lakes near Inwood. There they continue to wage a long-term fight against rising waters. Water levels in East Shoal Lake, West Shoal Lake and North Shoal Lake began rising about a decade ago, […] Read more
Personal contact vital for vegetable growers
CARMAN, Man. – While many Manitoba farmers are hoping flood waters don’t turn their fields into a muddy mess, Len and Edith Rook’s crops are already growing. Len and Edith operate Dufferin Market Gardens, which has produced vegetables for Carman, Man., markets for almost three decades. They almost gave up the idea of growing vegetables […] Read more
