Diane Rogers

Some might regard Vince Neiser as a fuss-budget, a nit-picker, a clean freak. But pickiness is part of his job at the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc. He begins every morning by walking through the Peterson Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, checking that the big pots in the commercial kitchen […] Read more

Four people were named to the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame on July 15. The late Heinrich Holtmann emigrated from Germany to Rosser, Man., in 1928. Starting with a herd of purebred Holsteins, he earned various dairy honours including grand champion at the Toronto Royal Agricultural Fair and life memberships in the Manitoba Dairy Association, […] Read more

Dana Welsh, the newly elected National Rural Youth Network representative from British Columbia, is a recent convert. She was raised near Toronto but enjoyed spending summers in the mining community of Trail, B.C. Three years ago, after she finished her education, she came to Trail to live, and this year bought her first house there. […] Read more

Consumers are uncomfortable in the kitchen, says a dietician in explaining why they latch onto food trends. Laura Pasut said the popularity of the low carbohydrate diet and the fact most people don’t understand simple food rules have led to a drop in the consumption of flour and grains. Pasut said it is a common […] Read more

Until January, Saskatchewan school boards will be running with an extra layer of overseers. In a June 15 election, 136 trustees were elected to join the approximately 600 now sitting on school boards. Within six months, however, the number of trustees in the province will be halved as those new trustees take over in the […] Read more

Two projects have been chosen under British Columbia’s funding program for women in agriculture, says Chris Michell, chair of the committee that is overseeing the program. The Kamloops rancher said the committee reviewed six applications for the spring deadline and approved a strategic planning session for the B.C. Farm Women’s Network and support for a […] Read more

Braiden Stevenson, like most high school students, is counting the days until school is over. But the Grade 12 student is not dreaming of beaches and summer fun. He has landed a job that starts in July that will put him on the stage and well on his way to fulfilling his professional dreams. Stevenson […] Read more

His grandparents, not God, were the inspiration for the centennial project selected by Rod Andrews, the Anglican bishop for Saskatoon. Andrews plans to drive a tractor across central Saskatchewan this month as his way to mark the province’s 100th birthday. He credits his tractor trek idea to a remembrance of the times when his grandparents […] Read more

REGINA – A new CD should help in the public education battle to obtain rural child care, says a consultant who worked on the project. Child Care: We’re Worth It was released June 3 at a national conference of child-care advocates in Regina. It was developed by Carol Gott and Jane Wilson, consultants who received […] Read more

WHITEWOOD, Sask. – Ovarian cancer is deadly, but Saskatchewan Women’s Institute members attending their annual meeting in Whitewood earlier this month had hardly heard of it. Public health nurse Carol Adair told the SWI members that the cancer kills 1,500 Canadian women a year and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women. […] Read more