Diane Rogers

Pam Kosolofski’s son picked a fight at school and then turned himself in just so he could get a month in the isolation room, away from bullying classmates. The Alberta woman said her son endured two years of being picked on and beaten up before his parents pulled him out of school in Grade 6. […] Read more

A grandfather who was known to his only grandson through old diaries and photos led history professor Stephen Davies to his latest project. His grandfather died in the First World War. That gap in his family, combined with the frustration his students had in locating information on the internet about Canadian war efforts, convinced Davies […] Read more

The only provincial gathering of Manitoba farm women is celebrating its 15th year this fall. The success of the Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference is based on the steering committee made up of a dozen farm women, says one of the organizers. They create the agenda and decide what topics to present, said Nancy Brommell. “It’s […] Read more

There are only 30 spots so young Canadians who want to enter a public speaking contest about agriculture must get their applications in soon. Young Speakers for Agriculture is an annual contest held at the Toronto Royal Agricultural Winter Fair since 1985. The contest started as a way to mark the international year of the […] Read more

ST. GEORGE, Ont. – The white clapboard house is a federal heritage site but is in dire need of funds. Dating back to 1840, the house near Hamilton is where Adelaide Hunter Hoodless was born and lived until her marriage in 1881. She was one of three founders of the women’s institutes in 1897, a […] Read more

Occupational health nurse Julie Bidwell remembers that the men she worked with at a chemical company would ask her not to tell them how to do their work. “We know how to do our jobs,” they said. “Show us what will happen if we don’t do them right.” So when Bidwell came to the Centre […] Read more

Whether you have 10,000 acres of rapeseed or one metre of flowers, the same growing rules apply, says a noted horticulturist. Roger Swain, host of the PBS channel’s Victory Garden show, opened the recent University of Saskatchewan horticultural week. “Farming is just like gardening, only on a bigger scale,” Swain said after his July 22 […] Read more

Canadian agriculture needs a wave of entrepreneurial revival, Lyle Vanclief said July 19 following his tour of the prairie drought. The federal agriculture minister told Western Producer editors in Saskatoon that farmers should switch to another product if they can’t make money growing canola, or if it’s often too dry to get a decent wheat […] Read more

Canadian musician Fred Eaglesmith likes people who help themselves. That is why he and his band are doing a benefit concert July 27 in Saskatoon to pay legal bills for five Saskatchewan activists arrested while protesting the Free Trade of the Americas talks in Quebec City this spring. In an interview, Eaglesmith said he is […] Read more

BURGOYNE, Ont. – The Ball family decided to get off their work treadmill, so they moved to a larger farm last year. Kevin and Elaine Ball had both worked off-farm jobs to support their 130 acres near Thamesford, Ont., but that size of farm “doesn’t cut it any more,” she said. Tired of 16 hour […] Read more