Diane Rogers

A woman’s world is no longer a simple choice between feminism and tradition, argues an academic from the University of Saskatchewan. It’s OK to be contradictory, geography professor Maureen Green said in a July 5 presentation at a Lived Environments of Girls and Women conference. Most studies of women’s activism categorize their actions as related […] Read more

Francis Irving can spin a yarn longer than anyone else in Canada. The La Broquerie, Man., farmer was the Canadian winner at a world competition called the Highland Spin-In, which is held every two years in Tasmania, Australia. The competition tests for the longest plied thread hand-spun from 10 grams of raw sheep wool. The […] Read more

HAMILTON, Ont. — Delegates to the Associated Country Women of the World voted in favour of softer resolutions requiring more study of genetically modified food. A resolution calling for a five-year moratorium on commercial growth and trade in GM food was withdrawn by sponsoring groups from the United Kingdom. Shannon Storey, an ACWW delegate and […] Read more

It was a classy scene — champagne, orchids, candles, guitar music — and 150 hungry people. Not a potato was in sight at the June 19 food gala to launch Saskatchewan Bounty, a co-operative effort of 15 Saskatchewan groups including commodity groups for beef, sheep, pork, turkey, canola, flax, pulses and herbs and spices, plus […] Read more

HAMILTON, Ont. — Take three women from varying farm realities, shake together and you get a reaction as smooth and slick as ice cream on a hot summer day. The women all agree that their international group should try to influence the World Trade Organization. In a June 13 interview at the Associated Country Women […] Read more

HAMILTON, Ont. — Pat Rod’s husband mischievously calls the Associated Country Women of the World the “old ladies of the world” group. But the Princeton, Illinois, man is not too far from the mark. The group is an aging one. His wife, Pat Rod, who was attending her sixth ACWW convention in Hamilton, became a […] Read more

Save the Children is a charity with a name that is either invisible to the public or misused by telemarketers. Despite its low-profile, Save the Children is the largest global movement for children, says Natalia Beran, the agency’ s volunteer co-ordinator in Western Canada. The 80-year-old Save the Children federation operates in more than 100 […] Read more

LAKE LENORE, Sask. – While happy to be in Canada, Halima Hassan regrets leaving behind half of her immediate family. The mother of 13 was imprisoned in Ethiopia in 1993 and 1998 for supporting the wrong tribe in the east African country’s civil war. She took her seven youngest children and one grandson with her […] Read more

Retired teachers can give rural towns an edge on cities when it comes to settling refugees. Deborah Young of the Saskatoon Refugee Coalition said a study done by her group showed the rural areas of the Prairies do have resources to help settle newcomers to Canada. She told a session of the recent conference of […] Read more

COCHIN, Sask. – The president of the Saskatchewan Women’s Institutes had a sombre message for her members, who are celebrating 90 years as an organization this year. Doreen Holden said the group could fold without a cash injection of $10,000 by next Jan. 1. The organization was founded in 1911 and for decades has been […] Read more