Diane Rogers

This is the last summer that Saskatchewan 4-H members will be able to camp at Rayner Centre. The camping facility on the shores of Lake Diefenbaker has become too expensive to run for the Saskatchewan 4-H Foundation. So it will be sold or destroyed. In 1995-96 the operational deficit was $110,000, said Harry Pringle, a […] Read more

Manitoba farm women have received a bundle of money to drop into their circle. The federal government has awarded two farm women’s groups in the province $500,000 to be spent over the next three or four years on training for rural women and young farmers. The money was left over from the adjustment fund set […] Read more

Provincial education departments are rushing to legislate a space for parents on school councils but are not certain whether the councils should sell chocolate almonds or hire the principals. Patricia Gorius, a Saskatchewan educator, outlined the Canadian scene at last month’s National Congress on Rural Education. She said every province gives school councils a place […] Read more

Businesspeople take their enterprises too seriously, says an American consultant. At workshops around the continent Carolyn Martin presents tips on business developed by her employer, the Gerber Business Development Corp. Last week she was in Saskatoon telling women entrepreneurs from Western Canada how to be fired up, not flaming out. In a keynote address, Martin […] Read more

Rural high school graduates fare no better or worse than city kids when they go on to university. The majority from both groups see their marks drop. Saskatchewan teacher Cameron Milner outlined his findings comparing the relationship between Grade 12 and first-year university marks from 9,000 students in the province from 1989 to 1993. In […] Read more

ROSTHERN, Sask. – The Janzens have worked out their life partnership. “I’m the enthusiast and the talker,” said Larry. Pointing across the table at his wife Doreen, he adds: “she’s the organizer and the realist.” The couple exudes cheerfulness as we sit in their kitchen with a drifting aroma of cooling cakes. But they’ve had […] Read more

DAVIDSON, Sask. – From behind the screen came the whisper of cloth and women’s murmurings as they submitted to length and width appraisals of their bodies. It was the end of a workshop that kept two instructors and their tape measures busy long after the formal talk was done. The women lined up to pay […] Read more

Bubbling away in a farmhouse near Camrose, Alta. is the makings of a pleasant sip. Four times a year Isabelle Nordin and her husband mix up a batch of wine from a kit. A month later, after some additives and some stirring, it’s bottled and ready to drink. It is a hobby that Nordin started […] Read more

MANITOU SPRINGS, Sask. – Farmers have lost their lever to ensure the railways pick up and deliver their grain promptly, says the Saskatchewan Women’s Agricultural Network. One of the resolutions passed at SWAN’s annual meeting on the weekend urged the federal transport and agriculture ministers to “bring accountability into the grain system.” Member Margaret Cline […] Read more

MANITOU SPRINGS, Sask. – The federal government turned off the tap in last year’s budget and now the drought is becoming evident. Some of the groups that the Saskatchewan Women’s Agricultural Network used to meet with are no longer active. The loss of federal grants meant the end of the National Coalition on Rural Child […] Read more