The rain and wet weather (gave) Â farmers and rural residents ample time to reflect on the vote that will save the Liberal gun registry in Ottawa. Only moments prior to the parliamentary vote of Sept. 21, at least three Canada-wide internet polls showed an overwhelming support by the general population to scrap the registry. Of […] Read more
Stories by John Hamon
Amber waves
In Ontario, Quebec, Vermont and other eastern areas, tourists pay hard-earned money for a bus tour to view the fall colours of the ripened forest. And while the colours of crimson leaves can be soothing, nothing can be as exhilarating as the rustle of ripened wheat when the wind slowly makes its way across a […] Read more
Taxpayer hospitality
I was recently reading a blog where taxpayers were complaining about having to subsidize western Canadian farmers that were hard hit by floods this year. Their beef was that a lot of the flooded areas that will be compensated for are actual sloughs and marshes that had been seeded or cultivated in dry years, and […] Read more
Get educated
I see some farmers still adhere to the principle that genetically modified plants and animals are somehow evil. In a recent letter to the editor that appeared in this paper, one writer referred to the mixing of genetically modified flax with other varieties as, and I quote, “contamination.” Why does our society show such little […] Read more
