Roberta Rampton

WINNIPEG – A group of entrepreneurs and port supporters is hoping to pin down a purchase price for the Port of Churchill, the Hudson Bay line and key rail lines feeding the route. The Canadian Northern Gateway Transportation Company has already raised about $50,000 toward finding by this fall the answer to what is likely […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A Manitoba MP says at least three farmers have complained to the RCMP alleging the Canadian Wheat Board and several grain companies have used unfair business practices. Jake Hoeppner (Reform-Lisgar-Marquette) said he knows three farmers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan who have lodged complaints with their local detachments, and he said he knows others […] Read more

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. – Swish, swish, swish … snarl. “The wind did it,” laughed Tammy Combs, who was just beginning to catch on to the rhythm of fly fishing when the line caught on to her. Combs came all the way from Louisville, Kentucky for a weekend of learning how to cast for fish, […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Canola growers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they’re not happy with a “no admission, no denial” payment made by XCAN Grain Pool to the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange. “It doesn’t sit well with our membership … when someone admits there’s no admission, no denial, no wrongdoing, no perceived wrongdoing, and a quarter of a […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Grain marketing, pricing and transportation will be a different game after Aug. 1 when the Crow Benefit ends. And the three prairie pools have decided a different game requires a different strategy. They will be taking over domestic and North American marketing of non-board grains from XCAN Grain Pool Ltd. by the end […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A group of ranchers from the Northern Plains region of the United States feel they’ve been dependent on the feedlot and packing industry of the Midwest for too long. They’re tired of low prices that don’t recognize meat quality, and sick of seeing profits drained from the region. So they’re taking control and […] Read more

MORRIS, Man. – It was too cold and windy to be out on the fields, but it was a great day for dreaming. Gazing longingly at the massive state-of-the-art tractors, air seeders and harrows motoring around a small field at Ag Expo, farmers like Tim Schultz and Andre Charlot of Ridgeville, Man. got the chance […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s new education minister wants to hear more from teachers, school principals, trustees and parents before drastically changing school board boundaries. Earlier this year, a commission studying the boundaries recommended the number of school boards in the province be reduced to 21 from 57. “While the government supports the concept of reducing the […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Frustrated after having tens of thousands of acres under water for two months, farmers in western Manitoba have organized and taken stock of their losses. And now, they’re asking the provincial government some tough questions about compensation, crop insurance, and how the Assiniboine River was managed this spring. The group plans to “keep […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Weather analysts at the Canadian Wheat Board predict a cooler and drier summer this year. Add concerns about grain transportation changes, late seeding, prices and pests, and this could mean fewer seeded acres than earlier Statistics Canada predictions and lower yields than last year. With updated estimates of seeded area, the board predicted […] Read more