Roberta Rampton

WINNIPEG (Staff) – A committee of doctors, students, government and community representatives is working on ways to attract and keep rural doctors. The Physician Resource Committee should have long-term recommendations by the end of the year. Here are some of the many problems identified and potential solutions: Problem: Studies show students with rural backgrounds are […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A black X will be the target for gun enthusiasts in Manitoba during the next federal election. A leader of the gun lobby here said the ballot box will be used to fight a new gun control law they believe infringes on individual rights. John Hipwell, of Virden, Man., who chairs the province’s […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Bean seed treated with an antibiotic seems to be just what the doctor ordered for Manitoba growers dealing with bacterial blight. And farmers want to make sure the medicine is around for years to come. At a recent meeting of the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association, farmers passed a resolution to help lobby the […] Read more

WINNIPEG – According to a senior policy advisor to the federal agriculture department, it’s hard to talk safety nets when everyone is thinking about transportation and trade. “When you’ve got transportation on your mind and marketing on your mind, worrying about the disaster that hasn’t happened on the production side … it’s not uppermost in […] Read more

BEAUSEJOUR, Man. (Staff) – Manitoba farmers and the provincial crop insurance corporation are finding themselves playing a waiting game until the federal budget is released at the end of the month. The board of directors and staff of the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation clocked in five days and about 2,000 kilometres last week talking to […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A consortium of about 20 Canadian agri-business firms are putting the Team Canada concept to the test. Companies ranging from Monenco Agra to contracting heavyweight The Foundation Co. Inc. plan to work together to secure $400 million worth of work in a series of grain handling infrastructure projects in China. “This particular venture […] Read more

WINNIPEG (Staff) – Although the “Canada Inc.” alliance is new, the companies involved are hardly neophytes at working in China. Agri-Tec Canada, which is coordinating the effort, has done considerable work in China. It is an export marketing consortium of 18 companies from Western Canada. Other members in the new alliance also have experience in […] Read more

BEAUSEJOUR, Man. – The future of the Gross Revenue Insurance Plan in Manitoba is another ingredient added into the mix of uncertainty facing farmers in this province. It could soon be the only western province using the program, so the Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation representatives said they want farmers to speak their minds about its […] Read more

WINNIPEG – East met West at the annual meeting of Prairie Pools Inc., last week. And predictably, a few sparks flew as the two rubbed elbows and discussed the Western Grain Transportation Act. Patrice DubŽ, of the Quebec farmers’ lobby group l’Union des Producteurs Agricoles, wants a share if the federal government gives western farmers […] Read more

WINNIPEG – According to the Chinese calendar, this is the year of the pig, characterized by high productivity and profits. But according to livestock outlooks presented at Grain World 1995, the upcoming year is looking slightly more profitable for the cow than the hog as both industries move into the year with predicted higher levels […] Read more