CARNDUFF, Sask. – Kathy Peet’s saddles might be functional items for the cowboys who use them, but they are also works of art. Peet of Oxbow, Sask., makes saddles for cowboys who use them on the prairie ranges, for rodeos, and may pass them down to their children and grandchildren. “I started making saddles when […] Read more
Stories by Sylvia MacBean
Cattle producers upset with ATV activity in park
ARCOLA, Sask. – Jack Bryce is angry at people on all-terrain vehicles who chase cattle, cut and break fences and ruin trails in Moose Mountain Provincial Park. Bryce raises cattle and harvests trees in the southeastern Saskatchewan park. Many trails in the park, which are used by cattle, have been rendered impassable by ATVs, he […] Read more
Prairie tomato, potato plants hit with late blight disease
Gardeners around the Prairies this year had better be on guard for mischief makers damaging their tomatoes. But the culprits may not be who they think. In fact, the damage may not have been caused by human vandals at all. RCMP in Melville, Sask., received a complaint recently from a woman claiming that someone had […] Read more
Christmas during wartime difficlt, but loving
Nell Ringguth, 81, of Carnduff, Sask., was a young girl during the Second World War growing up in The Netherlands. Today, she keeps a collection of ornaments used on the family Christmas tree from that time. They are extremely fragile so she doesn’t like to unpack them, but she’s evidently proud of the heritage she […] Read more
Global warming inevitable: expert
BRANDON – Global warming is a complex, little understood phenomenon that will proceed whether humans cut their carbon dioxide production or not, says a professor of agrometeorology at the University of Manitoba. But Paul Bullock told farmers at Manitoba Ag Daze in Brandon that he has nothing against Canada’s decision to implement the Kyoto Protocol […] Read more
Deer seized from Oxbow area farm
CARNDUFF, Sask. — A Oxbow area veterinarian was arrested Feb. 15 for allegedly trapping and selling wild white-tailed deer. John Philip Murray, a veterinarian and elk producer, has been charged with theft over $500. He is scheduled to appear in Carnduff Provincial Court April 17. RCMP and Saskatchewan environment department conservation officers with stock trailers […] Read more
Cars stampeded by bison
CARNDUFF, Sask. — A Langbank, Sask., family lost two cars recently in an encounter with a herd of stampeding buffalo near their farm. Don Toth, MLA for Moosomin, said the incident on Jan. 12, began with their daughter. “Our daughter Stephanie was on her way to a youth group meeting. About a mile south of […] Read more
Businesses close doors Mondays
CARNDUFF, Sask. – Time was, in small-town Saskatchewan, that most stores were closed on Monday. In some towns closure was legislated. If it wasn’t Monday, it was Wednesday afternoon. In the past decade though, most stores stayed open six days a week. But now store owners in southeastern Saskatchewan have found that Mondays are again […] Read more
Acquisitions called ‘bully’ tactics
John Buhler sees the acquisition of Flexi-Coil Ltd. as a strong-arm tactic by industry bullies intent on having their way with independent farm implement manufacturers. “If they can’t drive us out of business by not allowing us to sell product to their dealers, then they just buy you out,” said the president of John Buhler […] Read more
Elm trees to get inoculated
CARNDUFF, Sask. – There is no cure for Dutch elm disease, but there might be a way to stop it from striking. Don Summers, with the Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Corporation, thinks University of Toronto researcher Martin Hubbes may have found an inoculation that might save elms from Dutch elm disease,which is wiping out thousands […] Read more
