Saskatchewan’s highways ministry announced April 2 that it has suspended road bans on provincial highways. The move means spring weight restrictions will not be applied to provincial highways, at least not for the time being. However, bans on some rural municipality roadways remain in effect. Cold weather has delayed the spring thaw in Saskatchewan, meaning […] Read more
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Feds to hike international aid spending
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank is happy with the $600 million increase included in the latest federal budget
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank is pleased with the Canadian government’s recent budget announcement to increase international assistance by $600 million after five years. “We are welcoming this step that’s been taken in this budget as good news,” said Jim Cornelius, executive director of the non-profit agency based in Winnipeg. “The current international assistance budget is […] Read more
Livestock operation believes in the benefits of diversification
PONOKA, Alta. — Mark Stewart recalls the most memorable teaching moment he received at Olds College in 1987. “They said to diversify,” he said. Not only did he take that advice to heart, but he and his wife, Tina, who own MSW Farms at Ponoka, have taken it to another level. Tina was raised on […] Read more
Traditional Easter meal serves up lamb
Serving lamb at Easter became a custom long before the birth of Christianity. According to the Exodus story in the Bible, Jews painted their doorposts with lamb’s blood so God would pass over their homes. Egypt was suffering from many plagues including the death of all first-born sons. Later, the Jews who converted to Christianity […] Read more
Easter in southern Sask. — 1930s style
Preparing for the Easter holiday was a particular challenge for many prairie families during the Dirty Thirties
It was the mid-1930s and the week before Easter. For a month, my mother had been gathering and saving onion skins to make Easter eggs. She had also put aside about five dozen eggs over the past month that she had collected from our few egg-laying hens. As a young boy, I looked fondly on […] Read more
Ranch strives for environmental balance
Alberta’s Shoestring Ranch was founded on the philosophy of year-round grazing where the cows do the work
ACME, Alta. — Continuous improvement is the philosophy at Shoestring Land and Cattle Company Ltd. Owned by Ian and Carman Murray and their children Ty, 12, and Amber, six, the family was named Alberta’s environmental stewardship award winners as early adopters of techniques that protect the land and the water. Over time, the ranch near […] Read moreCoping with teen depression
Q: I am very disappointed. We have just returned from a follow-up psychiatric appointment for our 14-year-old son. We were told by the psychiatrist that our son is clinically depressed. We knew that our son had a behaviour problem, which is why we made the appointment in the first place, but we were hoping that […] Read more
Shipping feed grains to feedlots becoming a problem
WINNIPEG (CNS Canada) – Road bans are starting with the warmer weather, which is leading to problems shipping feed grains to feedlots in Alberta. “The supply is actually there at the farm gate but getting the supply from the farm gate to the end user means more truck logistics and higher freight rates typically,” said […] Read more
Sheep carcasses found in ditch
A north-central Alberta couple is calling for answers after they stumbled upon 15 sheep carcasses on a rural road near their community. Scott and Toni-Michelle Benteau found the sheep March 23 in Lamont County. Toni-Michelle said they were strewn across the side of Range Road 182 off Highway 16, about 65 kilometres east of Edmonton. […] Read more
Alta. raises penalties in impaired driving laws
Alberta’s new laws on impaired driving come into effect April 9 and include higher penalties for drivers found to be impaired by either alcohol or drugs. Drivers with a blood alcohol level of .08 or more, or those impaired by drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol, will have their licences suspended for 90 […] Read more
