WINKLER, Man. — As they sit in the small office of a new assembly plant in an industrial district with their two eldest children playing with the furniture and their baby happily snoozing, the Penners seem the image of a composed and relaxed young couple. But Tim admits it often doesn’t feel that way on […] Read more
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Couple find farm life exciting
Alberta foodies satisfied with being small and local
GULL LAKE, Alta. — The conversation is easy and relaxed like friends catching up. Laura Siebenga chats with a longtime customer who stops for eggs at Small Circle Foods and Retail, the store located on her and husband Cal’s 17-acre Brown Eggs and Lamb farm. “That’s a huge part of what this store is,” says […] Read more
Holocaust remembrance compassionate and cruel
In heartbreaking waves of in-conceivable human cruelty, Dr. Edith Eva Eger winds us through her teenage life in Second World War Czechoslovakia. In The Choice: Embrace the Possible, she takes us on a cattle car to her barracks at Auschwitz. We watch as her parents disappear into the gas chambers. We see the smoke rise […] Read more
Family needs to understand, accept decision to end life
Q: Last night, my mother and I had a disturbing heart-to-heart conversation. She believes that she is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. She does not know how rapidly it might overtake her and is uncertain how much it will ultimately affect her. But she is clear that if she is getting disabled quickly, […] Read more
Study finds no firm glyphosate-cancer link
A long-term study of pesticide applicators in the United States has found that glyphosate exposure is not associated with cancer. The Agricultural Health Study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, looked at the cancer incidence in 54,251 farmers and ag workers in Iowa and North Carolina. Of that group, 44,932 had used […] Read more
Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals, WHO urges farmers
LONDON/CHICAGO, Nov 7 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people. Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as “a security threat” on a par with “a sudden and […] Read more
Sheep researchers ask for deer poop
Do deer defecate in the woods? Yes, and they also do it on other parts of the landscape. When they do, researchers want some of the material. A study underway at the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine is aimed at learning about gastro-intestinal parasite diversity in Alberta’s deer. Researchers intend to compare parasite […] Read more
Creek naming initiative for veterans hits snag in Manitoba
James McGill, who grew up near Holland, Man., was discharged from the army before he could fight in the First World War. He received a medical deferral because of problems with his feet. Unable to serve, McGill took a job during the war as a teacher in Holland. He did that for a while until […] Read more
4-H is a year-round commitment for Alta. leader
CHERHILL, Alta. — Dorothy Carlson is certain neighbours know when she is making her sticky cinnamon buns because they drop by her Cherhill, Alta., farm. She is also well known in her community for her longtime service to 4-H locally and in the district, having served as the president of the regional 4-H council for […] Read more
Winner of our #Harvest17 photo contest announced
The Western Producer’s fall photo contest, #Harvest17, has come to an end, and we would like to thank everyone who contributed to this project. We asked our readers to send us images of farm life and work during harvest, and we are extremely pleased with both the quality and volume of images that were submitted. […] Read more
