We have no control over if or when we will become a grandparent. The day your child tells you that you will be a grandparent can cause many emotions, but whatever the reaction, it is like receiving the most precious gift. Like all gifts, we choose how we will enjoy them. Choosing to participate in […] Read more
Farm Living
Enjoy the gift of grandparenting
Identifying skills helps fill gaps in leadership
NOBLETON, Ont. — Leaders are not born, they’re built, senior 4-Hers were told during their National Members Forum workshop in Nobleton earlier this month. Emily Brown, program manager with 4-H Canada, used Disney characters to help members recognize their leadership styles. While Woody involves all in decision-making, his Toy Story movie pal, Buzz Lightyear, expects […] Read more
Being good step-parent requires time investment
Q: My girlfriend and I are busy looking for a new house to buy so that we can move in together with her two small children from her first marriage. The children spend little time with their father and are apparently looking forward to this move. I have never had any children and being expected […] Read more
Bulldozers level Saskatchewan’s iconic gas station
Setting of television series Corner Gas was a popular tourist spot, but after 13 years it was deemed unsafe
ROULEAU, Sask. — Dog River has lost its gas station. While gas stations can be an anchor to a small town, this one drew more traffic than most. Last week a track hoe tore down the iconic prairie gas station set that had been at the core of the popular television series Corner Gas. The […] Read more
4-Hers ponder career options
NOBLETON, Ont. — Robert Larsen thought he wanted to be a veterinarian until he found out how much of a vet’s time is spent doing pregnancy checks on dairy cows. Instead, the Prince Edward Island 4-Her will take a business degree before returning to his family’s bee farm. “I’ve decided now what would benefit me […] Read more
4-H partnership delivers tractor safety videos
RICHMOND, B.C. — Risks with operating or being around tractors and farm machinery are high for young people living on farms, and education needs to start young. WorkSafeBC, 4-H British Columbia and AgSafe have teamed up to create two new agriculture safety videos, 4-H Working Safely on Tractors and 4-H Working Safely Around Tractors. They […] Read more
A pot full of pleasure
Although it seems strange to think about having a relationship with an appliance, I get it. I rely on my coffee pot, have a love-hate relationship with my washing machine and adore my convection oven. It is my slow cooker that has my back. It is the low tech, plug and play, time-saving device that […] Read more
Review of two-year-old derailment reveals problems
An undetected defect led to a broken rail, the derailment of 26 cars and a flash fire on a Canadian National Railway line near Clair, Sask., two years ago, says the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. About 50 people were evacuated and a highway closed as a result. No one was injured. At a Saskatoon […] Read more
Cash advances changed to include unharvested grain
The Canadian Canola Growers Association has unveiled a new cash-advance option available to grain and oilseed farmers with unharvested grain. Farmers who have unharvested grain may be eligible for a cash advance under a revised application deadline, the CCGA said in a Nov. 15 news release. The CCGA will accept new seeded cash advance applications […] Read more
Livestock squeezed in western world as demand grows
HANNOVER, Germany — Consumers in the developed world are exerting pressure on livestock producers to reduce their impact on the environment, cut drug use in production and introduce sometimes questionable husbandry practices. At the same time, producers find themselves with low commodity prices, poor operating margins and increasing long-term demand. Consumer sentiment about animal agriculture […] Read more
