VULCAN, Alta. – Four astronauts from the International Space Station found a fitting way to end their 20 minute conversation last week with southern Alberta high school students: live long and prosper. The ultimate in long-distance telephone conversations took place Sept. 23 at County Comprehensive High School in Vulcan. It was the result of months […] Read more
Farm Living
Students make space connection
Gardener puts green thumb to work to help others
Charon Blakley watched the television commercials about people living with leprosy and wished she could help. It costs $350 to cure one person from the disease and she needed a project to raise that money. She had the idea of one person helping one person. So this spring, on her farm just south of Langenburg, […] Read more
Suicide less likely among healthy, active people – Speaking of Life
Q: A neighbour committed suicide and the whole community was devastated. No one knew him well, he tended to keep to himself on his little piece of land, but the thought that someone who was a part of our community died in this way was unbearable. We have no idea what made him do it […] Read more
UN struggles to find food donors
LONDON (Reuters) – Food aid is at a 20-year low despite the number of critically hungry people soaring this year to its highest level ever, the head of the United Nations relief agency said. Josette Sheeran, UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) executive director, said the WFP is facing its biggest ever challenge. “The problem with […] Read more
Academic plagiarism can reap more than failing grades – The Law
Students in elementary, junior high, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions are all toiling away despite the unseasonably warm weather we are enjoying in much of the West. I feel really bad for them. There is a growing concern with plagiarism at all levels of education. Some of it is simple. If you copy someone else’s […] Read more
Veggies star in trendy cocktails
HARRIS, Sask. – Pumpkin purée, preserves and sage are just a few of the ingredients that Bridget Albert, author of Market Fresh Mixology, uses in autumn cocktails. “Culinary trends in cocktail culture are about sustainable relationships with the land and the people who grow the fresh ingredients,” says Albert, a fourth generation mixologist who comes […] Read more
Enjoying family time under the apple trees – TEAM Resources
Picking apples is often a family affair. This year was special because our baby granddaughter, Keira, was a part of the process. She and her mom, Leanne, were visiting and her great-grandmother, Florence, also stopped by. While Florence rocked Keira to sleep in the shade, we all visited and Leanne and I picked apples. It […] Read more
Childhood dream sprouts orchard
ALTONA, B.C. – Grower Barb Giesbrecht fondly remembers how magical the orchards seemed when travelling to British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley as a child with her family. Her husband, Tony, felt the same way, so it was no surprise that an orchard would be the focal point of the farm that the young couple chose to […] Read more
‘Penny Powers’ dies at 85
Lillian McConnell, a home economist better known as Penny Powers, died Sept. 13. McConnell worked at the Country Guide in Winnipeg and CFRN-TV in Edmonton before becoming the original Penny Powers for SaskPower. As Penny Powers, she played a key role in promoting education, energy conservation and electrification in Saskatchewan’s rural communities. She also wrote […] Read more
‘Penny Powers’ dies at 85
Lillian McConnell, a home economist better known as Penny Powers, died Sept. 13. McConnell worked at the Country Guide in Winnipeg and CFRN-TV in Edmonton before becoming the original Penny Powers for SaskPower. As Penny Powers, she played a key role in promoting education, energy conservation and electrification in Saskatchewan’s rural communities. She also wrote […] Read more
