Q: For the past few weeks, our dad has been in the hospital, first for surgery and then for rehabilitation. His right foot was amputated. Mom got a call from the home care nurse recently to plan for Dad’s discharge. We do not think that Dad should go home. He has always been too demanding […] Read more
Farm Living
Decision making for elders – Speaking of Life
Cancer drug coverage Sask. farmer’s legacy
Keith Whyte, a Bengough, Sask., farmer who took his personal fight with cancer to the national stage, died April 23 in a hospital in Weyburn, Sask. Whyte was 64. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in June 2006 and fought successfully for coverage of the drug Avastin. By the time that happened in January 2008, […] Read more
Students take safety to heart
TUGASKE, Sask. – Children who might normally wiggle in their seats sat quietly as Murray McWilliams and Darwin McClughan stood before them. They listened attentively to the men’s stories, clearly grasping the enormity of what had happened to them as a result of farm accidents. McWilliams, now 62, was just four when he was picked […] Read more
Producers, RM upset over elevator demolition
As he eyed a pile of scrap that was once the Viterra elevator in Arborg, Man., Dave Shott was unable to contain his anger. “I’m sitting here looking at it and there’s three 35,000 bushel bins …. They’ve torn down two now and basically just crumpled them …. It’s just ludicrous,” the grain producer said […] Read more
Reduce cancer risk with healthy lifestyle and diet – TEAM Resources
Seeding is delayed in Saskatchewan and Alberta due to cold ground temperature. What a contrast in weather this fine country can have across the provinces. Inches of snow lay in Calgary as I scraped the ice off the car to go to the airport in the morning, and by noon I was worrying about getting […] Read more
Immunity, prevention and treatment for swine flu – Health Clinic
Q: I had my usual flu shot last fall and I am wondering if it will help protect me from the new swine flu. I have heard that it might help to some degree. What else should a person do to avoid getting the flu? A: First of all, the swine flu is not exactly […] Read more
WED called slush fund
The conservative Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation says a federal western economic development program has been a $4 billion boondoggle prone to political use. It studied the results of spending by Western Economic Diversification (WED) since 1987 and concluded many expenditures went to projects that didn’t need the assistance or were supported by other departments. Almost 50 […] Read more
Sask. parents want busing plan review
A Saskatchewan Queen’s Bench justice has reserved his decision in the latest round of a long-standing busing dispute between parents and the Prairie Valley School Division. The dispute arose after the division closed the Glenavon school in 2007. The division said it would transport students to Montmartre as the next closest school but a group […] Read more
Experts provide gardening advice; a sweet treat for Mother’s Day – TEAM Resources
My husband and I are back from our two-month stay in Mesa, Arizona. The snowbanks have melted from the yard, and gardening will soon begin. There are so many gardening questions running around in my mind: what to trim and when, what to move to a new location and what to plant? A wonderful source […] Read more
Farmer looks for funny side of life
OSGOODE, Ont. – Have you heard the one about the dairy farmer and the heifers? Paul Mussell, an Ottawa-area farmer with an occasional off-farm gig as a stand-up comedian, hits the stage and tells his audience about the joys of being a dairy farmer. It’s a great job, he says. He gets up in the […] Read more
