Q: My daughter, aged 10, does not want to go to school. She complains of stomach aches and nausea if she goes, and often ends up getting sent home early due to illness. I have tried everything from bribes to threats to get her to go regularly, but she often misses most of the week […] Read more
Farm Living
School phobia can be treated with relaxation therapy – Health Clinic
Farm activist needs more hours
IROQUOIS, Ont. – Colleen Ross, national women’s president for the National Farmers Union, is in the middle of a description of her busy farm and political life when the telephone rings. It is an NFU member from Ontario wondering how to create a local food market in his area. She is impatient to end the […] Read more
Alzheimer’s disease – Speaking of Life
Q: My mom has been diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. I am frightened because she lives by herself in a little house. When I try to talk to my brothers and sisters about getting her into a senior’s care home, they refuse to listen. All of my siblings left our town years ago. They get […] Read more
Affidavit is personal knowledge given under oath – The Law
Q: A neighbour is involved in a dispute that is before the court. His lawyer phoned, wanting me to give him an affidavit. I have no idea what that is. Should I do it? A: I assume that you have some personal knowledge of the facts behind this legal action, facts that you could testify […] Read more
National WI organization celebrates milestone
Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada celebrates its 90th anniversary this month. But it’s not as old as some of the groups that came together in Winnipeg in 1919 to form it. Manitoba Women’s Institutes is 99 years old this year, Saskatchewan’s WI is 97 and the Alberta and British Columbia WIs are 100. They will […] Read more
Variety of options compete with hockey for children’s time – Speaking of Life
Q: I am worried about the hockey program we have set up for our little community. The kids are not signing up for it like they used to. We almost had to scrap one of the younger teams because not enough children registered for hockey. I am on the recreation board and I have always […] Read more
Weddings made easy
Rural residents no longer have to do the detective work to get information about weddings, says Trevor Chilton, marketing director of a marriage website. “It takes the stress out,” said Chilton of Saskweddings.com. Among the site’s information is the statistic that 5,000 weddings a year are held in Saskatchewan and that the average age at […] Read more
Romance blooms through Producer personal column
LANIGAN, Sask. – Some people use The Western Producer to get their weekly dose of farm news and market information. Some use it to buy and sell things, while others use it as a forum in which they can express their opinions. Beverly and Joe Pratchler used it for something else – to find the […] Read more
Will kits need to be used carefully – The Law
Q: I need a new will and was thinking of making one myself, using those will kits you see advertised. Is that a good idea? A: Be cautious is the main message I’d give to anyone wanting to use a will kit. The will kits themselves are quite good. When they first came out, some […] Read more
For the romantically inclined – TEAM Resources
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – Lao Tzu For many, Valentine’s Day is just an ordinary day. We can see the red and pink decorations, cards and products in stores, but often the train stops there. If our significant others were to proclaim their love […] Read more
