After Christmas when I was putting away my decorations, I came across a Macleans magazine from Feb. 1, 1929. It sold for 10 cents a copy. The advertisements were interesting and one that caught my attention was for Magic baking powder. Along with the ad was a recipe for chocolate cake. Looking closer at it, […] Read more
Farm Living
Old-fashioned cake recipe, making juice – TEAM Resources
How to work out shared parenting – Speaking of Life
Q: After many years of not getting along, my husband and I have decided to separate. We have worked everything out except for arrangements that would work best for our two children. We live in a small community. One of us will likely have to leave it once our divorce is final. That makesshared parenting […] Read more
Snowbirds have travel prep down pat
When it comes to Canadians fleeing the winter, Ernie Bass has one piece of advice. “Just walk away,” said the retired farmer of when he leaves northern Alberta and drives to Mesa, Arizona, for the winter. “Shut the water off and turn the thermostat down. There’s not much else,” said Bass from his motor home […] Read more
Academic helps sort food fact from fiction
People frighten themselves when they hear conflicting scientific results because they don’t understand when research is taken out of context. That’s the belief of Dr. Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society. His job is to debunk food and other science myths, he told the Saskatchewan Fruit Growers Association at its […] Read more
Young farmers focus on family
DUFRESNE, Man. – Jonothon Roskus doesn’t like spending a lot of time away from his farm. It’s a beautiful place in the rich farmland just east of Winnipeg, where he, his wife Christine, and his three children, Chelsea, 6, Logan, 4, and Chloe, 6 months, have made a warm family home, regardless of the -30 […] Read more
Undue influence in making a will – The Law
Q: In our town, two sides of a family were involved in a huge fight over the mother’s estate. In the end, the mom’s will was set aside because of undue influence. What does this mean? A: The concept of undue influence is featured in several areas of Canadian law, notably in contracts and in […] Read more
Don’t let the cold keep you indoors – TEAM Resources
What a long cold spell we have had on the Prairies. If you stayed home because it was too cold to go out, you’d have been at home for the past four or five weeks. That’s no good, so instead we trudge along as if it wasn’t cold. One snowy, windy and -30 C day, […] Read more
Women’s equality in Ukraine has room to improve
KIEV, Ukraine – The old woman hawking cigarettes on Kiev’s main downtown street likely never heard the phrase linked to an American brand: “You’ve come a long way, baby.” She and others with bright coloured shawls on their heads sell their smokes, flowers, vegetables and berries on the streets well into the evening chill. Cigarettes […] Read more
Equipment important in farm safety
The focus of this year’s farm safety week will be that personal protective equipment only works if it’s used. The campaign will be launched during the week of March 11-17 and delivered by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, Farm Credit Canada and Agriculture Canada. Marcel Hacault, executive director of the […] Read more
BCWI members get award
The British Columbia Women’s Institute branches have received the Helen Hughes outstanding philanthropic award. Twenty B.C. branches have raised funds for the Queen Alexandra children’s hospital in Victoria for 86 years. Ruth Fenner, publicity chair for the South Vancouver Island District WI, said the United Way of Victoria presented the honour to the WI branches […] Read more
