BIGGAR, Sask. – John Bennett hates fall elections. Farmers like him, who are fully immersed in harvest, are handcuffed from participating in the electoral process. And this is a particularly bad year to be excluded, with the campaign focusing around an issue he is passionate about – the environment. “I really believe that virtually every […] Read more
Farm Living
Farm focuses on environment
Women’s movement has gaps to fill
WINNIPEG – The job is not done, said Ursula Goh, president of the Associated Country Women of the World. Interviewed at the ACWW’s Canada area conference in Winnipeg Sept. 18-19, Goh said the group’s seven million members do not represent all countries. About 72 countries, almost half of the world’s total, have rural societies affiliated […] Read more
Projects improve lives
WINNIPEG – If there is a happy side to poverty in the world, it comes through the response of groups like Associated Country Women of the World. Women and children were the focus of projects outlined at the ACWW’s Canada area conference, a meeting held every three years. The 80 women’s institute members present heard […] Read more
Winning garden feeds students
The elementary school in Tisdale, Sask., planted the seeds of its success before students left for their summer break in June. The northeastern Saskatchewan school planted vegetables in an unused community garden in late May as part of a province-wide challenge to schools by the Saskatchewan Nutrition Advisory Council for Kids (SNACK). During the summer, […] Read more
Handbook offers guidelines to deal with school closures
School reviews and closures have sadly become a fact of life in rural Saskatchewan. Now there are some guidelines available to help school boards and communities get through the process. The government has produced a handbook with the help of school divisions that have already undertaken reviews. South East Cornerstone, Prairie South, Saskatchewan Rivers, Horizon […] Read more
Wife won’t slow down – Speaking of Life
Q: I would like it if you could give me some suggestions for helping my wife. The woman never slows down. She does as much, if not more, around the house than she did before she started to work full time in town. She drives the kids everywhere to their games and practices, and she […] Read more
Discuss organ donation intentions with your family – The Law
Q: I have noticed the organ donor slip attached to my driver’s licence and have been thinking about filling it in. What is the law in this area? A: The concept of transplants has grown and gained a more acceptance in Canada. In 2000, more than 1,800 organ transplants were done in Canada, with another […] Read more
Updates, recipes and listeria – TEAM Resources
I’ve had inquiries asking how the lady who had trouble with the zipper in her dress, (July 3, 2008 issue) got her dress off. She tells me she was able to pull the zipper down inch by inch as she pulled the dress up and over her head inch by inch. She didn’t have to […] Read more
Adventure buffet: Tours of eastern Alberta include bison ranch, bone dig, prison camp, canola fields and caboose
WAINWRIGHT, Alta. – Where else can you tour a former German prisoner-of-war camp, dig for ancient buffalo bones, listen to the wind rustle the grass around the foundations of an original prairie ranch house, meditate in a rural neo-Gothic church, ride a speeder car along the rails and tour a modern prairie farm? Jennifer Ford […] Read more
Use seasonal food in school lunches – TEAM Resources
At our house, the new year is really Sept. 1. It is back to school, back to harvest and back to lunches. It’s difficult to wake slumbering children on the first day of school. It is such a shock to their systems – and to mine. Summer holidays go by so fast, although it is […] Read more
