Despite drought, the Prairies took two of the nine categories in the national greening called Communities in Bloom. Winners for 2002 included Beausejour, Man., for the 1,000-3,000 population category and Westlock, Alta., for 3,000-5,000. The Canadian Classic category was won by Langley and Williams Lake, B.C. There were 95 communities in the competition’s 8th year. […] Read more
Farm Living
Towns win green prize
Land ownership, mineral rights issues – The Law
Q: My mother owns some land in Saskatchewan, which includes mineral rights. Her plan is to leave the land to her six siblings. I have heard that in Sask-atchewan mineral rights can’t be willed to six people. A: Until recently, Saskatchewan’s Land Titles Act provided that the registrar could refuse to grant title to less […] Read more
Crafters, suppliers can join prairie website
A rural cousin’s need for a better form of advertising immersed Janet Milne in a new hobby. The Saskatoon computer worker heard from her cousin in St. Brieux, Sask., about how difficult it was to get around to trade shows to market his handmade willow furniture. So she designed an internet website. Then she decided […] Read more
Push to grow for export wrong, says NFU official
Communities need to feed themselves first, says a Canadian who was at an international meeting in Mexico that discussed the plight of family farms in North America. National Farmers Union women’s president Shannon Storey said the late September meeting concluded that global trade is pushing all farmers to grow for export markets. Storey said it […] Read more
Chinese women face sexism, barriers
When a male member of a recent Chinese co-operatives tour asked Canadians how to overcome sexism in his country, he was advised to check with Chinese women. “I believe the women in your organizations will have many ideas of what could be done,” said Michael Gertler of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives. The […] Read more
Discontinuing anti-depressants – Health Clinic
Q: I have been on antidepressants for some time now. I am taking Paxil. I heard that it may be addictive. Do you have any suggestions? Will I get withdrawal symptoms if I stop taking it? A: Discontinuing Paxil too quickly can lead to some unpleasant withdrawal symptoms, including headaches, shakiness or increased nervousness and […] Read more
House calls for health care
By this time next year, anxious Saskatchewan parents will be able to phone a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week number and get advice about whether their child’s fever is serious. The health advice line will be staffed by nurses and should be running in 2003, said Pat Atkinson, a government MLA and former health minister. Experiments with such […] Read more
Foot pain treatment – Health Clinic
Q: I’m a 55-year-old man in good health but these last two years I have been experiencing pain in the soles of my feet. I find it hard to walk when I have to get up in the night. I’m taking high potency multivitamins. It seems to be worse when I don’t take them. What […] Read more
Women still scarce in board rooms
Looking around meeting room tables in the West, an observer would not know that women represent half the population. Few women are on the boards of Canadian farm and co-operative organizations. The evidence was presented at a Saskatoon meeting Oct. 4 outlining for a Chinese delegation the situation of Canadian women in co-ops and agriculture. […] Read more
Joint land ownership – The Law
Q: We are two sisters who inherited the family farm. Both of our families farm other nearby land. We have tried various arrangements in farming the inherited land, but nothing seems to work well. We have tried having one family farm part of the original farm, and the other family the other part. Because of […] Read more
