Q:I have been suffering from swollen ankles due to congestive heart failure and my doctor has given me Lasix to get rid of the excess water. He also gave me a potassium pill to take with it. Why is this necessary? I thought I could get enough potassium in my diet by eating oranges and […] Read more
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Diuretics can affect potassium levels – Health Clinic
World meeting too remote for farm women
In movies, the sequel seldom lives up to the legacy of the first film. The same dithering and weakened purpose are affecting the third conference of world rural women that is to be held in October in Spain. “We don’t know if any NFU women will attend because of concerns about its value,” said Shannon […] Read more
Details to consider when incorporating farm – The Law
Q: I would like to know more about farm incorporation. I know that I will need the services of a lawyer and an accountant to set up my company. What is involved in incorporating? What happens when the corporation is no longer needed? Does a shareholder cash in his shares? What happens if there are […] Read more
Removing cellulite; excessive tearing – Health Clinic
Q: I read an article in a women’s magazine that described a special diet for getting rid of cellulite. Do you think this works? Is it safe? A: First of all, cellulite is not a medical term. It is a word used mainly by the beauty industry to describe the lumpy, dimpled fat deposits that […] Read more
All about asparagus – TEAM Resources
The cool weather on the Prairies has kept asparagus spears from popping out of the ground, but they’ll be there as soon as the weather warms up. In my farm garden it was the first vegetable of the year to enjoy. Asparagus is a miraculous little plant of the lily family. It survives in the […] Read more
Road sign responsibilities – The Law
What responsibility does a municipality have to post a sign on a dangerous curve on a lightly traveled rural road? Canada’s Supreme Court answered that question in its recent decision, Housen vs. Nikolaisen. The facts were straightforward. As a result of a single vehicle accident on a Saskatchewan rural road July 18, 1992, Housen, a […] Read more
Recipes for successful spring cleaning – TEAM Resources
It is official. I have had a meeting with the tooth fairy. She arrived for the first time last night at 11:30 p.m., when everyone in the house was snoring but me. My son asked me to stay up to be sure she came, which is an interesting request, since I also had to wait […] Read more
Unwell water
Most rural Saskatchewanians are drinking water that smells, tastes or looks bad, or can cause health problems. That’s the unanimous conclusion of three water experts at last month’s annual meeting of the Saskatchewan Conservation and Development Association Inc. “More than 300,000 Saskatchewan people are relying on private wells and 99.6 percent of those wells exceed […] Read more
Water quality relies on proper treatment
The best defence against water that can make people or livestock sick is a layered one. The multi-barrier approach suggested by Darrell Corkal of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration includes: protecting the water source from contamination; oxidation to remove iron and manganese; sedimentation and filters to clear out large particles; an ion exchanger to deal […] Read more
Prairie water wells often ignored
Beavers will be short of water when the Red Willow Pork Farm goes looking to recharge its dugout this spring. If runoff stays sparse, the 1,200-sow operation northeast of Stettler, Alta., plans to blow up a couple of beaver dams to get water, says manager Shawn Charbonneau. “We don’t have anything to back us up. […] Read more
