A tragedy happened to our family and community this past month when my sister-in-law, Phyllis, and her 21-year-old son, Craig, were killed and nine-year-old Crystal was critically injured in Enid, Oklahoma. This was Ross and Phyllis’ sixth year of custom combining in the United States, and they usually started in the Enid district. Phyllis, Craig […] Read more
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Tragedy sparks memories – TEAM Resources
Sales agreement can be written note – The Law
Q: More than 10 years ago we were involved in a dispute over whether our land had been sold. We bought the land in the 1940s and did a lot of clearing to make it a farm. To support ourselves, my husband also had an off-farm job. At my husband’s retirement, some colleagues suggested that […] Read more
Contest title hangs by a thread
Francis Irving can spin a yarn longer than anyone else in Canada. The La Broquerie, Man., farmer was the Canadian winner at a world competition called the Highland Spin-In, which is held every two years in Tasmania, Australia. The competition tests for the longest plied thread hand-spun from 10 grams of raw sheep wool. The […] Read more
World delegates split over GM
HAMILTON, Ont. — Delegates to the Associated Country Women of the World voted in favour of softer resolutions requiring more study of genetically modified food. A resolution calling for a five-year moratorium on commercial growth and trade in GM food was withdrawn by sponsoring groups from the United Kingdom. Shannon Storey, an ACWW delegate and […] Read more
Food gala celebrates Saskatchewan fare
It was a classy scene — champagne, orchids, candles, guitar music — and 150 hungry people. Not a potato was in sight at the June 19 food gala to launch Saskatchewan Bounty, a co-operative effort of 15 Saskatchewan groups including commodity groups for beef, sheep, pork, turkey, canola, flax, pulses and herbs and spices, plus […] Read more
Trade talks worry world’s farm women
HAMILTON, Ont. — Take three women from varying farm realities, shake together and you get a reaction as smooth and slick as ice cream on a hot summer day. The women all agree that their international group should try to influence the World Trade Organization. In a June 13 interview at the Associated Country Women […] Read more
Group plants hope for change
HAMILTON, Ont. — Pat Rod’s husband mischievously calls the Associated Country Women of the World the “old ladies of the world” group. But the Princeton, Illinois, man is not too far from the mark. The group is an aging one. His wife, Pat Rod, who was attending her sixth ACWW convention in Hamilton, became a […] Read more
Ear infections – Health Clinic
Q: I have suffered from ear infections on and off for most of my life. My question is why do some people have all these problems and other people don’ t ever seem to get ear problems? A: There are three main types of ear infections. You can get viral infections of the inner ear, […] Read more
Wedding bells send family to the internet – TEAM Resources
We have entered a new season of life this year. Our son Mike recently announced his engagement to Leanne Martinson. We are thrilled and excited for them. But it does give us, as parents, a strange feeling. “It is almost like the feelings I had when I found out we were pregnant the first time,” […] Read more
Children’ s charity works behind scenes
Save the Children is a charity with a name that is either invisible to the public or misused by telemarketers. Despite its low-profile, Save the Children is the largest global movement for children, says Natalia Beran, the agency’ s volunteer co-ordinator in Western Canada. The 80-year-old Save the Children federation operates in more than 100 […] Read more
