Q: We are each busy with our own careers. My husband has always been the one who “wears the pants,” making decisions about what we are to buy, trade or sell. I rarely get a chance to express my opinion. Even if I do, it seems his mind is already made up, so my input […] Read more
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Spouse feels ignored, unloved – Coping
Agriculture in the Classroom has successful year
Adrian Park’s study of calf weight gain is the type of school project that prairie co-cordinators of Agriculture in the Classroom want to see. The 15-year-old student decided to take an agricultural angle to his science class project this winter. He looked at which of two Holstein bull calves would gain more weight — the […] Read more
Common-law relationship – Coping
Q: I am concerned about my daughter, who is in her 30s. A few years ago, her boyfriend of just a few days moved in to live with her. About nine months later they had a child. At first, marriage was discussed, but only briefly. After our grandchild’s birth, she told us there would be […] Read more
Geese and decency – The Law
Last fall I wrote about a landowner who was having trouble with geese flocking to his water reservoir and polluting the water. He had tried almost every technique and nothing worked. He wanted to know if he could obtain a special permit to shoot the geese. Regulations under the Migratory Birds Act allow for a […] Read more
Burning in feet; dry skin problem – Health Clinic
Q: I am a male, 74 years of age. I am a diabetic and take Humulin 30/70. I take the insulin twice a day. The doctors tell me that the nerves in my feet are damaged. Two years ago I had an operation on my back called a laminectomy. I used to have to use […] Read more
Have fun with easter eggs and bread – TEAM Resources
I enjoy thinking about and planning for Easter as it is a special holiday time for our family. We usually try to get together with our extended families, but this year will be more difficult with both of our boys in the middle of university final exams. Traditionally we always color Easter eggs and then […] Read more
Prairie history hits stage, small screen
New dramas on both the stage and television will help the rest of Canada get to know the West again. One of the Prairie’s most successful plays will be 25 years old next year, says Angus Ferguson, of Dancing Sky Theatre in Meachem, Sask. But Paper Wheat, the story of the growth of co-operatives, needed […] Read more
Electrical cooking: old days remembered
MELFORT, Sask. — Halfway down the mall from the co-op grocery store, a crowd packed an alcove to listen to food celebrities. Famed home economists Emmie Oddie, a 48-year columnist with The Western Producer, and Lillian McConnell, a.k.a. Penny Powers of Sask Power, were speaking about their years of working with farm families. The squawks […] Read more
Census shows trends, problems
Farmers may not be done seeding by May 15, but that is the day almost all of them will be filling in their Statistics Canada census form. Saskatchewan’s 98 percent return of government census forms is the world’s best, said Larry Deters, a regional director for the statistics agency. Close behind is Manitoba at 97 […] Read more
Project tracks history, trends of breast feeding
Breast feeding, once out of favor, has become fashionable again with the last two generations of Sask-atchewan women. Janice Reynolds of Winona Farms in Nokomis, Sask., wants to chart that experience. With a $2,000 grant from the Saskatchewan government’s women’s secretariat, she is trying to find older women who can tell her stories of parenting, […] Read more
