Perhaps the first lesson kids should learn at university is to keep receipts and detailed expense records. Overlooking this point may mean losing valuable tax deductions and credits for them and you. Tuition and various other fees qualify for federal and provincial personal tax credits. There are also $400 federal education and $65 textbook credits […] Read more
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Small fairs offer quaint, safe atmosphere: president
Small town fairs offer something larger exhibitions cannot, a slice of rural life served up in a safe, family-friendly environment, says the new president of the Western Canada Fairs Association. Terry Chrisp of Vermilion, Alta., was elected for a one year term during the association’s annual convention in Saskatoon Oct. 26-29. He said many people […] Read more
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Info wanted: Redvers, Sask., is compiling a new history book. If you have ever had Redvers as your mailing address, attended school or considered Redvers to be your home town or had other connections with Redvers, we would like to include your family history in our book. Send your history and photos to: Redvers and […] Read more
Morris expands Man. plant
Morris Industries will spend $1 million to expand its production plant at Minnedosa, Man. The building addition and new equipment will allow the company to do complete fabrication of its Eight Series air carts and ProAg large square bale handling equipment. Some parts are now made at the company’s plant in Yorkton, Sask., and transported […] Read more
KFC move to canola delights growers
The prairie canola industry got some finger-lickin’ good news this week. The fast food chain KFC, formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is switching to canola oil. The company announced Oct. 30 that by early 2007 virtually the entire KFC menu at all 786 of its restaurants across Canada will contain zero trans fat. “After […] Read more
Ag Notes
Company wins award Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods and Oils is the 2006 recipient of the socially responsible business award. The Winnipeg-based business has helped educate consumers about nutritious hemp food and has led the way for hemp to become one of the hottest trends in the natural products marketplace. The company was founded in 1998 […] Read more
FNA denies monopoly allegations
Colin Ottenbreit imported 4,000 litres of ClearOut 41 Plus into Canada this spring. But when he tried to get more product in the fall, there was none to be had. Chemical dealers told the Grayson, Sask., farmer there was no generic glyphosate to be found in the United States. So instead of using the Own […] Read more
Provincial views differ on CWB
Alberta Conservative agriculture minister Doug Horner went to Parliament Hill last week to suggest a marketing monopoly that denies farmers the right to market their own grain is “un-Canadian.” Manitoba New Democrat agriculture minister Rosann Wowchuk accused Ottawa of being undemocratic because it had been refusing to promise grain farmers a vote over proposals to […] Read more
Gardens signify return to roots
VANCOUVER – A short trip just two blocks down Maple Street, off Kitsilano’s trendy West Fourth Avenue, through a cleverly constructed gate, takes you out of the city – sort of. It’s so quiet here that visitors might forget they’re in the largest metropolitan area in Western Canada. Beyond the rake, spade and pitchfork that […] Read more
Senate plan would add western seats
A special Senate committee has recommended that western complaints of underrepresentation in the upper House be met in part by expanding the existing Senate with all new seats coming from the West. Under the proposal, the Senate would increase from 105 seats to 117. British Columbia would double it seats to 12, Alberta would increase […] Read more
