BOISSEVAIN, Man. – Chants of “trick or treat” can be heard as const. Steve Greening leaves the RCMP office and starts walking south toward Boissevain’s downtown area. It’s Halloween, the sky is overcast, and costumed children are scurrying door to door in search of treats. Greening is a tall, sturdy man. His long strides soon […] Read more
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On the beat in a small town
Study finds hog barns safe places to invest
It’s a good idea for kids to put their pennies into piggy banks. And it seems it’s an even better idea for their parents to put their money into pig barns. Brad Marceniuk, an economist with Saskatchewan Agriculture’s livestock development branch, has studied the returns from various types of investments during a 25-year period ending […] Read more
World must unite to fight disease: FAO
ROME, Italy – The world is letting its guard down in the battle against increasingly mobile plant and animal diseases, says a study published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. It recommends greater international co-operation and recognition by national governments that paying some of the bill to defeat disease in other countries is […] Read more
Former teacher opens book on organics
WYNYARD, Sask. – Bernie Niedzwiedz doesn’t plan on using his 30 metre sprayer much in the next couple of years. Five years from now he doesn’t plan on using it at all. Niedzwiedz has penciled it out and feels that shifting the 1,600 acres he farms into organic production makes the most sense economically. And […] Read more
WTO welcomes China’s entry
DOHA, Qatar – The World Trade Organization played its China card last weekend as if it was trump. Days before it was clear whether the world’s trade ministers would be able to succeed in launching a new negotiation during the Nov. 9-13 WTO meeting, it was able to score a practical and public relations victory […] Read more
Seed treaty reached
ROME, Italy – Canada has joined 116 other countries in supporting an international germplasm treaty. The Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, which still must be ratified by signing countries, sets rules for use of plant germplasm held in public facilities and requires royalty payments when plant breeders create new varieties from commonly held plant germplasm. […] Read more
Coming Events
Nov. 15-16: Canadian Hay Association, Expanding Horizons 2001, Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon (Isabel McPherson, 403-245-2224 or 888-541-0911) Nov. 14-17: Saskatoon Fall Fair, Prairieland Exhibition Park, Saskatoon, 306-931-7149 or 888-931-9333 Nov. 15-16: Peace Region Farm Women’s Conference, Grande Prairie Inn, Grande Prairie, Alta., toll free 310-0000 then 864-3597 or 403-538-5285 Nov. 17: OPAM-MAPAM Marketing Seminar, Agricultural Extension […] Read more
Protests curtailed by security
DOHA, Qatar – Two years ago, Council of Canadians chair Maude Barlow spent most of the week of the World Trade Organization talks on Seattle streets with tens of thousands of others, helping make the unsuccessful WTO talks a spectacle of opposition. Last weekend in this controlled Persian Gulf capital, she along with 100 accredited […] Read more
Fight foot-and-mouth at its source, says FAO
ROME, Italy – Creating a “fortress North America” to keep foot-and-mouth disease away from the continental herd is a good short-term strategy but not a long-term solution, says Samuel Jutzi, head of animal protection policies for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Since foot-and-mouth spread to Western Europe and South America this year, Canada […] Read more
Mailbox
Wanted: History book, From Coaloil to Crude, copyright 1980. Contact: Paul Kalinski, 680 Higdon Ave., Quesnel, B.C. V2J 1T1, 250-992-8070. Wanted: Words to the song, Keep Me Safe Till The Storm Passes By. – Mrs. P. Fenton, Box 118, Edgerton, Alta. T0B 1K0. Wanted: To hear from anyone who bought or received a mandolin and […] Read more
