The usually quiet Wasyl and Anna Negrych Ukrainian Pioneer Homestead 1897 northeast of Gilbert Plains, Man., was a beehive of hands-on learning and local farming history lessons June 2. Students from the Mountain View School Division along with teachers and chaperones experienced the 4 1/2 hour local agricultural history lesson provided by the Gilbert Plains […] Read more
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Catching a carp – photo essay
Looking for a carp small enough to eat, a California gull catches one of the thousands of Prussian carp at Frank Lake near High River, Alta., but has trouble swallowing it as the fish flips out of its beak. Then, with other gulls arriving on scene to attempt to steal its meal, the gull picks […] Read more

Sweet day in the bush – photo essay
More than 200 people attended the hourly tours to learn how sap is collected and made into syrup.

Pen to pasture – photo essay
Darcy Thomson cleaned out GJ Cattle & Crop Inc.’s corrals late last month near Marquis, Sask., and the manure was then spread on nearby fields. | Mickey Watkins photos