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Residents push back on rural decline
MEDICINE HAT — Along the rolling Neutral Hills of east-central Alberta near the Saskatchewan border, a group of communities are…
Ag jobs — what ag jobs?
WINNIPEG — There are plenty of job titles in agriculture, including agronomist, soil scientist, livestock truck driver, veterinarian, lab technician,…
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Dwindling rural populations called global issue
This is the fifth and final story in a series exploring the complex factors behind rural depopulation in Manitoba, why…
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‘Just stupidity’: rural thief allowed to walk away in Alta.
MEDICINE HAT — New Year’s Day 2023 isn’t a day Redwater, Alta., resident Brad Gulka will soon forget. That’s the…
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Railways were vital to settlement of the West
From when the last spike was driven to complete Canada’s trans-continental railway in 1885 to today, the country’s rail system…
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Producer moves on after serious farm accident
A beautiful July day is perfect for swathing. Friday, July 20, 2001, was no exception. Ernie Penney, who operates a…
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Wool harvest – photo essay
Members of the Granum Colony sheared more than 950 sheep over a day and half in mid-December at the colony’s…
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Fed-up Ontario farmer seeks move to Prairies
WINNIPEG — Rob Glover is done with Ontario. The 33 year old would like to own and operate a farm…
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Residents push back on rural decline
Rural revitalization in this part of east-central Alberta takes a village — and a community, a school and a group effort
MEDICINE HAT — Along the rolling Neutral Hills of east-central Alberta near the Saskatchewan border, a group of communities are bucking the trend of declining rural towns. Kirriemuir, Altario and Compeer, collectively known as KAC, and the nearby communities of Consort and Veteran, are pushing back against pressures that see populations shrink in many hamlets, […] Read more
Ag jobs — what ag jobs?
WINNIPEG — There are plenty of job titles in agriculture, including agronomist, soil scientist, livestock truck driver, veterinarian, lab technician, swine technician, grain merchant, seed sales rep and of course, agricultural journalist. There are dozens more job titles, probably hundreds. However, a survey last year of more than 2,000 Canadians who are not connected to […] Read more
Dwindling rural populations called global issue
This is the fifth and final story in a series exploring the complex factors behind rural depopulation in Manitoba, why it matters, the solutions that have been tried and what keeps young people in small communities. Read parts one, two, three and four here. It’s a snowy day in rural Japan. Inside the classroom, many […] Read more
‘Just stupidity’: rural thief allowed to walk away in Alta.
Rural residents encouraged to take precautions, but challenges still exist when trying to bring perpetrators to justice
MEDICINE HAT — New Year’s Day 2023 isn’t a day Redwater, Alta., resident Brad Gulka will soon forget. That’s the day he watched via remote video camera as thieves broke into his home with a large pry bar and walked out with his possessions. The video, shared with The Western Producer, shows four people as […] Read more
Railways were vital to settlement of the West
Trains were the only practical way to move people and goods until the arrival of all-weather roads in the 1950s and 1960s
From when the last spike was driven to complete Canada’s trans-continental railway in 1885 to today, the country’s rail system has been the linchpin holding the nation together while opening up the Prairies for settlement by farmers. But as much as the railway was needed to open up agriculture in the West, the railway needed […] Read more
Producer moves on after serious farm accident
Farmer learned invaluable lessons, which he now passes on to others, after he was caught in a swather reel 20 years ago
A beautiful July day is perfect for swathing. Friday, July 20, 2001, was no exception. Ernie Penney, who operates a mixed farm just outside Moose Jaw, went out before 9 a.m. to swath hay. The day before, Penney had battled the new-to-him used 800 self-propelled John Deere swather that kept plugging on the fine hay. […] Read more
Wool harvest – photo essay
Members of the Granum Colony sheared more than 950 sheep over a day and half in mid-December at the colony’s new barn 10 kilometres east of Claresholm, Alta., and 25 km from the colony. The wool will be shipped to California. One of the benefits of the new location is the Claresholm solar farm, where […] Read more
Fed-up Ontario farmer seeks move to Prairies
WINNIPEG — Rob Glover is done with Ontario. The 33 year old would like to own and operate a farm near his hometown of Peterborough, but the math doesn’t make sense. To purchase 100 acres and run a small herd of beef cattle, the price tag for the land could be $1.5 to $2 million […] Read more
