Tis the season is a phrase we most often associate with Christmas time. But to the extent that it applies to the generosity that often happens at that festive time of the year, it could also apply to spring.
The Mennonite experience in Manitoba during the late 19th and early 20th centuries is a story of resilience, change, and cultural adaptation, detailing the community’s transformative journey in a new land.
Movies in theaters used to start with an advertisement that used the tag line “the audience is listening.” Politicians are our audience for agriculture policy and on March 23rd, they really started listening.
Manitoba’s NDP government released the 2025/2026 provincial budget last Thursday in what can only be considered an uncertain economic environment.
John A. Macdonald, having brought Manitoba into Confederation in 1870, quelled the Red River Rebellion, and signed the Stone Fort Treaty (Treaty Number 1) in August 1871, which pushed the First Nations onto reserves, found himself in a dilemma.
Even though it was decades ago, I vividly remember the excitement of being at the now demolished Centennial Arena in Steinbach watching the Steinbach Huskies compete in the Allan Cup playoffs.
Some of the first people the Mennonites encountered in Manitoba, already at the time of the visit by the Mennonite delegates in 1873, were the Red River Métis, who constituted the majority of the population at the time.
The old saying “Use it or Lose it” suggests that if you want to keep something as your own, you are best to use it as intended. While this saying may have many applications, it has come up in recent discussions around the Canadian Arctic and our nations claim to it.
The apostil John said that God did not send His Son into the world to say it is guilty. Rather, He sent His Son so the world might be saved from the punishment of sin by Him.
The Manitoba demographics census of 1870 provides a window into what Manitoba looked liked just three short years before the arrival of the Mennonite delegates in 1873.
