It’s easy to be skeptical about a lot of things these days. Promises of quick solutions, whether in the political world or the commercial world rarely deliver as advertised.
This time I’m giving you the good news first: the Northern Gold Forsythia is a beautiful, yellow flowering bush that is fully hardy.
It is almost 150 years ago that Mennonites started formally leaving Imperial Russia for Canada.
Spring in Manitoba brings many long-awaited things. The most notable for all Manitobans is warming of the weather and the ability to be outside more.
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me” is an age old saying that is proving to be incorrect. The more apt saying would be the one coined in 1839 by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, “the pen is mightier than the sword.”
March was another busy yet exciting month, as my fellow MLAs and I gathered for a new session in the Manitoba Legislature.
Hello, fellow wayfarers! It has been a wonderful, busy five years for me as Executive Director of Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV). Unfortunately, my time here at MHV has come to a close.
Last week Manitoba’s NDP Premier surprised some observers by stating it was a priority of his new government to change the prayer that begins each legislative sitting day at the Manitoba Legislature.
Since we live close to the growing edge of housing development on the south side of Steinbach, I go dumpster diving sometimes.
This is a small spirea by all standards. It only stands 12 to 15 inches tall. It is a 3rd generation seedling of the Goldflame spirea. It is smaller than the grandparent plant, more compact and has a little more vibrance in the leaf color.
