Last week the spring legislative session of the Manitoba Legislature officially began.
Being raised in a low-income family has shaped the way I see the world, partly for the better but also for the worse.
The centrality of the 1870s for Manitoba’s present being can be noted in a variety of ways.
It’s well understood that prominent political figures are often better regarded the further away they are from elected office.
In 2003, I was working at Asessippi ski hill when a co-worker mentioned that a friend of his was planning to build a straw bale house. Amazed at the idea, I asked whether that was really possible.
I did not come up with the line “hard to be green while in the red”, but I wish I had. It is a succinct phrase describing one of the most challenging policy aspects of sustainability.
Last month I had the privilege of attending the annual meetings of the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada (MHSC).
This past week marked the two-year anniversary of the country of Ukraine being forced into war by the unjust invasion of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Farmers that do not use tillage are called zero tillers. They typically use herbicides to control their weeds.
I remember walking around my dad’s nursery when I was a teenager, helping out and getting distracted at the same time when I spotted a tree I had seen there before but had never really seen it for what it was. Black Walnut.
