Do organizations believe issues will go away if ignored?
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- Published on Friday, September 5, 2014
It has been more than a month since I contacted Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) (水果视频's main farm lobby group) to comment on my story, Is agriculture鈥檚 toxic hold turning into a death grip, printed in Rivers Banner on Aug. 15. I reported on new research showing that insecticides, widely used on crops in this province and elsewhere, were associated with declines in populations of birds which eat insects. The chemicals, members of the "neonicotinoid" family, are the same ones which have for some time, also been linked to large and significant declines in populations of pollinators, especially honeybees. The vast majority of conventional farmers, many of whom are believed to belong to KAP, sow seeds treated with "neonics," described as the most widely-used insecticide in the world.
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Chimo Beach and Wheatland: wake up!
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- Published on Thursday, August 21, 2014
Al Harvie
Wheatland, Man.
Sitting in a meeting with members of the RM of Daly council, I realized I could have been sitting in on a council meeting of 100 years ago. Local businessmen and farmers, probably in about the same mix now as in 1914, doing their best for their community.
It鈥檚 a bumpy ride
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- Published on Thursday, August 14, 2014
Jessie Bell
Rivers, Man.
Those who would like a bumpy ride should drive over some local parking lots and back lanes. After a wheel hits the first pothole, speed is immediately reduced, only to get ready for the next hole.
Right in the centre - It鈥檚 only a matter of time
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- Published on Thursday, August 7, 2014
By: Ken Waddell
水果视频
The garbage dump at the City of Iqaluit is on fire and it鈥檚 reportedly going to cost millions to extinguish. That鈥檚 not surprising as the dump is quite large and obviously very remote. The city is waiting to see if some other level of government is willing to pay to put out the fire.
My perspective - Racing into fall
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- Published on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
By: Kate Jackman-Atkinson
水果视频
We鈥檙e only just into August and summer is still in full swing, as we try to get the most out of the short season. But across the region, some people have already turned their attention to the fall. For those interested in government, this fall will be an exciting time.
