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To most Canadians, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds are instantly recognizable. Perhaps not the individual pilots and officers, but the precision flying patterns and planes are very much part of our Canadian identity.

There are at least two distinct camps arising in the food awareness movement. One camp advocates that we should eliminate livestock agriculture entirely.

Vegetable gardening… WHAT DO YOU DO? How do you garden? I find in Manitoba people tend to assume that you simply know how to garden because you live here. I know for a fact that gardening is not an inheritable skill, learnable but not inheritable.

We at the Mennonite Heritage Village are so happy to be safely open to the pubic again! Now is a good time to introduce you to some of our volunteers, their unique perspective on life at MHV and how volunteering benefits us all.

May long weekend has a special place in the hearts of Canadians. It is our symbolic end of winter and the beginning of the wonderful days of summer.

“It’s time to restart the economy” is a phrase frequently used these days. We all understand what is meant. Some of us agree with the sentiment, others disagree, but I suggest that the phrase represents a careless use of words.

Many of you will have heard of the emerald ash borer challenges with ash trees. It has become a common and slanted theme in the media. I want to give you a simple breakdown of my understanding of the facts that we have so far.

It takes centuries to build a museum like the Mennonite Heritage Village. Here we tell the story of the Mennonites who fled ‘dark ages’ oppression from Europe to Prussia, then from Prussia to Russia and finally from Russia to Canada with numerable other trails and detours along the way.

My garden has been a challenge ever since I bought my house in La Broquerie, located in a clearing of aspen forest, nine years ago.

This past Tuesday was Manitoba Day. For some it may have passed without notice as there are many other things occupying our thoughts these days.