It was an enjoyable evening this past Thursday at the open house for the new fire hall in Blumenort. There was of course much to attract the hundreds of people who came out for the occasion.
No doubt Canada is extremely dependant on oil. Ours is a cold climate, and we need to expend more energy than most countries just to keep warm.
I often find timing is a Mockorange’s greatest asset. As spring arrives Spireas and Lilacs bloom and the flowering crabs put out their brilliant display.
Agree to disagree: True or false. This one-liner is one of the biggest confidence trick jobs that Christian folks can fall for.
Once in a while I hear someone say that they have visited the Mennonite Heritage Village already and don’t need to come again.
The relationship that exists between Canada and the United States has, for at least the past 100 years, been among the strongest bi-lateral relationships in the world.
The Federal Government wants to ban single-use plastic by 2021. We’ve all seen the pictures of the plastic waste – much of the waste is single use plastic.
One of my new friends here in Altona is Kawsar. I met her for the first time last spring the day she registered for a garden plot at the Altona Community Garden.
I like to think that there are only two kinds of lilacs; the kind that spread, and the kind that don’t. Lilacs can largely be split into two major families, either Preston (non-suckering) or French (suckering).
This Canada Day was my first one as Executive Director at the Mennonite Heritage Village. Visiting as a child on this day, I remember my fascination as I roamed the grounds and came upon a concert in the schoolhouse and saw an endless line of ‘dinosaur tractors’ in a shed.
