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These three words have at least three things in common at Mennonite Heritage Village. They are all old farm implements in our machinery collection.

Every ten years the electoral boundaries of Manitoba constituencies need to be reviewed to ensure each of the 57 constituencies have, with some variation allowed, approximately equal number of Manitobans living within them.

We built our straw bale house 10 years ago. While living in Winnipeg, I came across a book on straw bale construction at our local library.

Micheline Kizeza is a Canadian from the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). As a journalist and political refugee, she left her country in 2003.

To say that 2018 has been a momentous year is an understatement. Indeed, it has brought out some of the best and the worst in people around the globe.

Many years ago, the chairperson of my church’s finance committee told our gathered membership that he had not purchased new shoes for his presentation of the proposed new budget, but he had at least polished them.

Manitoba and Canada are still very much economies that are reliant upon traditional economic drivers.

Last week I again found myself waiting at a railway crossing, waiting for a train carrying oil to pass. As I waited, I got to thinking. Such trains were a rarity just a few years ago, but they are becoming increasingly common.

Our government is on the right path with our health-care improvements, and our plan is working. We are keeping our promise to Manitobans by delivering better care sooner.

About once a year, the curatorial department at Mennonite Heritage Village devotes a week or two to one of our favourite parts of our job: cleaning. No, I’m not kidding.