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The potato has been a staple in the Canadian diet for a hundred years because of its versatility, ease of growth (resulting in an abundant supply and low cost) and nutrient content.

It was quite the spectacle at the Manitoba Legislature last Friday as Premier Greg Selinger shuffled his cabinet in an effort to convince Manitobans that his government is now fresh and reinvigorated.

The past few weekends have been a busy time for me in the garden. With the inevitable approach of winter, I have been harvesting the last remaining vegetables, weeding our vegetable plot, raking leaves and layering on compost.

It seems that some contemporary Christians make claims to much greater clarity about biblical truth than the writers of the biblical text do themselves.

Since this post is being written during the Thanksgiving weekend, my thoughts are focused on those things for which I am thankful.

This weekend the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party will hold its annual convention in Brandon.

As a child, I began most winter school-day mornings with a bowl of steaming oatmeal topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar and milk.

Throughout the region this past week a number of the local Fire Departments held their annual open houses to correspond with national Fire Prevention Week.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is that part of the UN that speaks to issues of climate change.

I can’t blame people if they conclude that Thanksgiving is an absurd holiday. After all, we are living in a world that is moving more and more towards agnosticism and atheism.