For a limited time, the confirmed oldest known piece of Russian Mennonite furniture in North America is now on display at the Mennonite Heritage Village, known as the “Epp Spinning Chair”.
Who would have thought that beet borscht would turn out to be one of the most nutritious foods on a lunch menu, or that the pungent pickled beet on the condiment table was not only a colourful addition to the picnic plate but actually healthy?
The past week at the Manitoba Legislature focused largely on the search for accountability. It wasn’t an easy search.
As you may have gathered from my previous post, I have continued on a journey of getting healthier. I have been doing this now for almost 8 months now.
Vic Toews’ retirement last month means that Provencher will be having a by-election soon; at the time of this writing it has not yet been called, but it’s expected to come sometime in September.
We have reached a tipping point in this series of essays on Rediscovering the Bible. It is time to move on from critique of how the Bible has been read, especially in conservative evangelical churches, to a quest for a better way.
Recently, my wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. As is true of every couple that marries – we had no idea what we were committing ourselves to – how could we? How could anybody?
Summer is a time of abundance on the prairies. The gardens yield up an endless cornucopia of vegetables – lettuce, spinach, peas, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes and finally carrots and corn – each in its turn.
One of the things that Manitoba’s NDP government has been trying to do since increasing the PST from 7% to 8% is convince Manitobans that it’s really a small increase in taxes that will not impact Manitoba.
We all have opinions on the weather – it’s too cold, too hot, too windy, winters are not like they used to be, never known weather like this, wetter than usual, drier than usual. Weather is never just right!
