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What a difference a year makes. It was only last year that Manitobans were enjoying among the warmest spring and summers in recorded history.

In a recent article I made some comments about Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP), which established 2 emissions reduction targets, one for the year 2030 and the other for the year 2050.

We are in the Red River Valley which can have very wet and very dry soil. If the tree is growing in a slightly higher elevated area the drainage is better and water table is lower.

Most of us come from a long line of farmers. However, the current working generation might be the first one where the majority of us have ceased living directly from the land.

On Friday of last week, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued a ruling that allows for defendants who commit violent crimes after willfully becoming extremely intoxicated to use that extreme level of intoxication as a defence for having committed the crime.

We are embarking on a wide-reaching transition. This transition is variously called the Green New Deal.

Our provincial government recently announced Budget 2022: Recover Together, which focuses on moving Manitobans onto a solid path towards recovery by strengthening, investing, and building a better future.

Do you know how to move from plan A to plan B graciously? Or do you resist change, like the Mennonites in 1920s Russia who only left the comfort of home when soldiers were on their way to their village?

This past week, through the provincial Building Sustainable Communities (BSC) fund, several community projects received financial support that will benefit residents in several ways.

Coca Cola Switzerland has announced that they will completely move to recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles for all their Switzerland-bottled products and have already reached around 60%.