Bee Problems and Feathered Tales from Prairie News
Fred McGuinness writes from Brandon MB about a neighbour with a large bee colony in a workshop wall and options to capture, destroy, or seal the nest. The column then surveys quirky rural wildlife stories from the Prairies including blue front amazons, magpie traps, and a paralyzed border collie fitted with a sulky cart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Nature
Mother
Devon Dispatch News
Colin Wilchuk
Colin
Wilchuk
Dauphin Herald
Deanna Slobodian
Argentina
Amazon
Esterhazy Miner-Journal
Dubac
Brooks Bulletin
Pic
Gina Berreth
K-9 Cart Co
Fred McGuinness
Brandon
Late blight hits tomatoes and potatoes this year
Disease affects tomatoes similar to potatoes with tan lesions on stems and leaves that wilt quickly. Infected fruits show dark mottling starting at the top, and tubers develop purplish brown rots. moist conditions produce white tufts and rapid decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Patterson
Agricultural notes warn on Late Blight and seed safety
The report warns that infected potato tubers can appear clean at harvest but rot in storage and that saving infected tubers to plant next year spreads disease. It also promotes September calf feeding workshops for cow calf producers with dates in Deloraine Minnedosa Virden Shoal Lake and notes agendas and contact John Patterson of Manitoba Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Popp
John Corbey
Keith Kyle
Shoal Lake
Buffalo Plains Inn
John Patterson
Manitoba Agriculture
Hamiota
Teaching staff set goals to benefit students
The values interests and goals set by teaching staff along with resource personnel and volunteers in educational and sports programs benefit students from the nursery school level right up to grade 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geekie
David Jenkins
Darcy Kowalchuk
Louise Langevin-Murray
Grant Miller
Ken Smith
Heather de Boer
Bobbi-Lynn Geekie
Lorrene Bucklaschuk
Audrey Waddell
Midwest Recreation District reports strong summer programs across four towns
Day camps in Miniota Kenton Oak River and Hamiota drew robust attendance under Lindsey Reid and volunteers. The Midwest Volleyball Camp featured Chris Green Lewis Rempel and Laura Grubert from Manitoba universities. Equestrian camp at Hamiota Park ran a week with Pat Kleemola and helpers Charlene Gregory Felicity Scott Karen Scott as chef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Recreation District
Miniota
Kenton
Oak River
Hamiota
Lindsey Reid
Chris Green
University of Winnipeg
Lewis Rempel
Laura Grubert
University of Manitoba
Hamiota Collegiate
Hamiota Municipal Park
Midwest
Pat Kleemola
Charlene Gregory
Felicity Scott
Karen Scott
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Manitoba Community Newspapers Association
Government of Canada
Nesbitt Publishing Ltd
Box 70
Manitoba
Romoto Telephone
Canada
U.S.A
Gregory Nesbitt
Wanda Strachan
Connie Kay
Judy Nesbitt
Darrell Nesbitt
Deloraine
Minnedosa
Virden
Faye Clark
Elias Wipf
Lisa Mackedenski
George Wipf
Foxwarren
Phil DeCorby
Elsie Yip
Marlene Low
Shelley Lowes
Mike Boyle
Penny Dixon
Sheila Gregory
Bruce Holden
Linda Irwin
Lorna Hamilton
Linda Boyle
Janice Norrie
Elaine Rawlings
Julie-Anne Wotton
Glennis Hodgson
Doug Braden
Bruce
Adam Grabowski
Sylvia Hanlin
Krista Clayton
Charlene Allan
Linda Clark
Dennis Schoonbaert
Les Grills
Diane Lawrence
Scott Martin
Audrey McKerchar
Susan Moffatt
Mary-Ann Ploshynsky
Misty Ross
Joyce Tully
Lyall Wilson
Val Gamey
Pat Mills
Candace Page
Donna Shuttleworth
Strathclair
Randy Earl
Janice Burnside
Mark
Kyla Cornish
Mid-West Arts Council
Gwen Snell
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