Christmas Spirit and Sharing Beyond One Year
The piece reflects on Christmas as a time of baking gift giving and churchgoing, contrasting festive excess with the need to spread peace and aid year round. It cites charity groups like Project Christmas Dinner and UNICEF and references John Lennon’s So this is Christmas as a prompt to share the spirit beyond a single day.
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Christ
Roblin Food Bank
Salvation Army
Unicef
John Lennon
Rock era critique: Allan Rock and gun control debate
Canadians protest Allan Rock's crime policy and rising gun control push while questioning political system norms. Critics accuse Rock of self interest and elite governance, contrasting with electorate will and grassroots power sharing in Canada.
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Allan Rock
Canada
Garlic harvest grows for small Saskatchewan garden
The Melfort Journal reports Kevin Nagy harvested his first garlic crop curing it by hanging in a barn loft after planting 150 pounds and yielding 1,500 bulbs. He plans 600 pounds for next year and designed an undercutter blade for his three point hitch to sever roots. Tonalee Rusnak of Melville planted 100 pounds in a quarter acre with five helpers, faced weeds, and cured bulbs in a former chicken house.
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Siberia
Britannica
Melfort Journal
Kevin Nagy
Kevin
Tonalee Rusnak
Melville
Garlic farming grows despite market limits and plans
Roy Timmers of Oakville harvests garlic and plans expansion to 20 acres with 108000 cloves as he travels to California to study successful garlic communities. Neighbors also plant garlic while Tonalee advertises in Winnipeg papers reflecting ongoing demand for this pungent crop.
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Tonalee
Winnipeg
Roy Timmers
Oakville
Roy
Kevin Nagy
California
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