June 25, 2019

Being a rather long-in-the-tooth reporter of things agricultural on the Canadian Prairies, some three decades now, there have of course been some constants to what makes ...

June 11, 2019

The impact of government interference in agriculture markets is most certainly in full swing again. With China flexing its political muscles by using trade as a chip in ...

May 21, 2019

The canola export issue between Canada and China is not going away. Frankly I don’t see a solution cropping up for several months. It is likely the Chinese have secured ...

May 14, 2019

Agriculture has always been a business that by its nature tends to merge with being a way of life. As such it can be a highly stressful vocation because the farmer never ...

April 30, 2019

Inhabitants of the city of Siroki-Brijeg, Bosnia, with its approximately 26,000 Croatians, have defended their Catholic faith through ancient Muslim invasions and the ...

April 9, 2019

At coffee row on a nasty cold February day this winter we discussed what was happening with euthanasia in Canada. We did not agree on some of the moral issues. I was ...

March 12, 2019

It all started in early December to mid-December; when protests, many of which had participants sporting yellow vests, sprouted up in most significant oilpatch towns in ...

March 5, 2019

The headline in the National Post on February 10 seemed dire: “Clock ticking as Royal Canadian Air Force looks to stop hemorrhaging experienced pilots; the dip in ...

February 26, 2019

Last week I drove the kids to school almost every day, as opposed to Spencer walking three blocks to school, or Katrina walking half that distance to the bus stop. Are ...

February 19, 2019

In recent weeks, being just a little bit of a latecomer to the party, I have discovered eBay. I made three purchases in one evening, for a total of four over the last 12 ...

February 12, 2019

I didn’t sleep well last night. And when I did wake up, in my stupor I recalled the oddest dream. Unfortunately, much of my dream had strong roots in reality. In my dream...