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Back row L/R: Meghan Knelsen, Erich Schmidt, Thom Heijmans, Heather Gray, Liliane Dupuis. Front row L/R: Minami Kijima, Haile Hubbard, Chassidy Payette, Morgan Ramsay, Bryce Summers, Quinn Hrabok.

Junior member, Cole Lelond scored 104.

Can collections for canoes

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In the Ladies rifle category, member Rhonda Foote scored 74.03.

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By Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner Rivers & Area Game & Fish Association welcomed 172 hunting enthusiasts, family, and friends to their 24th annual trophy buck night Saturday December 4, celebrating a successful 2021 deer hunting season. The event was held at the Riverdale Community Center.

84 heads were entered. Chili, drinks, and fun times were had by all. There

cans from the school foyer into and Chimo Beach areas for con- put away in the proper place on s r e p or t e d i n t he tion to the schools.

Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. the shelving units. They were March 9 edition, the Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the When all was said and done, fantastic! We are very, very plinary Studies in Science class culminated in a ceremonious food was weighed and sorted. the scales at Riverdale Harvest pleased.”

Elementary school staff memat Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation on March 20 to Although the project was a sen- noted a total of 434 pounds, “a project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne tire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch initiated a similar camDubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane.

Because the snow had melted to participate. The collegiate to help those we serve. A lot paign in her school. That threestudents secured a canoe from Rolling River School Division so much, the canoe could not hosted a poor boy floor hockey of times kids don’t get enough week effort simply encouraged with an intent to f ill it with be portaged across the street to tournament in which to play, credit but this group of students students to leave product in non-perishables. Although the Zion Church (home of River- athletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. the canoe; 87 pounds of food campaign was fully organized dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger by that class, the original idea carried bags, boxes and garbage canvassed Rivers, Oak River help check expiry dates, sort and group on Thursday, March 22. came from a suggestion made by harvest volunteer Liliane Dupuis.

“I heard the idea at a meeting in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with the 10-day Festival du Voyaguer in WinIn the Muzzle non-typical category, member Kelvin Lamb scored 156.05.

192. nipeg in February. It was very successful and whenever I hear food my earsauction, always perk tons of prizes, non-member: Shaun Hagen 181; Rif le (won by Sarah Ramsey). Mark Phillips wasbank, a silent up!” and special draws. Scoring was done non-typical member: Jordan Froese won a crossbow in the card draw. Gift then brought the sugbyShe Kelvin Lamb, Richie Joint, Lance 160.05, non-member: Robert Heringer certificates, a turkey deep fryer, a deThe canoe at Rivers gestion to Riverdale Harvest, and Lane Anderson, and Brent Castle.

Muzzle typical non-member: coy, and other items were given out as Elementary School 211.06; was which supported the idea and adequately filled. Jaxon Heaney 138.06; Muzzle nonprizes. Thank you to localPhoto businesses Trophies were handed out to winners

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in each of 12 categories: Ladies rif le member: Rhonda Foote 74.03, nonmember: Joanne Brauner 20 0.02; Junior member: Cole Lelond 104, nonmember: Rylan Dean 157.02; Archery non-member: Chris Bridges 160.02; Rif le typical member: Bob Klassen 144,

typical member: Kelvin Lamb 156.05; non-member: Nathan Chess 192. There were draws for a Savage 22 Magnum with scope (head entry draw; won by Corky Glasemann), Savage 6.5 Axis XP with scope (won by Nadine Vickery), and a Savage 270 Axis XP with scope

for their generosity, volunteers for their support, and community members for coming out and having a good time!

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Are solutions being ignored?

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ast week, I asked Dr. Roussin in a press conference about what treatments were being used for treating COVID-19 patients in Manitoba. I asked about at-home, in-hospital and in-ICU treatments. The answer was disappointingly vague. He referred me to Manitoba Health for an answer.

I also asked about his knowledge of studies about Vitamin D. He was vague again, saying that they review lots of studies and depend on peer reviews by doctors and researchers. He quickly passed over the Vitamin D issues and he wouldn’t even utter the words “Vitamin D,” covering it with more vagueness by stating that getting the vaccine is the best defence against C-19.

Dr. Roussin suggested I contact Manitoba Health, so I did. The email bounced back, so I tried another route.

That contact didn’t get back to me for several days. I eventually got an answer back in a couple more days, saying they were working on an answer. Here it is: “You can attribute the following to a Shared Health spokesperson.

Treatment of confirmed COVID-19 can vary according to the specific needs of an individual patient.

Health Canada does provide some information that might be of interest to you on the most common treatments at https://www.canada.ca/en/healthcanada/services/drugs-health-products/ covid19-industry/drugs-vaccines-treatments/treatments.html.

With respect to your inquiry related

to Vitamin D, please find information from Manitoba Public Health on their Myths & Facts page.

We continue to encourage all Manitobans to get vaccinated, get tested if they have symptoms of COVID-19 and stay home when they are ill. Individuals in need of medical care are encouraged to see their primary care provider, or, if symptoms are severe, to call 911 or go to their closest emergency department.”

I appreciate Manitoba Health getting back to me. The first website link shown above says the following treatments are approved in Canada– Remdesivir, Bamlanivimab, Casirivimab and imdevimab and Sotrovimab The Myths and Facts web page suggests that Vitamin D is of no proven value to protect against C-19 and their explanation is illogical, but check it out and decide for yourself. Overall, health dynamics are key to one’s ability to avoid serious issues with C-19. Vitamin D levels are proven to aid in overall health, so then it stands to reason that Vitamin D, while it may not be a treatment for C-19, most certainly affects one’s ability to fight diseases, including C-19.

Also, I just got a press release stating that, “Merck has entered into an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to manufacture Molnupiravir, Merck’s investigational oral antiviral medicine for the treatment of COVID-19.”

Slowly, very slowly, treatments are being tried and talked about. It’s only about 15 months too late.

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Ken Waddell Statistics would seem to show that Dr. Roussin’s “get the vaccine” answer is valid, but not the whole answer. As long as we ignore the treatments and preventions, we prolong our agony.

Doctors tell me that you can’t treat C-19, only the symptoms. It seems the actual C-19 treatments are few and far between. They will remain few and far between as long as the health system and media continue to buy into the idea that there are no other solutions except vaccination, dying or recovering. It is quite disturbing that double vaccinated people are getting sick and some are dying.

Last week, a prominent Canadian columnist was waxing eloquent about how C-19 affairs were going in Florida, saying they were doing as well as Ontario. Could there be one glaring difference between Ontario in the winter and Florida in the winter? Florida is a lot warmer, people are outside more, on the beaches even, and are getting a lot more sunshine than Ontario.

Funny thing how that might work? Less indoor living and more Vitamin D from the abundant Florida sunshine could well be part of the difference. It amazes me

that doctors, even Dr. Roussin, don’t seem to acknowledge the most common idea that Vitamin D may well be a deterrent to C-19. Even if it isn’t helpful, it can do no harm.

I just listened to a podcast by Malcolm Gladwell, a famous author and speaker.

He points out that three major health conditions lead to C-19 deaths, namely hypertension, diabetes and obesity. He says that if we currently had the much lower levels of those three conditions that we had in 1990, we would not have nearly as large a C-19 death rate as we have in 2020-21. Apparently, we have more hypertension, are fatter and more diabetic than experienced in 1990.

With 152,000 back logged surgery and test cases, we are going to lose a lot more people from the backlog than we ever lost from C-19.

It’s time to change how we do this pandemic thing.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the Banner staff.

Christmas cameos (Elizabeth)

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n all my years of church ministry, I have only met two couples who, after a battery of tests, have been told that they had little to no chance of conceiving a child by natural means. Thankfully, both couples were approved for adoption and in due time, joyfully welcomed “chosen children” into their families. Their stories had happy endings.

Today, thanks to advances in modern medicine, a diagnosis of infertility is no longer the bad news it was two or three generations ago. Frank conversations with doctors and specialists have often provided couples with hope and the help they desired to fulfill their dreams of home and family.

But those options were not available in the first century, as Elizabeth, wife of Zechariah the priest, knew only too well. She and her husband had been trying to conceive a child since they were married– all to no avail. Now, with both of them getting on in years and Zechariah about to retire as a priest, it was becoming increasingly unlikely that they would ever be parents. (You can read their story in Luke chapter 1.)

But then something happened to renew their hope. As he stood before the small altar in the Jerusalem temple, presenting the daily offering of incense, God’s messenger angel appeared to Zechariah, telling him that his wife

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Elizabeth would give birth to a son.

Soon after, Elizabeth discovered she was pregnant. Her first words after hearing the news were: “This is what the Lord has done for me when he looked favourably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people.” (Luke 1:25) These words reveal a sad fact about life in the first century. If a couple was unable to conceive a child, the blame was almost always put on the wife. She was considered a disgrace because she had not done the one thing all women were expected to do– get married, have children (preferably sons) and raise her family. These ideas were such a part of the first century culture that Elizabeth could feel the shame and disgrace that all barren women felt– even though she was part of a loving and supportive family.

But Elizabeth and Zechariah refused to give up hope.

Their faith in God was second to none and they were convinced that one day, God would answer their prayers for a son. Now that faith was being rewarded– and just in time for an event that would help them understand God’s purpose behind their experiences.

Just as she was entering her sixth month of pregnancy, Elizabeth welcomed her cousin Mary, a young lady from Nazareth, who, like Elizabeth, had just discovered that

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she was pregnant with a “miracle baby” of her own.

Mary had neither the age nor the experience to deal with the questions she had to face when her pregnancy became public. A visit with Elizabeth was just what she needed. The lessons Elizabeth learned from dealing with the hostility directed at her, when shared, would help Mary learn how to deal with the questions she would face as she tried to explain her pregnancy to her family, her friends, the religious leaders and those who lived in her home town.

The same is true of you and me. Lessons we learn from dealing with today’s problems can often be shared with others and be of help to them. Nothing in this life ever happens by accident. God can work in us and others through every experience in life. All he needs is our cooperation.

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By Rita Friesen So much more than a cup of coffee

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y morning habit is to create a cup of coffee. Nothing fancy, grounds measured into a press, water brought to a rolling boil, the press depressed and wait a few minutes. The cup of the morning is chosen according to my mood and receives a blessing of scalding water to prepare for the coming elixir. Oh, the coffee is whatever brand has been on sale, not an import, not f lavoured, simply dark and rich. At the appointed time, the fragrant liquid is transferred to the cup or mug and my celebration of thanksgiving continues.

It is a routine, a ritual, a litany. I acknowledge with this cup the blessing of my abundance. For one thing, I have time. There was a stage in my life, a prolonged and pleasant stage, when my mornings where hurried and harried. The day’s beginnings were dictated by the farming seasons, the school cycle. I was never one of those parents who longed for the holidays to be over so the kids would be back in school– the longer, slower mornings and company of the family were welcome, and no lunches to prepare and pack!

Now I have endless quiet mornings. I arise, most days, when I feel like getting up. The morning clock does not often challenge me. Therefore, the luxury of

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time is still a gift, acknowledged while cradling the hot coffee, taking time to taste and savour the f lavour.

With this ritual, I also acknowledge that I have enough. Enough to spare and share. This, too, has not always been a given. There was a time, more than 50 years ago, and still not a dim memory, but vivid and pulsing, that I turned beer bottles into milk cartons and knowingly wrote a fraudulent cheque for basic food for my infant child. May I add that as soon as it was possible, I wrote a note of apology to the grocer and reimbursed them for the goods stolen. Necessity is a nasty master…

So with this morning coffee, I give humble thanks for enough, enough time and resources for daily simple pleasures.

This gift of time and simple pleasures is, on occasion, what some might consider wasted time. I play games online, I write in my gratitude journal, I read– serious or comedic– or simply sit, with or without music. As my mood dictates, I am. My current music of choice is on YouTube, a gentleman singing four part harmony, a cappella, no fan fare, simply singing the old hymns with depth and sincerity. The words and music are as familiar as my morning coffee, as grounding and refreshing as my quiet time.

A casual observer would see an old lady, unkempt hair and comfy PJs, doing nothing. How deceiving are appearances. Another reality I remind myself of when observing others… Indeed, I am an older lady, indeed my hair is unkempt and I am in comfy night attire. But I am not doing nothing! With this morning routine, I am giving thanks, reviewing my past and preparing for my future. From the comfort of my home, all this with one cup of coffee.

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High scores and draw prizes

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Non-member, Rylan Dean scored 157.02.

Mark Phillips was the winner of a cross bow at the Rivers Buck Night.

Ladies presented with awards

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The Ladies Auxiliary held their annual award ceremony December 7th. Last year’s ceremony was cancelled due to Covid so both 2020 and 2021 awards were handed out. The Ladies Auxiliary serves the Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 75 in various capacities: organizing/hosting events such as the annual Remembrance day service, luncheons/teas, bingos, bake sales, in addition to volunteer work within the community, looking after the cenotaph, and raising and donating funds for initiatives supporting the Legion and its veterans. The awards highlight the dedication of members in their work as volunteers.

Awards for 2020 were given to: Adrienne

Beaudin (10 years), Betty Frazer (15 years), Maxine Veitch (15 years), Elaine Wood (35 years), Sheila Smith (45 years), June Smith (60 years; presented earlier this year), and Jane Brown (Life Membership).

Awards for 2021 were given to: Sharon Clark Victor (15 years) and Trudi Anderson (20 years).

President Donna Falkevitch presented the awards in recognition of these wonderful ladies’ service to the Legion and the community. The Legion Ladies Auxiliary is in fact celebrating their 75th anniversary this year. Their charter was signed on May 28, 1946. Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions there will not be a public celebration.

Life memberships run in Janie Brown’s family: her mother Katherine Wiebe also has a life membership.

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What’s new at the library?

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The Prairie Crocus Reg ional L ibrar y, located at 137 Main St, i s c u r r ent ly op en to the public, though no special events are being held. Besides walk-ins, t hey a l so t a ke ema i l and phone-in requests to arrange pick-ups, or even delivery if needed ( pc l ibr a r y @ wcg wave. ca or 20 4 -328 -7613).

Random phone calls like “I need board books for my baby” or “my 8 year old son love trucks, can you put together a bundle of books for me to pick up” are happily f illed.

The library is doing a 50/50 draw in time for last-minute Christmas

Cam Dahl Manitoba Pork The availability of labour is a critical factor in determining the long-term growth and profitability of Canadian agriculture.

The ongoing viability of many farm businesses will be determined by labour.

Farms, rural communities, value added processing, and key support sectors like transportation, are all struggling to find and keep staff. This is not a new story, but the problem is growing and must become a primary policy focus for industry and governments alike.

The root causes of the agricultural labour shortage are many. At the beginning is a shrinking rural population and a reduction in the number of farm family members wanting to carry on in the business. Combine this with difficulties experienced by all parts of the value chain in convincing urban Canadians to take on jobs that are often located in rural Canada and which are often, erroneously, viewed as unskilled. Accessing foreign workers in a timely manner is complicated, challenging, and often out of the reach of many independent agricultural operations.

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shopping: $2 per ticket or 3 for $5; draw date December 15. Support your local library while also getting a chance to win some cash. There a re ma ny renovat ion projects planned for the near future. Within the next month or so, the lighting will be replaced with new updated LED lights. Following a recent donation from the Rivers Agricultural Society, the Library plans to modernize their outside signage and unveil their new logo at the same time. This is tentatively planned for the spring. Current hours and restrictions are updated on the home page of their website: www. prairiecrocuslibrary.ca.

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tion? Work by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) shows that over 40 percent of farm operations indicated they did not have sufficient staff in 2020. That number is even higher for hog farmers, with over 50 percent of pork producers not being able to fill all the positions they need. CAHRC reports indicate that in 2017 labour shortages cost agriculture 2.9 billion dollars in lost revenues. Across the country the demand for agriculture employment exceeds what the domestic workforce can fill. By 2029 it is projected that the industry will be short 123,000 people.

The availability of skilled labour extends beyond the farm gate to include specialists, like large-animal veterinarians and the technical support they need to run their practices. Challenges in recognizing foreign credentials are needlessly limiting our ability to support this critical labour pool.

What needs to be done to address the labour crunch?

Most importantly, all of agriculture needs to face this problem together. Fractions between sectors or within value chains will result in overall policy failure. Resolution will not be found by a single industry segment or company. Agriculture needs to deliver a

unified message to federal, provincial, and municipal governments on the need for practical solutions.

We also need to get beyond the perception that agriculture employment means just hewing wood and drawing water. Today’s agriculture industry is seeking people to fill careers, not just jobs. We need to work together to better inform those entering our universities and colleges about the skilled and diverse opportunities agriculture has to offer. Agriculture today is on the cutting edge of genetics, nutritional sciences, health of animals, environmental sciences, international marketing, and more.

The private sector needs to work with government and our education institutions to build the technical training programs that are needed to fill the growing labour gap. This programming needs to be made available to both Canadians as well as potential immigrants. Opening skills training to future Canadians will mean changing our immigration policies to reflect the fact that modern agriculture is seeking skilled labour and not unskilled workers.

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Rooms that have extra support in the walls this virtual event, below is a list of the church servifood, drinks, and gifts. For others, it can be a rather da seesisolating the mosttime, tor- especially such as bathrooms are also ideal as bathroom pipes ces in Rivers, with short descriptions.

If you’re not a with Covid lockdowns and focused on southern provide extra support to the walls.

Mobile homes and member of a church but are thinking that Christmas lack of sunlight (which can lead to seasonal affective nces. With the peak camper trailers are very unsafe places to take shelter as season is a good time to consider attending, take a disorder, affecting roughly two-three per cent of y time between April they are not anchored to the ground. read through, pick one, and go! adults in Canada). I would encourage anyone feelheart of potential informed and stay safe.

For information Community Church: There will not be a ingathat somethingGet is missing this holiday season to moreRivers special Christmas service, but we will complete our 43 tornadoes occur visit: Public Safety Canada http://www.publicsafety. consider attending church service in Rivers, virtual Advent services December 12 and 19. No service gc.ca/res/em/nh/to/index-eng.aspx or Environment or in-person. Of course, those who regularly attend December 26.

We would like to welcome anyone who een a weather watch Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca. church don’t need convincing, but I’d like to especially

Rivers Christmas church services

encourage those who are uncertain if it is right for would like to worship together with us at 10:30am on them. There are ten churches to choose from, and Sundays at 447 Edward St. We are a friendly, familywhile it may feel like you need a degree in theology oriented church with a variety of worship styles. Before to figure out which church to attend, it is far more the pandemic we had programs for children, youth, important to simply attend any service versus no seniors and Bible Studies for all who were interested.

St. James Anglican Church: Our regular service of service. If nothing else, you can spend your Sunday worship, which is usually Holy Communion, is at 9am morning ref lecting on this past year, and the year each Sunday at 580 Columbia St; all are welcome. ahead, while listening meditatively to the sermon.

We hope to have a Christmas Eve service, depending Sermons are normally followed by members of the on Covid regulations (call 328-7610 for details). congregation chatting informally over tea/coffee, Roman Catholic Church: The Roman Catholic parand dainties. People are very open and friendly. ish of the Immaculate Conception of Rivers is a small The six churches in Rivers have far more things in parish but we are a joyful people!

Mass is celebrated common than they have differences. The basic docNDREA every Saturday at 4pm.

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Rivers United Church: No Christmas eve service this year. Regular worship services are held on Sunday mornings at 11am at 347 Main St; Sunday school is held on the second Sunday of each month.

We are an inclusive congregation with a deep desire to live and work in unity with all God’s people. We joyfully celebrate God, with thankfulness for our many blessings. Public health orders are strictly followed. Services can also be received on-line (contact Donna at dfalkevi@mymts.net) Westman Canadian Reformed Church: 2000 years ago God entered into His own Creation to bring salvation to sinners. We invite you to our Christmas Day service at 10am to celebrate this fact. You can join us in worship every Sunday at 10am as we praise our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. We believe the Bible to be the Word of God and it serves as our ultimate authority and final rule of faith and life. You can find us at 879 3rd Avenue.

Zion Pentecostal Church: Also no special Christmas service, but you are welcome to join us for our regular service December 19 or 26 (or any other Sunday, for that matter) at 10:30 am at 580 2nd Ave in Rivers. Come as you are. We welcome anyone wanting to find forgiveness, hope, healing, or a closer fellowship with others and God. Service includes contemporary style worship music.

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Thank you I would like to thank eveyone who showed support by sending me flowers, cards, baking and phone calls on the sudden passing of my sister Maryanne Fast Peetz.

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Thank You The Blair family would like to thank everyone who sent food, baskets, flowers and cards during the recent passing of Bud Blair. ~June, Brenda & Wayne and families.~

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JULIE GENAILLE It is with heavy hearts that our family shares that Julie Anne Genaille passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 surrounded by love and peace. Julie will be forever loved and missed by her father Garry; sisters Dee, Jackie and Angie; and her brother-in-law Colin. She was predeceased by her mother Monique. Julie was born May 4, 1966 in Portage la Prairie, but spent most of her life in Rivers, Manitoba. “Home is where the heart is” and Julie never ventured far. Her family meant everything to her. Julie was a dedicated and loyal employee of the Manitoba Telephone System (MTS) for 36 years, and throughout her long and varied career, she made many lifelong friends. Her best summers were spent on the golf course and boating on the lake; and her best winters were spent vacationing to “hot spots”, and when at home watching curling, hockey and attending Wheat King games. Although she was diagnosed with cancer at a young age, Julie never let it rule her life. For 17 years she “fought it, kicked ass and took names.” Julie was truly a force! Our family would like to send our heartfelt thanks to the doctors, surgeons, nurses, therapists, and support staff for taking such good care of our Julie. Prayers were said at Memories Chapel on Monday, December 6, 2021. Private family Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated with Fr. Philip Malayil as Celebrant.

Interment will take place in the Rivers Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Western Manitoba Cancer Centre, 150 McTavish Avenue East, Brandon, MB R7A 2B3. Expressions of sympathy may be made at www.memorieschapel.com. Arrangements with Memories Chapel, Brandon 1-855-727-0330.

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Nov 8, 1937-Nov 5, 2021 Edwin Jake Wiebe passed away on November 5th, 2021 at the Brandon Regional Health Centre. Edwin was born November 8th, 1937 in the Winkler area. He accepted Jesus as his personal Saviour at a young age and was baptised, declaring his faith out loud, in Winnipeg, MB by Pastor Barber. He attended school in Horndean, MB until the eighth grade, when he dedicated his life to farming with his parents. At age16 Ed began work in road construction, moving up the ranks to run D-8 caterpillar units and scrapers. He went on to run heavy equipment at the Westroc Gypsum Mine north of Amaranth, MB. Edwin married Amanda Hoeppner on June 13, 1964 and together raised their four children at the family farm west of Amaranth.

Ed was actively involved in the community, and served on the boards of the local Credit Union, CSSM Church, and the Silver Ridge Bible Chapel. Ed’s love of all things mechanical paired with a love for speed led him and his brothers designing and building an airboat and snow plane.

His sense of adventure will be missed by the many who were touched by his joy of water skiing, camping, hunting, curling, hockey and all things outdoors. Edwin farmed with his brothers until he retired to Brandon in 2009 where he continued to find joy in the outdoors. Many hours were spent gardening with Amanda and much of the harvest donated to charities such as Samaritan House. The garden was a place of joy, giving endless tractor rides to his great grandsons whom he called his “little boys.” Ed’s life was lived to the fullest, his faith in God evident in every step he took. It would be his wish for those who loved him to grieve in their own fashion, and then to move on and live life to the fullest as he has done. Edwin is survived by his wife Amanda (nee Hoeppner), son Anthony Wiebe (Mimi), daughters Naomi Waddell (Mike), and Alana Mackay (Nathan); grandchildren Trevor Schapansky (Andrea), Brantley Schapansky, Kaytlyn Bilodeau, Felysia Greene (Nathan), Tara Kauenhofen (Daniel), Micah Waddell, Dawson Waddell, Emily Waddell, Leham Mackay, Rachel Mackay, Bethany Mackay, and Lara Mackay; great grandchildren, Owen Schapansky, and Sebastian, Damon and Barrett Kauenhofen; brothers John Wiebe (Sandi), Harry Wiebe (Carol),and Elmer Wiebe (Audrey). He was predeceased by his parents Pete and Tena Wiebe, sister Doreen Harder, daughter Loreena Schapansky (nee Wiebe), granddaughter Evalea Waddell, and grandson-in-law Austin Bilodeau. The service to celebrate Edwin’s life was held at Memories Chapel in Brandon on November 9th, 2021, with the internment held at Silver Ridge Bible Chapel. Donations in Edwin’s memory can be made to the Samaritan House in Brandon or to the Heart and Stroke foundation.

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Labour gap From page 5

Increased engagement

by Canadians must be part of the solution to ag r icu lt ure’s g row ing l ab ou r s hor t a g e. We should begin by exploring ways to remove barriers to participation in the sector by those who are current ly underrepresented in our industry.

For example, we should be exploring opportunities to forge partnerships with organizations that represent women, youth, Indigenous communities, a nd ot her s who may not view agriculture as a viable career choice.

We must become more creative in our business practices in areas like f lexible work hours and accessible childcare.

Agriculture’s labour gap means the industry needs to look beyond our borders for staff, yet rules and regulations impede

the recruitment of foreign workers. Regulatory red tape means it can take six to eight months or more to navigate the process required to bring in a new worker from abroad. T h i s creates problems when a vacancy is opened by a two-week notice. Can we be more innovative in meeting the needs of both immigrants as well as employers? For example, could industry associations like Manitoba Pork speed up the process by facilitating a pool of foreign skilled labour that would be accessed by the industry as needed?

There are signs that the seriousness of the crisis has been recog n ized.

At their recent meeting, federal, provincial, and terr itor ial ag r iculture ministers set labour attraction and retention, training, and automation as priority areas for the

next agriculture policy framework. We are also seeing agriculture representatives reach across sectors to help resolve the issue in a cooperative way. For example, in Manitoba, commodity organizations have come together under the umbrella of the Keystone Agricultural Producers to form the Labour Task Group. Nationally we see organizations like CAHRC attempting to develop common industry messages.

There is still more to do on this front. Sectors are still largely approaching the problem from an individual commodity point of view. We must develop collaborative and unified action if we are going to resolve one of the greatest barriers to modern agricultural growth and development.

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