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As readers know, the Rivers Banner is a locally owned and operated newspaper serving Rivers and area. The newspaper has been in existence for 114 years, and we are proud to offer authentic local news. We also have a sister newspaper, the Neepawa Banner & Press.

The total circulation of the Rivers Banner is 1,950 and the total circulation of the Neepawa Banner & Press is 9,595.

The Rivers Banner actually pre-dates the town of Rivers: while Rivers was incorporated as a town in 1912, Thomas W. Offen of Dover, England printed his first issue of The Gazette on July 9, 1908, when Rivers was just a village. It was printed on a hand-fed treadle press that Offen had shipped to the area

in 1907. Since the bridge over made to sell the paper to their the Little Saskatchewan River grandson Micah Waddell. had not yet been built, it was We have come a long way shipped to Wheatland and from typesetting machines transported to Rivers by horse using metal slugs to press ink and buggy. In the early years, into paper, one glyph at a time, the newspaper consisted of six to monoline machines which pages containing current and would cast whole lines of text row L/R: Meghan international events,Back recipes at once rather than symbol Knelsen, Erich Schmidt, (it’d be nice to get aThom hold Heijmans, of by symbol, Heatherto state-of-the-art Gray, Lilianedigital Dupuis. publishing Front those old recipes to see what software. row L/R: Minami Kijima, Haile people were cooking back Chassidy (By thePayette, way, the Neepawa Hubbard, Bryce then!), patterns, shortMorgan human-Ramsay, Banner & Press had the very Summers, Quinn Hrabok. interest stories, and local news. first Monoline typesetting More historical aspects of machine in all of Manitoba the newspaper can be found installed in 1902.) in the Town of Rivers hisOne thing to know in this tory book, available at the industry is that everything is Prairie Crocus Library. The measured in picas, a typesetGazette went through several ting unit of measure. A pica ownership and name changes is 1/6 of an inch, and each over the many years it has pica is further divided into been in operation, with Ken 12 points. The publishing and Christine Waddell of software applications all use Neepawa buying the name picas and points, so there’s not in 1993. The Waddells also getting around it even on the own the Neepawa Banner & modern equipment.

Press. In 2018 theBy decision Sheilawas Runions Day-to-day operations

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can be time-consuming.

The Banner is printed in Killarney, the location of the closest printing press. Several months ago, their plate maker stopped working. The plates are used in the printing process to transfer an image onto paper in large-scale printing operations. A plate needs to be made for each page of the newspaper. For several weeks, the pages of the Banner that were to be printed were sent electronically to Dauphin for the plates to be made. The physical plates were then driven back to Killarney so that the Banner could be printed. This meant a lot of extra work for Micah Waddell, Ken and Christine’s grandson, who manages all the day-to-day operations and behind-the-scenes work.

Having a local newspaper is important, especially in today’s world, where global news

dominates. There’s something to be said about news focusing on people and events in your own small community.

With a free newspaper, we rely on ad sales to keep the newspaper running. There is a fine balance between having enough ads to cover printing costs, and having a booklet of

89¢ + tax

ads with some news sprinkled in. That being said, people in print media are not getting rich, and it is definitely a labour of love.Photo We are coming

by Sheila Runions up on 114 years of business and hope to serve the community for many more years to come!

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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 be expanded to allow towards reducing public public health orders will vaccination rates. in place untilwith Tuesday, 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 the household plus (home 25 of reduce restrictions overpraise.“We presented modelFeb. 22.’’ health over the canoe; 87 pounds of food River- restrictions athletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some non-perishables. Although the Zion Church lastcollected week that shows others in indoor spaces the two weeks for ling from the younger dale Harvest).

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“This means we can be and whenever I hear food tournabank, my ears always perk Stefanson said confident in moving for- provincial public health are right now, if we don’t allow recreation Premier up!” ments to resume. that based on current ward with the next phase of f icer, sa id t hat t he see anything unexpected, She then brought the sugin our pandemic response, decision on this gradual that we’re looking at a gath- COVID-19 The As well, private projections, canoe at Rivers gestion to Riverdale Harvest, erings wherewhich eversupported yone the which is a gradual and relaxation is based on restriction free Manitoba theidea Manitoba government Elementary School was and adequately filled. cautious reopening. New will is fully vaccinated improv ing trends and by the spring.” is taking a cautious path Photo by Heather Gray asked her to present the promo-

New public health orders in effect Feb. 8, tentatively set for two week interval

By Eoin Devereux Rivers Banner The Manitoba Government has announced that it is lifting some of its pandemic restrictions.

Premier Heather Stefa n son a nd D r. Brent Roussin, chief provincial publ ic hea lt h of f icer, made the announcement on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The new public health orders will come into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8 and will remain

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got into a fairly deep discussion with someone a generation younger than me. We were discussing how my parents, and in-laws, stayed with their farming roots decades ago in very difficult times. The person said, “When your dad was in his 20s, there were 16-year-olds faking their way into the armed forces (WWII). Back then, 20-year-olds were typically married with kids on the way and expected to find a job and stick with it. Unlike you and Christine, most of your generation’s main focus appears to be personal tenure and benefits wherever possible.” This younger person said, “I may be over simplifying, but access to ‘security’ took a pretty big bite out of the creative energy that drove actual industry. The generation that didn’t want their offspring to work in factories pretty much made sure it’s rarely an option by shipping all the work offshore…. why? It was easy to do because folks want cheaper stuff, no matter what it costs them and their country. That, plus the fact that corporations have a fiduciary duty to make shareholders as much money as possible, regardless of how it ripples through their industry sector.”

Then came a very telling contrasting statement, “When the focus is on making the present a launching pad for future generations, industrious folks thrive, but when the focus is on

comfort and the delusion of stability, people start to think short term and sell their future for current comfort.

Interest rates are so low now that we can barely feel the bleeding.”

Wow! That’s great insight.

All my life, I have heard people crabbing away at the next generation to not follow their footsteps, be it into factory work, farming or business. That has always annoyed me and puzzled me. Who do the naysayers expect will run the businesses, operate the farms or work the factories? As the next generation spokesman said above, it seems many of my generation don’t care, as long as they get cheap stuff and, for those who have had some cash to invest in corporation shares, let the dividends keep f lowing in. That’s worked out well for us, hasn’t it?

We have far fewer factories and less domestic manufacturing than we should have. We import way more food than we should. We have elected governments that are inept at predicting the future or developing our economy.

In spite of decades of informative history and experiences, the mistakes just keep repeating themselves. Governments have become very good at imposing phoney deadlines, phoney climate change goals and pandering to countries that can readily undercut our manufacturing capabilities and prices.

It’s all about attitude. How many

Ken Waddell farm kids can remember their teachers say, “Don’t be a farmer, get an education.” Turns out that today’s farmers are far better educated than a lot of professions. The idea that one “shouldn’t be a farmer” was based on some knowledge of hard times for sure, deprivation even. The excuse was that farming was hard labour, and it was, but the hard labour has been largely replaced today by huge automations.

Long hours, yes, but hard labour is a thing of the past on farms.

Then there was the isolation of farm life. My wife’s grandmother would go weeks without “getting to town” in the winter when roads were bad. That doesn’t happen much any more. Farm homes were often cold and wind swept.

Well, that changed as most farm homes are ver y comfortable today. Then there was a lack of water and sewage.

My parents, like many farm families, didn’t have the modern conveniences back in the day. No Hydro until 1954.

No water and sewer until 1967. That’s

all changed.

So why is there still a “don’t farm” message? Get an education, they said, and get a job. When was the last time you heard it said, “get an education and start a business?” It’s all about bad attitudes and habits.

Fortunately, many people stay in, or go into, farming. Many people do work in factories and trades and many do buy or start businesses. But, as the younger generation person quoted above, there’s still a “focus on comfort and the delusion of stability.”

Better we should embrace optimism, common sense and encourage people to develop Manitoba and Canada into what it can be instead of just sinking into a mode that says, “good enough is good enough.” No, it’s not! Excellence is the goal, not mediocrity.

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.

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his past Jan. 18, the Fraser Institute of Canada released its 2022 Misery Index.

Using a formula devised by economist Arthur Okun, Institute researchers looked at the combined effects of high unemployment and rising inf lation on Canadian citizens. They then compared their findings with those from 34 other industrialized countries.

Of the 35 industrialized countries profiled, Canada ranked sixth behind Spain, Greece, Italy, Iceland and Sweden. In 2021, Canada’s inf lation rate stood at 3.2 per cent, fourth highest among the 35 countries. The unemployment rate was 7.7 per cent, eighth highest of the 35. The study also noted that, at the end of 2021, Canada’s unemployment rate remained “stubbornly high” and that in the Institute’s view, the inf lation rate is not expected to decline notably for at least another year.

The data contained in the Fraser Institute report gives us the big picture. It does not share examples of how unemployment and inf lation affect individuals and families who live in different parts of this country.

To gather this data, researchers need to speak with ordinary people like you and me. They will hear many heart-breaking stories of people who are struggling to adapt to a “new normal” way of life.

I will be the first to admit that coping with COVID-19 and its impact has not been easy. I have lost a small

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part of my income thanks to COVID-19. Like you, I have had to absorb the higher costs of fuel, food and consumer goods. Some of the goods I required have not been available when needed, adding to the frustration I’ve felt. And I have ridden the emotional roller coaster between elation and depression as I followed the provincial case counts, read about COVID-19 related deaths, adjusted to new public health orders and tried to keep my rants and ravings about people and the pandemic to myself.

Throughout this process, I have come to see the importance of two character traits– both of which, in my view, are not as prevalent in our society as they should be.

The first is contentment– a feeling of satisfaction with who we are, what we do, where we live and what we have. A key component of contentment is a willingness to adapt to demands that we change how we go about our daily lives– changes sometimes forced on us by circumstances beyond our control.

And it means accepting the consequences of the choices we make along the way, especially if one of those choices is a refusal to comply with measures intended to protect ourselves and others from harm and danger.

The second trait is compassion– a feeling of sym-

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pathy, care and concern for those hit hardest by the difficulties we all are facing. These people are not difficult to find. They have minimum wage jobs, face higher than average housing costs and often must work at two part-time jobs just to make ends meet. They cannot afford to be unemployed or to pay significantly higher prices (plus taxes) for fuel, food and consumer goods.

During his time on earth, Jesus identified with the lowest classes of society. That was easy for him to do– he was one of them. He did not criticize these people for the state in which they found themselves.

The gospels tell us that he was filled with compassion and did all he could to help them. He would want us to be content with what we have and show the same compassion to others.

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By Rita Friesen Curious and curiouser…

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ound a new word for my vocab- carking- Old English adjective meaning troublesome, worrying (some carking care that would not be driven away –Dickens); of persons fretting, anxious. My use? These, indeed, are carking times!

So much better than what my gut wants to shout! The strong divide created by the pandemic has me carked.

I try not to use this forum as a place for my political opinions, though I freely speak of my faith journey and decisions, I try to remain non political. “Try” being the operative word, for I know my reflections reflect me.

This I will share. One of my children was not actively anti-vax, a procrastinator but not anti. Yes, over 60, yes, underlying health issues, yes, one of my children. And so the hurt goes deep as I watch a slow recovery. The journey of a long hauler is not easy. Fatigue, mind fog, insomnia, loss of appetite and a desperate lack of energy; the combination that creates the perfect storm for anxiety and depression. One of those who was airlifted to a central hospital, intubated and kept comatose, one of those who now lives with such deep regrets for the cost to the health system, one who knows the concern that all friends and family bore. And now such a slow recovery.

Hospitalised back in September 2021, still not able to

work. Or even play well.

How does the curious and curiouser come in?

Several of my grandchildren, even after watching their parent suffer, and truly face death, watching their parent not be able to cross the living room without pausing to rest on the walker seat, watching their parent’s clothing hang loosely on the body that lost 30 pounds, still decline to take the vaccine. I accept it is every person’s right, I accept that society– that’s you and me– will cover the hospital cost for everyone who needs the services– preventable or not.

Curious and curiouser.

The pandemic is not the only topic today that has me carking. I can only watch the news once a day. And not before bedtime. How have we not, as a thinking, advanced society, learned from history? A social media funding system created millions of dollars in an account for ‘freedom’. How that amount could assist those whose entire life has been existing in a refugee camp. Or the homeless in our nation? Or clean drinking water for the many First Nations communities that have never had clean water? Not to mention the tension between Russia and the Ukraine.

How can we not long for peace for all people? How can we not long for justice and mercy? How have we become so complacent and self contained? Where is the caring that formed our nation? How did we lose our values for community? Curious…

I do see the many acts of kindness that meet the needs of others. I applaud each gentle word and kind deed. I search my wealth and talents to find ways to encourage and ‘walk with’ those who walk alone. It is all I can do, and that is carking!

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ny leftover decorations from Christmas have now been removed and when I put a flowery tablecloth on, it felt like spring was really just around the corner, but not just yet. However, my kids keep telling me that it is only February. I am so looking forward to being able to take my car out of the garage and feel some independence coming back. My kids have been great and take me wherever I need to go. Some of the streets are pure ice rinks.

Much prayers are going up for people who have to travel the highways to go to work and people post the situations. Accidents happen quickly and the ditches become quite popular here.

No doubt the winters are very long on the prairies, but is it not wonderful how God created everything at the right time and we have a promise that the seasons change in time? We can trust God for working everything out according to his timing. It might not be always the way we like it, but if we trust our ways according to His ways, we will have peace and contentment.

Riverdale Harvest Food Bank

Providing support to those in need Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner The Riverdale Harvest Food Bank serves the RM of Riverdale and the RM of Oakview. Sharlette Paddock chairs the volunteer board that oversees the operation.

The Food Bank started in 2003 and originally used the office of the RM of Daly to store goods. They now operate out of Zion Church (580 Second Ave, Rivers). They are grateful for the use of the space.

The Food Bank is open Thursdays 9:30-11am. They offer food hampers to clients based on the number of people in their household. These hampers include pasta, beans, canned meat and vegetables, soup, and miscellaneous items, as well as a coupon to the Rivers Heritage Co-op to buy fresh produce and/or dairy.

Sharlette says that the hardest items to keep on hand are school snacks, canned vegetables, canned meat, and peanut butter. She is thankful for the amazing community support, with many individuals and organizations collecting goods on behalf of the Food Bank. She is also grateful for the willingness of the volunteers to continually give of their time to keep this resource open to those that need it.

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To the editor January 31, 2022

There is finally some good news with regard to the pandemic, although you wouldn’t know it if you get your information from TV, radio, big city newspapers or public health publications. It appears that the Omicron mutation is spreading rapidly, even through fully vaccinated people, and for the most part is causing only mild common cold symptoms. I believe that this is acting like the old attenuated virus vaccines (measles, mumps, rubella) and is our key to herd immunity. I think our best pathway forward is for public health officials to remove all restrictions on all but the most vulnerable, and let this natural vaccination happen.

The Cov id vaccines are still authorized only u nder emer genc y u se authorization and have not been fully tested. All who have been vaccinated have been participants in a very large scale experimental trial, without the usual stringent controls.

Most have been willing participants, but some have been coerced into taking part under threat of losing their jobs or their right to participate in most aspects of society.

This is just really, really wrong! It is a violation of the Nuremberg Code.

The Nuremberg Code was developed after World War 11 in response to the atrocities committed

by Nazi doctors against concentration camp prisoners. It was signed on to by all the Allied nations.

The relevant section is that no one can be forced to take part in a medical experiment without their voluntar y consent. My father risked his life duri ng mu lt iple bombi ng missions to fight against this sort of tyranny.

In my opinion the public hea lth bureaucrats should never have been cha rged w it h ma naging the response to the pandemic. They have no training or expertise in crisis management and it has sure showed in the arbitrary, nonsensical and ever chang ing restr ictions. I believe that someone with training in crisis

management should have been put in charge, with advice taken not only from public health of f icials, but also from experts in the private medical field, frontline healthcare workers, mental health workers, economists, business people and teachers. One egregious example of a foolish restriction is the mask mandate in school children. I know from my previous veterinary training that viruses are so small that they can only be seen by powerful electron microscopes.

I believe that trying to stop a virus from going through these masks we have been using is like trying to stop a mosquito from f lying through a chain link fence. I also know from public health data that people under 20 have a miniscule chance of a bad outcome from infection, even with earlier more pathogenic versions of the virus.

T he excuse for t h is massive infringement on our civil liberties has been to not over whelm our healthcare system. For years now we have heard reports about big city hospitals being overwhelmed during f lu season – long before t he pa ndem ic.

In my opinion the real issue is the pitiful state of our socialized top down healthcare system. It is top heavy in administration and bureaucracy and light

on frontline staff and facilities. If throwing more money at it was going to fix it, it would have happened by now. It needs to be completely reformed, from the Canada Health Act on down.

Brian Peckford, former premier of Newfoundland and the last living framer of and signatory to our 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, has stated in several interviews that the lockdown restrictions are a clear violation of several sections of the Charter. In my opinion vaccine mandates are a violation of privacy laws.

I think that this has primarily been a pandemic of fear and authoritaria n cont rol. We have certainly not been “all in this together”. Federal MPs have had 2 generous pay raises and no civil servants have lost their jobs. Many small businesses have gone bankrupt and most others are struggling. Many workers, especially in the hospitality industry have lost their jobs. The Winnipeg Jets have continued to play hockey while minor sports have been cancelled for extended periods.

In my opinion this has been the greatest public policy failure in the history of Canada.

A response to Dan Mazier and the Freedom Convoy If 90 per cent of truckers are vaccinated. How is it that 10 per cent of t r uc ker s a r e c au s i n g prices to rise and shelves to be empty. Where are these empty shelves? I haven’t seen them, and if I had, I would not think it was because 10 per cent of truckers are not working. Mr. Mazier states that “the government has shut down the movement of goods” and that “the supply chain has been signif icantly reduced due to supply chain restraints, created by ou r gover n ment .”

Really? I’m not a Liberal but no one government is responsible for higher prices and supply chain problems. The government has not shut down the movement of goods.

Playing politics does not become you Mr. Mazier.

These problems are complex yet you insist it is all the governments doing. I wonder why people are so

angry these days, could it be the accusations being tossed around by politicians trying to turn our citizens on one another?

The United States also has a vaccine mandate for international truckers so that even if Canada didn’t have these rules, our unvaccinated truckers are not allowed into the United States. The wom a n w ho wor r ie s about getting baby formula is a concern but to blame that on a decline of 10 per cent of truckers seems a stretch. There have been many reasons for higher pr ices and raising anger levels with false outrage is not helpful. The biggest problem with the supply chain is Covid, not vaccine mandates. These people that call for freedom don’t seem to care about the other essential workers who are stretched to the limit. The unvaccinated make up 75 per cent of

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hospitalizations. Their freedom not to be vaccinated infringes on the freedom of others to get the health care they so desperately need. Cancer patients are having their surgeries canceled, the list goes on and on. Does their freedom matter?

I am all for free choice but when your freedom is costing the freedom of others it should be questioned. It seems so easy to state outrageous claims blaming the other.

We need cooperat ion in times like this. Keep calm, we are nearing the end of Covid restrictions but right now our hospitals are bursting, have mercy on our health ca re worker s a nd a l l those needing their care.

Please get vaccinated.

Sincerely, Mary Lowe Kenton, MB

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Sarah’s Science Corner Rivers Police Service - law of the month

Mining for Chocolate

Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner In this Let’s Talk Science activity, children mine for chocolate chips in cookies, attempting to get as many chocolate chips as possible without damaging the cookie. Kids will learn about mining for rocks and minerals. It’s a shame to put a good cookie to waste, but I’m sure kids will eat the cookie bits when the activity is over (although the LTS activity resource sheet states multiple times that kids should not eat the cookies…) The activity is best suited for grades 4-6, but I think this is an activity that kids of all ages can enjoy.

Who doesn’t like to play with their food?

What you’ll need: a few chocolate chip cookies, options for tools (toothpicks, skewers, paperclips, etc.), a plate to complete the activity on, graphing paper.

What To Do You are going to be a miner of the precious mineral “chocolate chips” (it’s arguably as precious as gold or diamonds!) You’ll have options of land (cookies) to choose from and tools to use.

You cannot touch the land with your hands. Your goal is to mine as many minerals (chocolate chips) as you can without destroying the environment.

Your first job is to determine what land (cookies) you want to purchase and what mining tools you will purchase based on your budget.

Before mining your cookie, place it on your graph paper, draw a circle around it, and count the number of squares the cookie covers.

Rules •You have $20 to spend (you don’t have to spend it all).

•Try to mine as many minerals (chocolate chips) as you can without damaging the land (cookie).

•Each full chocolate chip you mine will pay you $2 (partial chocolate chips can be squished together to make one).

•You can purchase land (an extra cookie) and tools as long as it is in your budget.

•If a tool breaks, you can no longer use it.

•Your goal: make the most money you can without doing too much damage to

the land.

Costs: •$5 per cookie •$4 per toothpick •$5 per paperclip •$6 per large wooden pick/ skewer If you have other “tools” you can make up prices for them. Kids have 10 minutes to mine for their minerals.

Calculating the amount of profit: 1.Count the number of full chocolate chips you mined 2.Multiply that number by 2 (because each full chocolate chips pays you $2) 3.Add in the amount of money that you had leftover (if any) after purchasing land and tools 4.Calculate the amount of land you damaged (see below) and subtract this from your total. What remains is your profit.

How did you do with your land?

Put all your land (cookie) from mining on the graph paper. Flatten it out so it’s not in a pile. Draw a circle around it and count the number of squares covered.

If there are more squares covered by the “post” mining land versus the “pre” mining land, subtract the number of squares on the post mining side from the number of squares on the pre-mining side. For example, if I had 20 squares covered by the pre-mining cookie and 22 squares by the post-mining cookie I would have 22 – 20 = 2.

Multiply the number you get by $1. So in this case it is

simply $2. If there are fewer squares or the same number of squares covered on the post mining side as the pre mining side, give yourself a “0”). Subtract this from your profit you calculated from step 3. How much net profit did you make?

What’s Happening?

Mining is a great way for Canada and people to make money but it can damage the environment and be a threat to the survival of animals and plants (and other species).

This is why there is a law (the Canadian Environmental Protection Act) to help ensure the land isn’t damaged too much when mining. It is important that mining is completely sustainable to do as little damage as possible to the environment.

Mining the chocolate chips represents the minerals that are being extracted from the ground. The tools that we purchased in this activity represent the tools and equipment that miners use in real life to extract minerals.

The crumbling of the cookies once we started mining represents how the Earth is dug up during the mining process. Environmental damage is subtracted off of your profit.

Children may want to learn more about how many mines are in Manitoba, their locations, what kind of mines they are, or more about geology and mining in general.

Check out the Prairie Crocus Regional Library to see what books are available on this topic.

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Chief Ian Schwartz Rivers Police Service Distracted driving is a common factor behind many traffic-related crashes, injuries, and deaths in Manitoba.

In 2020 distracted driving was the cause of 26 per cent of all collisions; 46 per cent of those involved a fatality.

The Rivers Police Service’s law of the month for February highlights Manitoba’s distracted-related laws, namely Section 215.1(2), and Section 188(2) of the Highway Traffic Act. Drivers that are distracted while driving can result in a fine, license suspension, and higher insurance rates – or worse yet – can cost you or someone else their life.

Distracted driving is any action that diverts attention from driving, including: •Talking or texting on your cellular device •Adjusting the stereo, entertainment, or navigation

system •Grooming (shaving, brushing teeth, applying makeup) Drivers caught violating section 215.1(2) receive threeday licence suspension for a first offence and a seven-day suspension for subsequent offences. Upon conviction, they also receive a $672 fine and move five levels down the Driver Safety Rating (DSR) scale.

In serious cases, or when other distractions cause you to violate traffic laws or end up in a collision, you could be charged with several offences, including careless driving, dangerous driving or criminal negligence. These can result in more severe penalties (including jail time) and other driving interventions.

You can also be charged with whatever offence the distraction caused you to commit, such as failing to obey a traffic signal. (Distracted Driving, 2019).

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Despite the statistics, nearly three out of four Canadians admit to driving distracted.

Receiving or sending a text takes about five seconds, however, that is five seconds your eyes are not on the road. At 90 kilometers an hour – that’s equivalent to driving past an entire football field with your eyes closed.

Drivers are advised to put their phones away when behind the wheel. If you need to text, pull over and stop the vehicle. Consider these tips for safe driving: •If you must send or receive a text, pull over to a safe location and park your car first.

•If you have passengers, assign one of them to text for you.

•Put your phone out of reach if you cannot resist the temptation to look at your phone.

Distracted Driving is dangerous and illegal. No text, call, or social media post is worth a crash, injury, or taking a life.

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We are continuing our “recipes with a story” column, with this week’s featured recipe coming from Devan Guyan. Devan’s cupcakes are works of art.

Devan is a stay-at-home mom of t wo beautiful daughters with a plan to begin nursing school this year. Her family relocated to the Riverdale municipality near Bradwardine a year ago, from Thompson MB. They live on a small acreage now and have a wonderful life out here in Riverdale Municipality! They are loving the small town living and look forward to meeting more people in the area.

She is a self-taught baker and owner of Valley View Cupcakes.

If you have a recipe (and a story) you would like to be featured, please email me at sara h.plosker@ gmail.com

Vanilla cupcakes from Devan Guyan This is my absolute favourite recipe for vanilla cupcakes, and the best part? It’s so simple!!! First preheat your oven to 350 degrees. You’ll want to get your dry ingredients ready: 1 and 1/4 cups all purpose f lour, 1 cup sugar, 1.5 tsp baking powder, and 1/2 tsp salt. Next you’ll want to get your wet ingredients ready: 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup oil, 1/2 tbsp vanilla, 1 egg, and 1/2 cup of water.

You’re ready to start putting it all together now! In a large bowl mix together the f lour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

In another bowl, combine the milk, oil, vanilla, and egg. Once your dry and wet ingredients are mixed in separate bowls you are ready to combine them!

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Strike at RRSD is over

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After ninety-two days on the picket line, custodians and cleaners at the Rolling River School Division are heading back to work.

“These workers have been on the frontline keeping schools safe and clean but were pushed to the picket lines for three months in the coldest weather,” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba. “These workers stood for fairness and didn’t back down despite all odds. We are very proud of them.”

On January 4, 2022, CUPE Local 1630 applied to the Manitoba Labour Board and asked them to help settle the

dispute either by the Board or through a neutral arbitrator.

On January 31, 2022, the Labour Board issued an order to terminate the strike, reinstate the workers, and settle the provisions of a collective agreement. The parties can either appoint an arbitrator or the Board will review the Union and employer’s proposals and aid in settling a new collective agreement within the next ninety days.

“We remain dumbfounded as to why this particular school division has refused to offer its custodians and cleaners the same as other school support staff across the province,” said McKay. “These workers deserve nothing less.”

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Soils in winter – part I

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trees, shrubs and perennials in late fall prior to freeze up as it keeps the soil at a more constant temperature and does not allow the cold air to penetrate so deeply.

Approx imately 58 percent of the land in t he Nor t her n Hem i sphere freezes seasonally.

Permafrost exists where the ground stays at or below 0°C for at least a two-year period. As you go deeper into the centre of the earth the temperature of the matter increases. On a cold winter day, the outside temperature could be 30°C but ten feet down in the soil it is most likely a balmy 10°C. As we delve deeper into the core of the earth, the temperatures become even hotter. Remembering science class, the earth is composed of four layers – three that are solid and one that is liquid consisting of molten metal that is almost as hot as the sun.

Like plants – soil is essential to life as we know it. Soil protects the roots of plants, animals and microbes from freezing to death in the winter months. As the air above the soil cools to zero degrees Celsius, water that is contained in the topmost levels in the soils will also freeze. This is commonly known as the frost layer and sometimes that layer can be several feet deep, depending on many factors which inf luence this layer. However, it is important to remember that the soil itself does not freeze, but the moisture within the soil is what freezes. If the soil is very dry and does not contain any moisture, then the soil does not freeze but does get very cold and crumbly. When the soil is dry, the frost level will go deeper, thus the reasoning behind watering in

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Also important to remember is that if we have a thick layer of organic mulch on the soil surface or we are fortunate enough to get an early snowfall, this “blanket” will insulate the soil. Also, soils that are high in organic matter will help to hold the heat in the ground during the growing season. Yes, just another reason to keep your soils healthy by incorporating large amounts of organic matter into any garden areas.

So, now we understand a bit more about what is happening within our soils in winter, but the best facts are about to be revealed. For beneath the snow and the frost layer, there is a rich soil web still living and working and dreaming of spring.

There is an incredible diversity of organisms that make up this soil food web, ranging from t he t in iest one- cel led bacter ia, algae, fung i

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nitrogen within the soil, and fix nitrogen from the air making this nutrient available to plants. They also enhance soil aggregation and porosity and some even become food for critters above ground and higher up in the food chain. As the weather warms this powerhouse of soil life surges back to work providing us with life as we know it.

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Neepawa, MB

near Highway 5,

in early October,

spraying the sunflowers

in preparation of

harvest.

PHOTO BY DIANE

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our fall work in the garden so life can continue throughout the winter when the garden rests.

Nex t week we w i l l learn more about what makes up this amazing soil food web and learn how plants and critters are able to survive the deep freeze of winter.

Enjoy the photo taken by Heather Richardson who was teaching a soils lab to some post-secondary horticulture students.