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ig fundraising plans are coming from Delisle Recreation. Back in late 2020 an informal survey was conducted via social media. Questions asked were for recreational, sport, leisure or cultural activities and amenities. And where to put them. The overwhelming response gleaned was that people want and need more recreational or leisure activities and amenities and they wanted to see further development of Harold Worth Park. With this in mind Recreation Liaison LorI Neault, with permission from the Town Council has been pursuing different grant opportunities to move forward with projects in the park. However, it is notoriously difficult to obtain grant monies as so many organizations are generally clamoring for the same funds. It is also fairly common knowledge that a lot of these grants require your organization to at least have a portion of funds in place before they will award grants. In hopes of growing sport, recreation, and culture for Delisle and area the recreation association made plans to establish a future of recreation fund. To kick off this fund, the Delisle & District Recreation Association will soon be rolling out two fundraisers in the extremely near future. Fundraiser one will be “Paving the Future of Harold Worth Park.” This is a fundraiser where you will be able to buy multiple sized and priced personalized bricks. These bricks will then be laid around the Concession Building at Harold Worth Park. This will be a lasting legacy for those who support the growth of the Park. The second fundraiser will be the Future Funds monthly 50/50 draw. All funds raised will then be kept separately for future park and programming development as well as maintenance or enhancement of existing programming. Please watch Delisle Recreation and Community Events Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/toddelrec/ ) as well as other social media pages and posters around town for information on these upcoming fundraisers. We look forward to your support.
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Freedom Fighters Wanted
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his past week the world watched in horror as the senseless, viscous attack on Ukraine by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been playing out live on our televisions. The reaction of almost every nation on earth has been directly targeted at punishing Russia and it’s oligarchy with sanctions. There are also sources of military support arriving in Ukraine as NATO walks a tightrope to not draw the world into a larger confrontation that may cause an escalation to nuclear weapons. The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had already survived the pressures of Donald Trump to be dragged down a rabbit hole by initiating an investigation into Joe Biden, has been doing a tremendous job to rally his population to join together and stand up to yet another autocratic lunatic. While shipping their women, children and other vulnerable citizens out of the country, able bodied men of all ages remain behind to resist the evil forces trying to steal their peaceful nation from them. These brave soldiers and volunteers are willing to fight to the death for freedom. ...real freedom ...the freedom to exist ! How well they will succeed against Russia’s overwhelmingly superior military forces is yet to be seen. Could their defiance cause a negotiated resolution before things get worse ? Will Ukraine turn into Afghanistan 2.0 for Putin, with thousands of deaths on both sides as the nation is reduced to rubble through endless urban fighting ? Ukrainians will likely receive some benefit from the world’s supportive actions, but they are very much alone in this fight at the moment and will need more help to succeed.
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So what more can be done ? NATO countries are currently unwilling to directly put “boots on the ground” as it will likely trigger a rapid escalation between nuclear powers, but around the world, individuals of Ukrainian descent are returning home to fight for freedom. Financial assistance from governments, but also organizations and individuals, is also pouring into Ukraine, to help support these freedom fighters. Many of these freedom fighters and financial donations are coming directly from Canada, and so they should be. All Canadians stand for freedom ! It was shown in World War II when Canadian soldiers paid a huge price to stop, yet another lunatic, and liberate Europe from the Nazis. It was also shown recently in Ottawa when hard working truckers and their families sacrificed their time and money to fight, not only for their freedoms but, as they told us, freedom for the world, whether we liked it or not ! These Canadian “freedom fighters” are now back at home, but that doesn’t mean their fight should be over. If they are still unemployed because “Trudeau stole their jobs” they could consider booking a flight to Poland and slip into Ukraine to join their brothers. When the Go Fund Me millions, now longer required for food and diesel in Ottawa, are finally released by our “dictatorship”, direct those funds to the Ukrainians, who’s fight for freedom is involving more than mask mandates, vaccine conspiracies, bouncy castles, pig roasts and airhorns. Ken Sowter Editor
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Going to Ireland
e were in Northern Ireland to visit a pen-pal that Mrs. B has had for almost 60
years. Imagine that! Mrs. B and her friend had started writing letters to each other when they were still pre-teens in grade school. They continued the correspondence through their teen years, starting a career, getting married, raising a family and even through retirement. Through all those years - from flimsy blue air mail paper (remember that stuff?) to e-mail and texting. Wow. Some people just never quit - and isn't that a wonderfully excellent thing. Mrs. B had first visited her friend there, back in 2003, after more than 40 years of correspondence. But this was a first visit for me - this was to be new country and a new adventure. In Northern Ireland, as well as the rest of the UK, as you know, they drive on the wrong side (that is, the left side) of the road. Which takes some getting used to it's not a country for old men with long established habits of driving on the right. I like to consider myself a considerate driver and had trouble driving over there because I kept wanting to move over to the right to let faster traffic go past. Fortunately, Mrs. B, in the front passenger seat was always very quick with her "course correction" commands, issued with an urgent immediacy, as you might expect. Her follow-up commentaries were remarkably and graciously restrained, though going the wrong way around traffic circles (oh gosh, oh gosh, oh gosh) certainly tested that gracious restraint. A number of years ago, as the story goes, the UK government wanted to change the traffic flow and bring the UK up to the standards of the rest of the world which mostly drives on the right-hand side of the road. But the Ministry of Transport officials knew it would be a tough sell, changing a habit that had been engrained over the years and so a committee was established to facilitate the transition. The committee, after much deliberation, came up with the plan that the change-over should be phased-in, trucks one day and then cars the next. This didn't go well and the whole drive-on-the-right idea was abandoned rather quickly.
ing to the north part of the island and then down the west coast into Donegal. We arrived at the small town of Burtonport and took a very short ferry trip over to the island of Arranmore, the only populated island in a small archipelago of 4 or 5 islands, just a couple of miles off the coast. The ferry to Arranmore was very small, taking cars and people, designed for vehicles to back-on and drive-off (handled by the ferry attendants, probably because of too much experience with old man tourists like me). And the ferry was very crowded - about 2 dozen passengers, a few bicycles and 7 cars - the passengers had breathing room, but the cars didn’t. The ferries are also used to haul cattle and sheep from a grazing field on one island to a grazing field on one of the other islands. Loading the animals onto the ferries is not always straightforward - sometimes, the cows refuse to get on the boat. And then the ferrymen have to get persuasive (or mean, depending on your perspective) and they calf-nap the baby cows, put them on the boat and sail away. The mommy cows, bawling for their babies, then swim after the boat in hot pursuit. The boat sails away slowly enough that the mommy cows can keep up the chase but also just fast enough that they can't quite catch up. Happy ending - cows and calves are re-united on the destination island. What one might call a moo-ving moment. But who knew cows can swim? Regretfully, though, this technique doesn’t work for sheep who, as it turns out, can’t swim – this would be obvious, I guess, to anybody who has ever tried wearing a wool sweater out in the rain. Back in Canada, driving home from the airport, Mrs. B, still in the passenger sea, voiced her relief about driving in familiar conditions. I, too, was relieved but I was also tired and jet-lagged. And through the dark and the rain, came the traffic circles. Oh gosh. Happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody and especially Marion and Wolsey.
We had landed in Dublin and driven north to Belfast to see Mrs. B's friends, Marion and Wolsey (who are absolutely wonderful people - you'd almost think they came from Saskatchewan). After a week of visiting, we continued on a road trip head-
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Letters to the Editor Protest for Change but Vote to Receive it
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he Trucker Freedom Convoy occupation of Ottawa has, for the most part, been ended. I do believe that we, as citizens of this great country, have every right to demonstrate when we feel our freedoms have been violated ! I don’t agree, whilst demonstrating for personal rights, that the rights of others should be infringed upon as what has happened in Ottawa during those past three weeks. The movement had legitimate concerns, but the manner in which those concerns were voiced caused people’s businesses to suffered three weeks of financial losses because of this occupation, on top of many months of sporadic lapses of business due to the pandemic ! The residents of the occupied areas were harassed when they passed by wearing their masks to protect their well being and in some cases, people trying to get to their jobs decided to stay home for fear of harassment from some protesters ! All in all the disruption from the occupation has caused heavy financial loss to businesses. These are the facts and however the far right
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may try to spin this, it has all been accurately reported and verified. I think that the measures that had to be invoked to secure the areas that had been occupied were required, and the occupiers were been given every opportunity to leave without arrest or confiscation of vehicles and equipment. This is also fact and has been verified as the truth and not fiction ! I for one am not happy that several operators of semi trucks had their livelihood confiscated because of this action nor with the financial loss of the local businesses. The stated action of this occupation was to protest the mandates with respect to the spread of Covid-19 and the right of citizens to be free of mandates and protocols. But many of the protest signs and social media posts appeared to wander away from the intended mandate protests, becoming instead a movement of the far right to overturn the elected government and exercise their foul, slanderous rhetoric on social media and printed signs.
The mechanism to make such a change is to elect representatives to the government that will satisfy their beliefs and make laws that they feel are going to allow them the freedom they desire, once they have the consensus of the majority! I have been accused of wanting only my opinion to be heard and not listening to other opinions. Well I don’t believe that using foul language and outright questioning a persons birth parents or calling them every racist, homophobic slur or all kinds of names is an adult manner in which one should state ones opinion. So my question is... why are we following in the footsteps of our US neighbours with our politics and not sitting down to get together to find a better way forward ? Let’s stop this from tearing the best country in the world apart ! John Hendrickson Vanscoy, Saskatchewan
The Upside of COVID’S Merciless Pruning
'm not a "plant person." I have a few houseplants in my condo, but they’re working plants that inhabit my domain to purify the air. Only the most hearty and tolerant plants (e.g., aloe, snake plant, succulents) have a long-term relationship with me. My father loved plants. He had a deep understanding of their needs. Several times he tried to pass along to me what gave him enormous pleasure, but I just did not connect with it. I did learn the obvious: plants must be watered, get enough sunlight, and be repotted once they've grown. I also learned that plants need to be pruned, which seems counterintuitive. It doesn't strike me as logical to cut off a plant's branches to make it grow bigger and stronger, which is the reason to prune a plant. My father explained pruning involves cutting off certain branches (There's an art to knowing which branches to cut, but I never paid enough attention to learn.) so the plant can use its limited resources to make stronger branches. For example, a healthy rose bush will produce too many buds. This leads to overgrowth and creates a drain on the plant's resources. Left unchecked, most of the flowers will survive but not thrive. Therefore, the gardener must make the difficult decision to prune the good buds to redirect the flow of nutrients to the best buds. (My father may have taught me more about plants than I thought.) Just as a rose bush needs to be pruned to produce beautiful roses, we too should occasionally prune our respective life. Envision your life as a fruit tree, be it apple, peach, pear or orange. Each branch is an interest, activity, relationship, an accumulation for your future. Each branch requires energy to bear fruit. Some branches may be dying, diseased, broken beyond repair or tangled with other branches. Airflow and spaciousness between branches is essential. Think about it. Habits. Relationships. Jobs. Commitments. Health. Goals. If you pruned the bad and sometimes the good for the sake of the best, what would happen? We all have a finite amount of time and energy. Considering who you are and where you are now, are you spending the right amount of your resources where they’re needed and need to be? Or are you holding onto situations and relationships that are extraneous, broken, frustrating or lifeless? Tough questions, I know. Everyone has dead branches taking up space.
When you have an over-full life or feel overwhelmed a lot of the time, it's usually a sign that you have too many branches. Your energy is too diffuse to sustain everything. If you prune back non-essential things, you provide more energy to the remaining activity branches. As a result, overwhelm decreases, and happiness grows. Cutting off the dead branches of our lives makes room for growth. There's more space for opportunities and people better suited to you, as well as you're freeing up time to pursue passions and look after yourself. Early into the pandemic, COVID (actually government restrictions) pruned branches from my life, as I’m sure it did from yours. At the time I didn’t realize some of the branches being pruned were unhealthy. For instance, I have this need I can’t shake to compare myself to others. As a result of lockdowns, social distancing, working from home, and staying within my "bubble," there were fewer people around me to compare myself to, thus envy and negative self-talk quickly dissipated. Then there's COVID's most crucial lesson; it taught me more about getting unbusy than any number of seminars could. Things I thought I "had to do"—that turned out I was just convincing myself I enjoyed— were simply shut down. “Life pruning” can be painful, which is why we rarely, if ever, deliberately do it. For the most part we let life prune for us (e.g., death of a relative or friend, job termination, nature destroying our home). Only when someone or something is gone do we finally realize how much it meant to us, or how much energy it was taking from us to maintain, or how harmful it was to our well-being. Often, when we look back after one of “life’s pruning” we realize we benefited by the loss. There’s truism in the adage, Everything happens for a reason. COVID happened for a reason, if for none other than to slow us down and prune our lives. The stoic philosopher Seneca said it best, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Over the past two years, COVID has pruned many things from our lives. The two most significant: • Relationships (family and friends) • Mindless consumerism There was also the pruning of jobs, resulting in millions re-evaluating their career choice and path and losing loved ones to COVID. Initially, you may only feel COVID’s pruning pain. Sometimes it takes time before you can see that the branches COVID cut off were unhealthy. When non-essential retailers and restaurants were ordered to close, I quickly realized how much of my money I was spending frivolously. In contrast, there were friends I missed
at the beginning of the pandemic, but as time passed, I realized how much easier it was without them. (If you feel better when someone's not around, that's a telltale sign.) COVID gave me the gift of "letting go,"—which is pruning. COVID gave each of us a once-in-a-lifetime chance to start over. Golf was a huge surprise for me! Prior to the pandemic, I was a religious Saturday morning golfer with a regular golfing buddy. Then my go-to golf course was mandated to close, and I found my Saturdays free. I filled this newfound time with writing I've been putting off. However, here's the head kicker given my love for golf and how much it’s part of my identity, when restrictions lifted and I could golf again, I didn't. COVID had pruned golf from my life and gave me the gift of time to write and now I plan to keep the extra time to write. In 2021 my golf clubs never left my storage locker. I don't expect my golf clubs to see the light of day in 2022. By saying yes to one thing, which in my case was golf, I was saying no to another thing, writing. Thank you, COVID, for pruning golf from my life and giving me time to write, which I get more enjoyment from and find to be therapeutic. (fingers crossed) In these last weeks and months, of the pandemic, before something resembling normality returns, you might want to ask yourself, "What do I want 'normal' to look like?" Then start preparing for a new and better normal than your pre-pandemic life— maybe even prune a few more things from your life. The more space you create in your life, the more things that you truly need, like time to write, will find their way to you. Nick Kossovan, a self-described connoisseur of human psychology, writes about what's on his mind from Toronto. You can follow Nick on Twitter and Instagram @NKossovan.
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squith Town Council held its regular council meeting on February 9, 2022. Attending was Mayor Gail Erhart, and councillors, Cecilia Mryglod, Darcy Stack, Jodi Nehring, and Wade Monks-Janzen, Jackie Stobbe, and Jeff Eide. Also attending was C.A.O. Kathy Picketts. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Erhart at 7:00 p.m. A resolution was made to accept the council minutes from the January 12, 2022, regular council meeting. Council made a motion to accept the January 2022 financials and January 2022 bank reconciliations as presented to them at the meeting. Accounts Paid in the amount of $22,493.36 and Accounts Payable of $31,534.82 was accepted as presented. The Asquith Fire Department has the approval of council to purchase a pumper fire truck and further that the fire department will be selling the older fire trucks. 1952 Mercury M600, 1954 GMC Thibault Pumper, and a 1992 Superior Volvo 5000 pumper. The proceeds from the sale of these trucks will be going towards a newer 4-wheel drive pumper truck. The Town of Asquith will be participating in “2022 Happy Earth Day” by joining in on a tree planting relay starting on April 22, 2022. More information regarding this will be coming next month. Did you know……that if you take out a building permit, the onus is on the property owner to contact the building inspector to make a final inspection and to
close the permit. Failure to do so results in your permit being left open and as such could pose a real problem for you should you decide to sell your property. If you are not sure whether your permit was finalized or closed, please feel free to contact the Asquith Town Office. If you have recently changed your phone number, please contact the Asquith Town Office to update. As of January 1, 2022, all pet licenses and business licenses were due. The Town of Asquith census for 2021 was 624, down 2.3% from 2016.
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own Council held a regular meeting on February 8th. A laptop computer will be purchased for the Town Office for use by the bylaw enforcement officer as well as the general office staff. Timothy Furlong, Glen Neuert, Kirby Fesser and Sabrina Saccucci were appointed as our Board of Revision board members. Michael Ligtermoet was appointed as the Secretary to the Board of Revision. The Board of Revision deals with any potential property assessment appeals. Town Council endorsed the Recreation Association applying for funding under the Co-op Community Spaces Grant for the paving of the walking paths in Harold Worth Park at an estimated cost of $95,000 plus taxes as well as the construction of a shade structure for the splash park at an estimated cost of $21,000 plus taxes.
UPCOMINg COUNCIL MEETINgS RM OF CORMAN PARK - March 21, 9:00am RM OF DUNDURN - March 8, 8:00am RM OF EAgLE CREEK - March 8, 9:00am RM OF HARRIS - March 9, 1:00pm RM OF MCCRANEY - March 10, 8:00am RM OF MILDEN - March 9, 9:00am RM OF MONTROSE - March 10, 9:00am RM OF PERDUE - March 8, 9:00am RM OF ROSEDALE - March 8, 8:00am RM OF RUDY - March 9, 6:00pm RM OF VANSCOY - March 10, 9:00am TOWN OF ASQUITH - March 9, 7:00pm TOWN OF BIggAR - March 1 & 15, 7:15pm TOWN OF DELISLE - March 8, 7:00pm TOWN OF DUNDURN - March 8, 6:00pm TOWN OF HANLEY - March 14, 7:00pm TOWN OF LANgHAM - March 14 & 28, 6:30pm TOWN OF OUTLOOK - March 9 & 23, 7:00pm TOWN OF RADISSON - March 16, 7:00pm TOWN OF ZEALANDIA - March 20, 4:00pm VILLAgE OF BORDEN - March 8, 7:00pm VILLAgE OF BRODERICK - March 9, 7:00pm VILLAgE OF CONQUEST - March 8, 7:00pm
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What is Carbon Monoxide (CO)? • Carbon Monoxide is colorless, odorless and tasteless poison that can be fatal if inhaled. • CO can be produced when burning fuels such as gasoline, propane, natural gas, oil or wood. • If you have fire ...you have CO. • Carbon Monoxide is slightly lighter than air so can easily mix and travel throughout your home. Where does CO come from? • Any fuel-burning appliance that is malfunctioning or improperly installed. • Furnaces, gas range/stove, boilers, gas clothes dryers, water heaters, fireplaces, portable fuel burning space heaters, generators and wood burning stoves. • Vehicles and generators running in an attached garage. • Blocked chimney or flue. • Operating a grill in an enclosed space. Signs of CO Poisoning Dull Headache, Nausea, Vomiting, Confusion, Dizziness, Difficulty Breathing. If you exhibit any of these symptoms get to fresh air and Call 911. Preventing CO Poisoning • Equip your home with CO alarms. The only safe way to detect CO in your home is with a CO alarm. • Every year have your heating system, vents, chimney and flue inspected by a qualified technician. • Install and operate appliances according to manufacturer’s instructions. • Never use a gas range/stove to heat your home. • Never leave your car idling in a closed garage. Installing CO Alarms • Ideally one alarm should be placed outside of each bedroom and have one on each level of home. Follow installation instructions. • Combination Smoke and CO alarms are available and would be a good choice when considering home safety. Until next time stay Safe and stay Healthy! If you have any questions or would like more info contact:, Fire Chief Mike Given (Delisle & District Fire Department) 306-493-7777. Battalion Chief Wayne Pearson (Pike Lake Fire Hall) 306-230-1544
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All regular Council meetings are open to any members of the public. COVID-19 restrictions may apply. Contact your local Council. NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF POLL Whereas a poll is not required pursuant to The Local Government Elections Act, 2015 for the office(s) of: Division 4: Rural Municipality of Montrose No. 315 I hereby give public notice to no voting for the said office(s) will take place and the following persons are elected by acclamation: Division 4: Bernard Howe Dated at Donavon, SK this 11th day of February, 2022 DeAnne Robblee, Returning Officer
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Councilor: R.M. of Montrose No. 315 Division No. 3
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The returning officer or nomination officer will receive nominations of candidates for the above office(s):
Interested applicants are invited to forward a detailed resume, including qualifications, experience, references and salary expectations by mail or email to:
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Vote in Parliament on Emergencies Act Invocation OTTAWA, ON – Kelly Block, Member of Parliament for Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek, released the statement below regarding the vote on the motion to confirm the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. “Yesterday the Liberals, with the help of the NDP, voted to support the government’s motion to confirm the invocation of the Emergencies Act. “I voted AGAINST the motion. “Like many of you, as soon as I heard of the Government's decision to invoke the Act, I believed it was unnecessary and a complete overreach. “Legal experts, civil liberties and many other organizations are sounding the alarm stating that emergency legislation threatens our democracy and our charter rights and should not be normalized.
“Imposing powers of the Emergencies Act sets a dangerous precedent. The Government of Canada should not have the power to close the bank accounts of hardworking Canadians simply on the suspicion of supporting causes of which the government doesn’t approve. This is a slippery slope, and not how the government should operate in a free and democratic society.” “I will continue to fight this power grab by the Prime Minister and his government. Immediately following the vote, Conservatives gave notice of a motion (signed by twenty Members of Parliament) to revoke the Prime Minister’s emergency. “I want to thank the hundreds of constituents of Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek who have called and emailed my office, over the past few days, asking me to vote against this action by the Liberals. Your support is deeply appreciated.”
COMMUNITY REPORTS Vanscoy Multiple 4-H Speech Day For Vanscoy Multiple 4-H the beginning of February began with our annual speech day! Unlike the past year we were finally able to have an in-person event. The people who placed first and second in their age group are able to move onto District Public Speaking on March 5 in Clavet. The day began with our Cloverbuds and Juniors, our placements were:
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Cloverbuds 1st - Mercy Tallman - “I Like Cats” 2nd - Anna Harder - “My Dog Indy” 3rd - Dallas Corey - “Trees” Junior 1st - Erica Zoerb - “Whooping Cranes” 2nd - Natalie Harder - “Wasps” 3rd - Norah Harder - “Electricity” Intermediates and Seniors placements were: Intermediates 1st - Daniel Adams - “My Trip to Arizona” 2nd - Darian Gareau - “Wooly Mammoth” 3rd - Megan Jones - “Jasper” Seniors 1st - Kate Wright - “Scholarships - a Full Time Job” 2nd - Myles Wright - “Running the Boston Marathon” 3rd - Samantha Adams - “The Impact of Windows on Birds”
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Delisle Co-op AnnuAl MeeTing Wednesday April 13, 2022 7:00pm at Delisle Town Hall Call for Nominations Three Director Positions Please submit your signed nomination papers to the Delisle Co-op by March 25, 2022
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project alone, we’ll have about 1,900 lines that will be genotyped and, of those, we’re hoping to get about 1,000 phenotyped.” FCDC operates the only Canadian crop breeding program that specifically targets feed and forage as its main focus. Underscoring the importance of this work, Alberta produces approximately 50 per cent of Canadian barley with 75 per cent of it being feed and forage, said Capettini. The Beef Cattle Research Council, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) and Alberta Barley are project funders. “The cattle industry is a large end-user of feed and forage barley, and it is important cattle producers have access to varieties with superior agronomic traits such as reduced lodging and improved yield, as this helps to improve their bottom lines,” reads an email statement provided by ABP. “Continued improvements in the yield, agronomic traits and nutritional quality of feed grain and annual forages are essential to maintain a competitive cattle sector in Alberta and Canada.” Development of new feed grain varieties with higher yields, better nitrogen- and water-use efficiency is also important to barley farmers said David Simbo, Alberta Barley research program manager. “New traits that will adapt the crop to either growing better or meeting the demands of the market, which are constantly and consistently changing, is important,” added Simbo. “With climate and environmental changes occurring, farmers face challenges in the field. Each year comes with different challenges. Some years are very wet, others severely dry. Development of varieties that can withstand this adverse weather is important for our industry.” The project will be completed in 2024. Trudy Kelly-Forsythe GrainWest
Bill C-234 represents the relief our sector needs, say Canada’s grain farmers Feb 7, 2022 (Ottawa, Ontario) – On behalf of Canada’s grain farmers, the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) would like to commend MP Ben Lobb for bringing forward Bill C-234 and ask that all members of Parliament move this important and much-needed piece of legislation forward in a timely manner. “This is exactly the type of relief that our sector needs,” said GGC chair Andre Harpe from his farm in Alberta’s Peace Country. “By providing
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and market our products and ensure a sustainable food supply for everyone. “Our membership is committed to being part of the solution and helping lead the conversation when it comes to the environment and climate change,” added Harpe. “By moving forward with these practical amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, our farmer members will have the ability to redirect these crucial dollars towards practical initiatives to further lower emissions and sequester carbon.” GGC will be working with Parliamentarians across all parties to ensure that this Bill moves forward through the legislative process in a timeline that reflects its urgency for Canadian farmers.
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