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Stress, Depression Take Toll on Farmers

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Winnipeg Free Press - By: Laura Rance - Manitoba Co-Operator 6/02/2010 Workshops to focus on growing problem... Canola swaths in October . l.p. photo

Los Angeles May Get Mandatory Rainwater Harvesting Law

Does this mean LA is becoming water wise? feb 5 2010 - treehugger

Coca-Cola Puts on Green Guise for the Winter Olympics

February 5, 2010 by Stephanie Rogers - ecosalon The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are going...

Ottawa Squanders Energy Economy

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Winnipeg Free Press - By: Frances Russell - 3/02/2010 Courtesy of Beautiful Destruction. More and better carbon capture...

Manitoba's Conservation Minister Responds to my Story on Swan Valley Air Emissions

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While composing my story, "Standing the Precautionary Principle on its Head; the Manitoba Government celebrated '09 by allowing industrial pollutants to be released in the Swan Valley," Gov't. of MB photo I invited three Manitoba cabinet ministers to give their input. Just over a month later, I got a response from one of them, Bill Blaikie. Please read my email and his, below. Larry ========== From: Larry Powell [mailto:earthkeeperfarm@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 12:22 PM
To: Conservation, Minister; Agriculture, Minister; Finance, Minister
 Subject: News Story On LP's Pollution Controls Dear Honourable Ministers,

 I'd like to congratulate you all on your recent appointments to new portfolios!

I am a journalist based near Roblin who writes regularly on issues touching on your areas of ministerial responsibility. (I write for my blog - see link below - occasionally for weekly newspapers in my region and magazines such as Briarpatch and Sasquatc

Biotech Wheat Could Slam U.S. Wheat Prices -Report

Wed Jan 27, 2010 - By Carey Gillam CHICAGO, Jan 27 (Reuters) U.S. wheat prices could fall by 40 percent...

With Climate Change, Some Birds Are Taking Off for Migration Sooner; Not Reaching Destinations Earlier

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ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2010) Migrating birds can and do keep... (R.) Cape May Warbler Three American goldfiches (l.) migrated north to Manitoba, as they usually do in mid-spring of 2009. They were caught by a highly unusual major snowstorm in May! Photos by l.p.