For farm families everyday is family day
by admin on Feb 17, 2014 in Articles and Letters
Editor’s note: (February17) On Family Day we are printing this article to honour those farm families who contribute so much to Canadian society and the legacy their forbearers created. by Murray Hidlebaugh (Feb 17/2014) Grain farmers on the prairies are rediscovering their ability to work together and with others for a common cause. That cause is remedying the erosion of their...
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(March 8, 2012) Today is when we recognize and celebrate women’s economic, political, and social achievements. In Canada we often forget that until 1929 women were not even considered “persons” under our laws. Too few remember how women overcame this abomination in our legal system. It all started with the grain farmers of western Canada. For over 30 years, since the 1890s they...
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