Robbie Burns Day
(January 25, 2014) January 25 celebrates the birth of the great Scottish poet Robert Burns and all things Scottish. Since people of Scottish origin played such a large role in Canada’s history it is no surprise they played an important role in the development of grain and grain marketing in Canada. Wheat growing in North America was made possible by the work of Sir Charles Saunders,...
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The great poet Robbie Burns once observed that he wished some power would give us the gift to see ourselves as others see us. A couple of weeks ago political blogger and long time Alberta reporter David Climenhaga did just that when he wrote a column (Grass crime no! Grain crime yes! The inconsistencies of Prime Minister Harper!) on the hypocrisy of Stephen Harper being tough on crime,...
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