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News flash: Farming is fun
Reading Time: 2 minutes Being an ag reporter is, by all accounts, a pretty interesting job — until you’re talking to a group of six-year-old farm kids who just want to visit the dairy barn already. Last month, I was invited to give a little presentation about my job to a central Alberta 4-H Cleaver Kids club, a precursor […] Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: Carefree summer camp — no kids allowed
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was never much for summer camp. Endless hours sitting in a hot, dusty church doing crafts; athletic competitions disguised as fun and games; cranky children and even crankier camp counsellors — none of that was for me. That is, until I attended horse camp. As an adult. Toward the end of August, I spent […] Read more