Posts Tagged ‘grassroots’

a victory for backyard chickens

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Andre Mailloux, a chicken-raiser we spoke to in “What’s the Big Clucking Deal?” (Sept/Oct 09 issue), is allowed to keep his chickens… for now.

Grassroots response to nuclear

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Community in northwest Saskatchewan passes resolution opposing reactor on home turf

If you drive through the Rural Municipality of Britannia (northeast of Lloydminster), heading north on Hwy 17 and east on Hwy 3, you’ll come pretty close to an area known as North Bend. Named for a distinct northward hook in an otherwise south-bound river, North Bend is home to multi-generational farmers and ranchers whose physical and economic well-being are intimately tied to the well-being of their land, water and air.