Churchill could possibly lose its’ economic bread and butter soon. The Canadian federal government seemingly is deciding to eliminate the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) as the restrictive structural decision making body for the Canadian wheat farmers. The current monopoly system mandated by the CWB forces prairie wheat farmers to sell the majority of their grain through [...]
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Posts from ‘June, 2011’
Spring Is For Breakups…Ice That Is.
Spring fever in the North brings renewed hope, happiness, and …um breakups! With the temperatures climbing above the freezing mark, many Northern regions experience the breakup phenomena. This usually occurs in a major river system but can also relate to a larger body of water such as a bay or inlet of some sort. In [...]
Churchill Snow and Photographers
The recent snow storm in Churchill has subsided and left a wintery veil over the imminent Spring weather seeping into the region. The snow storm was a reminder that Winter will not leave without a fight this June. Calm Air flights were delayed many hours (unusual?) as the storm ripped through the area. Temperatures have [...]
A Bucket of Water
On may 21st a group of Anishnawbe women, and men came through Churchill to fill a sacred bucket with water from the Hudson bay. The bucket was filled on the beach across from “Miss Piggy”, the infamous airplane wreck nestled into the granitoid rocks and willows up the hill. The group, along with about eight [...]