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It has been a wild two weeks since the fishing season opened. Many anglers have been enjoying the great outdoors and catching a few fish along the way. Walleye fishing has been excellent in many of our lakes and rivers. Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba have been good for both numbers of fish and some big walleye. Freshwater drum are biting in the Whitemud and on the Red River. The channel catfishing has been excellent on the Red and good on the Assiniboine. We also got some much-needed rain in southern Manitoba which has alleviated drought conditions to some extent. It has also helped raise water levels. Now for some tremendous news. Last year was a hard year on our fisheries resource due to a large increase in angling pressure. To address that problem, the Manitoba Fisheries Department put together a comprehensive plan to overhaul fisheries management in this province. This 10-page document is titled: Manitoba's Recreational Angling Strategy — Managing our World-class F...

The long push to tear down Interstate 10 over N. Claiborne Avenue received a critical endorsement earlier this spring, when President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal specifically called out the span that bisects Tremé as a historic inequity in need of removal. But White House support is only one of many things that would need to fall into place in order to return Claiborne to its former glory. Preliminary studies conducted over the past decade suggest years of additional planning and construction — and the outlay of potentially billions of dollars — would need to happen before the project comes to fruition. A mural of the late New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint is seen on a building at the corner of Kerlerec Street and N. Claiborne Avenue on Friday, May 14, 2021. (Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate) STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE And while Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration is eagerly eying the fede...

Finding the perfect spot to work from home is no easy task. And it's a challenge so many of us have faced this past year – the kitchen table? The box room home office? And on some of the lesser motivated even the bed? But none of these options provide that really separate space, a place to go that feels far enough away from home life that you can properly concentrate and work (mostly) undisturbed. So unsurprisingly, we have all been looking to our outside space to provide this refuge.  Garden offices, once seen as a luxurious bonus, are now becoming a must-have practical addition to a garden. But how do you go about adding a home office to a garden? Do you need planning permission to build a garden office? How much do they cost? Can you build one yourself? We have you covered, answering all the key questions so you know how to get started adding a stylish outdoor office to your garden... How much does a garden office cost? (Image credit: Green Retreats) So let...

Construction on a nearly $100 million new state veterans home on Oahu has finally begun after a series of delays and rejected locations. But, according to House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke, the 120-bed facility ended up on 7 acres in the Westside neighborhood of Kapolei that had been designated for affordable housing. "The problem is that apparently (veterans officials) have already broken ground and they received federal funds in 2013 so this is almost 10 years in the making," Luke said, adding that further delays could jeopardize the federal funds allocated for the facility. "This puts us in a bind." The dilemma underscores the frequently competing interests for scarce land on Hawaii's most populous and urban island. Housing prices and rents have skyrocketed in recent years, leaving many residents on the brink of homelessness. Nan Inc. was awarded a $75.5 million contract for building the new state veterans home in October. Crews began underground ...