Shoal Lake Wild Rice Ltd., operated by Winnipeg’s Ratuski family for 70 years, is hearing the same figures from its suppliers — crops are down 60 to 70 per cent in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and ...

Wild rice is a natural crop in northwestern Ontario and Manitoba. Murray Ratuski, operator of the Shoal Lake Wild Rice plant, said that cool temperatures and a lot of moisture affected the plant ...

"It's been like that for three years already." Murray Ratuski, owner of Shoal Lake Wild Rice in Winnipeg, said he has been getting steady calls for his product. "We've seen a lot of inquiries come ...

The original Shoal Lake site allowed for gardening, trapping and harvesting of wild rice. The move to the peninsula left the community with a terrain of swamp, clay and rock. The City of ...

the Anishinaabe used the waters of Shoal Lake and the surrounding lands for survival and trade, with the water providing an abundance of sturgeon, blueberries and wild rice. But now, the community ...