Tag Archives: agriculture

A report by the Humane Society of Canada says better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year. Here's a list of which animals die...

Canada's Humane Society wants Ottawa to require better fire protection in barns to help prevent the deaths of many thousands of animals every year. The society says in a report that nearly 750,00...

OTTAWA - The Conservative opposition says the government must compensate dairy farmers within 90 days of the new North American trade deal becoming law, saying the sector is the biggest loser in the r...

KERI, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting a farm in Senegal's "California" today, seeing first-hand the benefits of some Canadian aid funding. The Niayes region is feeling the effects ...

Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research. But Evan Fraser of the University of Guelph, a co-author of the international study, warns that si...

Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research. But Evan Fraser of the University of Guelph, a co-author of the international study, warns that si...

OTTAWA - Research measuring the effort of climate change on bees suggests they are only half as likely to be found in areas where they were once common. "Things are just getting way too hot for t...

Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister leaves Thursday on a trade mission to the Middle East and Asia. David Marit will make stops in the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and India, meeting with go...

Agricultural producers in Saskatchewan are predicting the federal carbon tax will cause a 12 per cent hit on their incomes by 2022, according to a media release from their lobby group. "Federal Minist...

GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut - Two converted sea cans sitting on the rocky tundra are bringing fresh vegetables to the Arctic. The overseas shipping containers have been turned into greenhouses that are&...