Global News | World latest News| Trending News
Following a summer with intense rain and continuous heat, local apple and pumpkin farmers are weighing in on how their growing seasons turned out. Tyler Downey is the owner of Downey’s Big Apple Farm in Maryhill, just outside of Breslau. The farm has been operating locally since 2019, but his father opened the first Downey’s…
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is looking into the massive bee kill that happened at Mikkola Family Farm & Apiary in Lively early in June. Spokesperson Gary Wheeler told CBC News in an email that staff visited the property where the sudden deaths took place in late August. They are currently “assessing the available information…
Confederation Centre CEO Steve Bellamy is trying to ease some concerns expressed recently on social media about an upcoming major renovation at the centre. The centre will undergo big changes in the next couple of years. The space that used to host Charlottetown’s main provincial library branch will be converted into a national cultural leadership…
It’s been a rough stretch for many Canadian ranchers, with drought, pandemic-rattled supply chains and soaring feed and fuel prices taking a toll on those who raise their herds on the Prairies. Now, recent numbers from Statistics Canada provide some insight into the depth of those impacts, as operators opted to cull their herds in the face of shrinking profit margins….
Conservationists are sounding the alarm over dwindling old-growth forests on an island off British Columbia’s South Coast — and a new report backs up their concerns. B.C.’s Forest Practices Board says without improvements to how forests on Quadra Island are managed, the remaining old growth there may not survive. The board’s investigation started after the…
