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Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

Nov. 18, 2021 at 3:03 pm CST

Abbotsford | Reuters — Rescuers and workers in British Columbia were still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in what could be the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history. Receding flood waters were helping rescue efforts, but the […]

B.C. calls emergency, expects more deaths from 500-year flood

Nov. 17, 2021 at 5:28 pm CST

By Jesse Winter

Severe B.C. rainstorms spur landslides, shut roads

Nov. 15, 2021 at 8:51 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

Tim Hortons parent to buy Firehouse Subs as other brands drag

Nov. 15, 2021 at 5:04 pm CST

By Praveen Paramasivam

APEC ministers call for curbs on farm, fuel, fishing subsidies

Nov. 10, 2021 at 1:33 am CST

By David Brunnstrom David Lawder Praveen Menon

Conservatives’ Barlow to return as federal ag critic

Nov. 9, 2021 at 8:16 pm CST

A former agriculture critic for the federal opposition Conservatives will again handle the file when the House of Commons resumes sitting in two weeks. Conservative leader Erin O’Toole on Tuesday named John Barlow, MP for the southwestern Alberta riding of Foothills, as shadow minister for agriculture, agri-food and food security. […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. border reopens to Canadian land travelers

Nov. 8, 2021 at 4:36 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters — A steady stream of Canadian visitors, particularly retirees headed to U.S. sun spots, crossed the U.S. border by car on Monday for the first time in 20 months as Washington lifted travel restrictions. Traffic was heavy at times at some U.S. border posts such as Bluewater […]

By Reuters

Alberta ag minister resigns among allegations of heavy drinking

Nov. 5, 2021 at 3:48 pm CDT

Admitting he has a problem with alcohol, Devin Dreeshen resigned as Alberta’s minister of agriculture and forestry this morning. He has been replaced by Drumheller-Stettler MLA Nate Horner. “This morning, I offered Premier Jason Kenney my resignation as minister of agriculture and forestry and he has accepted,” Dreeshen said on […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Finding hope in Indigenous food

Nov. 5, 2021 at 9:45 am CDT

Almost half of Indigenous households living on reserve and a quarter of those living off reserve struggle with food insecurity, compared with about eight per cent for all households across Canada. The discovery earlier this year of the graves of 215 children buried at a former Indian residential school (and […]

By Helen Lammers-Helps

So just where do your old jugs, bale wrap and twine end up?

Oct. 29, 2021 at 8:59 am CDT

Recyclers really like your old pesticide and fertilizer jugs. But your grain bags, not so much. And demand for twine, silage bags, and bale wrap isn’t hot at all. That’s the upshot of a new report from Cleanfarms, the national non-profit created to find ways to deal with ag plastic […]

By Glenn Cheater