Livestock

Canada Under Pressure to Produce More Food and Protect Agricultural Land: Report

Canada Under Pressure to Produce More Food and Protect Agricultural Land: Report

Jun 8, 20232 min read

A new report says that Canada’s agricultural land is under pressure to produce more food as demand grows domestically and internationally, while the industry grapples with limited resources and environmental constraints.  The report by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute released…

Investigation Continues Into Shooting Death of Horses

Investigation Continues Into Shooting Death of Horses

Jun 6, 20231 min read

R-C-M-P say an appeal for information has produced “considerable information” about the deaths of 17 Skeetchestn traditional horses, west of Kamloops, BC. The remains of the wild horses were found in early March near Walhachin — and police said at…

Right to Repair Legislation in Canada Being Considered

Right to Repair Legislation in Canada Being Considered

Jun 6, 20232 min read

Those in favour of creating a federal right to repair law say the government should avoid shaping such legislation according to the wishes of special interest lobbyists as Ottawa gets set to launch consultations on the issue. Ottawa signalled in…

Concerns Over Drainage Projects in Southeastern Saskatchewan

Concerns Over Drainage Projects in Southeastern Saskatchewan

Jun 5, 20231 min read

Landowners in southeastern Saskatchewan are raising concerns about drainage projects they say are flooding people downstream and wrecking roads.  Project documents show farmers in the Moosomin area have dug channels and ditches to move water out of wetlands and into…

NCC Plans to Conserve Prairie Grasslands

NCC Plans to Conserve Prairie Grasslands

Jun 5, 20235 min read

On World Environment Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) unveiled a bold and unprecedented plan to rally people and communities to conserve and care for one of the world’s most endangered and least protected ecosystems: Canada’s iconic Prairie grasslands.…