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Sep 08
MPs warn illegal meat smuggling crisis risks major disease outbreak

A new EFRA Committee report has said illegal meat smuggling is rising, putting public…

Sep 08
Shrinkflation bites as boxes of Quality Street and Celebrations lose weight | Food & drink industry

Tucking into a box of Quality Street or Celebrations is a Christmas tradition. But as…

Sep 08
Anti-separatist movement targets rural Alberta

As former Progressive Conservative deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk embarks on his…

Sep 08
Alberta’s agriculture would prosper outside Canada, separatist leader says

Cameron Davies, leader of the Republican Party of Alberta, believes the provincial…

Sep 08
Drought, farms and The Beaver Manifesto

The thing that makes beavers the bane of a farmer’s existence can also make them an…

Sep 06
Anthony Gismondi: Here are the best 'cheaper' red wines to sip this fall

With Labour Day behind us, the unofficial arrival of autumn is here. The shorter days,…

Sep 05
Alberta’s beets a sweet domestic segment in Canada’s sugar supply

The farm-to-table movement recently made its way to Molnar Farms in Barnwell, Alta.,…

Sep 05
Manitoba marks 100 years of building better crops

One hundred years ago, a new building went up near the banks of the Red River on the…

Sep 05
Growth plates are instrumental in shaping a horse’s life

Horsemen of old are rare today. Early in my veterinary career, I heard them speak of…