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AgriCommunication plan to seek farmer-consumer dialogue

Ag exhibitions among expected beneficiaries

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The federal government has put up new funding toward improving consumers’ awareness of the “strengths” of Canada’s ag sector — and to improve farmer awareness of what those consumers want and expect. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Thursday announced an $8 million, three-year funding envelope for the first of two streams of what’s now called
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Bayer wins second straight verdict in a Roundup cancer case

Plaintiff's settlement demands unreasonable, company said

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Reuters — A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup herbicide was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on Thursday, delivering the chemical giant its second trial victory over claims the popular herbicide causes cancer. The jury in San Bernardino County found that Donnetta Stephens’ cancer was not caused by her exposure
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Audit finds Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19, housing inspections

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Toronto | Reuters — As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, federal government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack of evidence, according to an Auditor General report released Thursday. While Canadian provinces and territories set housing standards, the federal government is responsible for ensuring tens of
Southbound Canada geese take off from a field near the Oak Hammock Marsh wildlife management area on Oct. 8, 2004.
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Will Manitoba’s warm dry fall continue into winter?

OUTLOOK | Medium-range forecasts aren't looking too promising for major snowfalls

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As another month has come and gone, making fall now officially over, and with winter trying to establish a firm grip across the Prairies, it’s time to look back at both November’s weather and the fall of 2021. We’ll begin our summary of November’s weather across the Prairies with a look at the warmest province
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Spy agency sees ransomware attacks soaring

Aggressive hacking expected to increase

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Ottawa | Reuters — Global ransomware attacks increased by 151 per cent in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020 and hackers are set to become increasingly aggressive, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on Monday. The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), citing attacks on North American health facilities and a U.S. pipeline, said the scale
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Major shift in weather pattern ahead?

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FORECAST | Issued Nov. 25, 2021, covering the period from Dec. 1 to 8, 2021

I wouldn’t say last issue’s forecast was spot on, as it didn’t do very well on the details. What was accurate was the switch from an active relatively stormy pattern to a much quieter pattern. This forecast period faces a lot of uncertainty as the weather models have been bouncing back and forth between warm,
A restoration company vehicle sits in a flooded field at Abbotsford, B.C. on Nov. 30, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Weather

British Columbia braces for more heavy rain

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Ottawa | Reuters — British Columbia is facing more heavy rains as the province tries to recover from massive floods and mudslides, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth told reporters on Tuesday. Farnworth said crews were working to shore up dikes and dams, adding some roads would be closed protectively. Flooding over Nov. 14-16 in Canada’s
Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Nov. 24, 2021. Cooler-than-neutral sea surface temperatures at the equator are known to set up a La Nina event. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Weather

Prairie winter weather a sign of La Nina repeat

Full effects won't be seen for a while yet

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MarketsFarm — December marks the start of what meteorologists call “meteorological winter” — and this winter, the Pacific Ocean phenomenon known as La Nina may be rearing its head once again. La Nina (Spanish for “little girl”) is a climate pattern detected over the Pacific every few years where cooler water pools at the equator
BELOW: Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn at Abbotsford, B.C. are rescued on Nov. 16 by people in boats and on a Jet Ski. photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier
Other, Weather

A wet week across Western Canada

EXTREMES | An 'atmospheric river' of Pacific moisture unloaded over British Columbia

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There has been a lot going on in the weather across Western Canada, with record rains in British Columbia, fairly early and significant snows across much of the Prairies, and global temperatures still running warm despite La Niña. So, in this article I will go over the latest global temperatures and take a look at

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