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An aerial view shows a damaged road as a flood sweeps through, near Lytton, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021. (Handout photo from B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Reuters)
Crops, Other, Weather

B.C. rains shut CN, CP mainlines and Highways 1, 7

Repairs already underway, CN says

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The effects of rainstorms pelting southern British Columbia’s Interior have reached into the Prairies by effectively cutting off grain traffic to Vancouver. Canadian National Railway said Tuesday that heavy rainfalls in the region have led to mudslides and washouts on its network. Crews are inspecting affected areas and “carrying out repairs which are critical to
Flooded roads are seen near Chilliwack, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021 after rainstorms lashed parts of the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Other, Weather

Severe B.C. rainstorms spur landslides, shut roads

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian helicopters carried out multiple missions on Monday to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles on a highway after huge rainstorms sparked landslides in British Columbia. The rainstorms that started on Sunday triggered landslides, shut roads, prompted the evacuation of an entire community, forced an oil pipeline to close
File photo of a farmed mink. (Konstantin Sokolov/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

B.C. calling halt to mink farming

Live mink on farms to be banned in 2023

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British Columbia’s remaining mink farmers are “devastated” by the province’s proposal to phase out their industry over risks related to COVID-19. The province announced Friday it’s starting the process toward a permanent ban on mink farming — beginning with a ban on mink breeding, followed by a ban on live mink on farms by April
A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)
Other

U.S. border reopens to Canadian land travelers

Travel business sees 'tremendous pent-up demand'

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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 Bridge, Michigan near Sarnia, Ont.,
The culture of Canadian farms is one of risk balanced with reward and that can extend to children on the farm, sometimes with tragic results.
News, Other

Risk and reward

Are injury rates in Canadian agriculture driven by farm culture?

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Risk taking starts young on the Canadian farm and it persists for a lifetime. Farmers know why they take risks, too; risk taking can be rewarding. It’s the name of the game in agriculture. But risk taking in the farm workplace also injures and kills farmers, their family members and workers, too. Compared with other
Few farmers have taken the time to write a formal safety plan, a recent FCC study found.
News

Conference digs into safety, farm culture on Canadian farms

"People say, ‘I do things safely,’ but don’t actually do things to support that. We’ve got to figure that out.”

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Most farmers believe they do their jobs safely, and most also say they have unwritten rules on their farm to do the work without anyone getting hurt. But Canadian farmers also say an injury, or a near miss, hasn’t made them change their work behaviour, nor has it spurred them to put a safety plan
Grain bins can be a dangerous location and safety precautions are very important.
News

Don’t be complacent around grain storage hazards

The list of dangers is very long, and it includes people who aren’t properly trained

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Glacier FarmMedia – There’s a plethora of hazards associated with storing and moving grain, and farm safety expert Robert Gobeil had a long list during a recent online presentation. Those entering a storage area containing a grain mass can be sucked under flowing grain, trapped by avalanching grain, and fall through crusted or bridged grain
Sea surface temperature anomalies over the Pacific Ocean in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Oct. 13, 2021. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Weather

Another La Nina winter predicted

Polar vortex to chill Prairies, more snow further east, AccuWeather says

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Data compiled by a U.S. federal weather forecasting agency show La Nina conditions have developed over the central Pacific Ocean and are likely to linger through February. And La Nina, in turn, is expected to produce hard cold snaps over the Prairies, above-normal precipitation over southern British Columbia and relatively mild temperatures with more snow
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Dangerous and inaccurate image

A recent photo in this publication sent the wrong message to all

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In a recent issue there was an article titled “Fertilizer prices climb sky high alongside commodity prices.” The article content may be good but I haven’t read it yet. I got stopped at the DANGEROUS photo of the anhydrous ammonia tanks that you purchased from Getty Images. This image sends all the wrong messages to
A City of Iqaluit worker fills a water truck at the Sylvia Grinnell River after authorities ordered the Nunavut capital’s 7,000 residents not to drink the city’s water due to suspected fuel contamination, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Casey Lessard)
Other

Iqaluit confirms ‘exceedingly high levels’ of fuel in water supply

Water not safe for cooking or drinking, city says

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Reuters –– The Canadian city of Iqaluit said lab results confirmed that fuel had entered its water supply, officials announced Friday. Analysis of samples from one of the city’s water tanks found “exceedingly high levels of various fuel components,” Amy Elgersma, Iqaluit’s chief administrative officer, said, adding it was likely diesel or kerosene. Residents in

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