Road trip idea takes the literary route

Road trip idea takes the literary route

Step into the pages of Manitoba’s bookish history by touring the birthplaces of beloved stories

This summer staycation idea steps into the pages of Manitoba's literary history by touring the birthplaces of beloved novels and local authors such as Nellie McClung, Margaret Laurence, Martha Brooks and Gabrielle Roy.


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Agreement reached at Guelph Cargill plant

Nearly 1,000 unionized employees at Cargill Dunlop in Guelph ratified a new collective agreement on Saturday July 6. The workers, represented by Local 175 of the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), began strike action after turning down a deal on May 26.

Technology is set to take over some agricultural labour, but it doesn't solve Canada's lack of farm and food processing and food manufacturing workers.

Farmworkers in the US cultivate their own heat safety standards

Fair Food Program seeks to circumvent slow regulatory process

While regulations to protect agricultural workers from the heat have been held up by political wrangling, Gonzalo and her colleagues have spearheaded an alternate strategy. They seek to sidestep the slow and increasingly politicized government machinery and instead appeal directly to consumers and large brands.





A logo is seen at the headquarters of agricultural chemical maker Syngenta in Basel, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

Brazil sues Syngenta for alleged environmental damage

Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA has sued Syngenta alleging the chemicals company caused "environmental damage" by producing and selling pesticides using much higher concentrations of a carcinogen than allowed under law, according to court documents seen by Reuters.