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‘As urban populations cry for housing, there’s a long list of rural communities that have watched their populations shrink for decades.’ – Alexis Stockford.
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Editorial: The rural housing solution

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Canada’s housing crisis is getting a lot of attention. In September, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre introduced a private members bill that would tie the infrastructure funding the federal government provides to municipalities to a stated threshold of extra homes built in that municipality per year. On Nov. 7, federal Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves
From beyond meat to the return of meat
Comment, Op/Ed

From beyond meat to the return of meat

Climate-based policies frequently ignore consumer preference and economic reality

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As I walk by a storefront that once housed the city’s largest ‘plant-based butcher’, the irony hits me. The new sign announces that this will soon open again – as a beef burger cafe. It brings to light the complexity of understanding Canadian consumers and their varying wants and needs. Protein in all sources is
How data is compiled, analyzed and managed serves to magnify its impacts, be they good or bad.
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: The dark side of data sharing

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Data is a big part of our lives. It is built into the cell phone plan we pay for every month, our credit score and every part of every supply chain that brings us the things we use and consume. It can be used to spot patterns, optimize operations, save money and create better end
Since Ottawa has paused the carbon tax for heating oil, a compelling case can be made for examining the impact on our entire food supply.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Carbon tax makes Canadian food production less competitive

Recent claims that the carbon tax has little effect are poorly thought out

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The federal government has put a hold on the carbon tax applied to heating oil for the next three years and announced a doubling of the rural supplement in the carbon tax rebate program. In mere minutes, Ottawa transformed the carbon tax into a negotiable political lightning rod and lent credence to carbon tax critics.
‘We didn’t hear any Wheat Grower concerns about bread price last year when wheat prices were pushing $15 per bushel.’ – John Morriss.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Fighting for low prices

One bushel of barley can make 500 bottles of beer, but the Wheat Growers are asking for help to make it cheaper

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Glacier FarmMedia – It used to be that if you wanted to raise a farmer’s blood pressure, you only had to suggest that an increase in bread prices was due to a change in the price of wheat. If you were around then, you’ll remember that food prices had risen so far that the government
Much of our past investment in water management infrastructure has been dedicated to either keeping water at bay or getting rid of it as quickly as possible.
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Division or unity on water?

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Wab Kinew wouldn’t be the first Manitoba premier who came into office vowing to represent all Manitobans or to preach the politics of unity. However, he may be looking at a steeper slope. He comes into office as post-pandemic discord has created deep societal polarization and faces a quagmire of intersecting crises, including the escalating
‘… there are many thousands of kilometres of road ditches mowed every year and the mowing is often paid for by taxpayers. Those thousands of kilometres of mowing add up to thousands of acres of forage that is chopped and left in the ditches.’
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Time to stop wasting ditch grass

Publicly funded forage could be one small step toward climate resiliency

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It is time for Alberta and perhaps the rest of the Prairies to start thinking outside the box and recognize we may have to start doing things differently. We can start with a new approach to emergency cattle feed supplies. For the past three years, a feed crisis has risen in the Prairies, affecting many
Comment: The optimal land use breakdown – in theory
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Comment: The optimal land use breakdown – in theory

Outside any societal factors, what would the world look like if we allocated land ideally?

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What would the world look like if we could decide – globally and collectively – to allocate all our land in the optimal way? Where would we grow food and find water, and what areas would we leave to nature? Researchers in Germany have calculated optimal land use configurations that could work under future climate
A federal grain dryer exemption bill did not pass in 2021, but the concept was revived in Bill C-234.
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Waiting game on Bill C-234

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Mother Nature has thrown the federal government a bone on Bill C-234. Manitoba’s weekly crop reports show harvest 2023 ran ahead of the five-year average pretty much from the get-go. There were still some soybeans, corn and sunflowers to come off as of Oct. 17, as well as regional patches of canola. But, for the
Two farmers talking in a field.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmers the victims of food company decarbonization

Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonization efforts. Here’s why

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More than a third of the global greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity can be attributed to how we produce, process and package food, so it comes as no surprise that many large food-producing and retailing companies are under pressure from investors, politicians and environmental groups to clean up their operations. Several leading fast-food

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