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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
KAP president Jill Verwey.
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KAP looks to build bridges with provincial government

Challenges and opportunities of new administration feature at fall advisory council meeting

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Keystone Agricultural Producers had Manitoba’s new government top of mind when the general farm group met for its fall advisory council meeting Nov. 8. “Our team has already engaged with the NDP for the past year, and we believe that we have a strong working relationship with them,” said KAP President Jill Verwey. Why it
A flux tower installed as part of a network of sensors measuring greenhouse gas emissions across Canadian wetlands.
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Prairie wetlands emissions lower than expected

Research from Ducks Unlimited Canada used high-tech towers to measure greenhouse gas coming off wetlands

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Wetlands in Western Canada may emit significantly less methane than previously thought, according to recent research from Ducks Unlimited Canada. “There was always this notion that Prairie wetlands might be emitting a bunch of methane in the spring as they thaw,” said project lead Pascal Badiou, one of the scientists working for DUC’s research arm,
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Canada to boost carbon tax rebate for rural areas

Will also pause carbon tax on home heating oil for three years

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday announced a three-year carbon tax exemption for home heating oil and higher carbon tax rebates for people in rural areas, measures he said were intended to bring relief amid soaring costs of living. Trudeau’s Liberal government has implemented a price on carbon to combat
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Other, Weather, Weather Vane

The planet continues to get hotter

Global air and ocean temperatures are at record levels

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Let’s talk about record-breaking temperatures. Not daily records, not records for a city or country, but global temperature records. You may have seen an article or two about how September shattered the record for warmest month, after the warmest August on record. It looks like 2023 will be the hottest year on record for the planet. Let’s dig a
Stewards of Wabano Aki at the ceremonial grounds: (L-R) Ken Norquay, Fayaz Hasan, Jeremy Hogan, Kevin Teneycke, Gordon Beddome, Midge Stace, Cary Hamel, Rebekah Neufeld, Christine Chilton, Josh Dillabough, Wendy Norquay, Lauren James and Karine Whitcher.
News, Other

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: Conservation project marries agricultural and Indigenous interests

Project renamed to reflect Indigenous contributions to conservation

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This story has been reposted in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. For more stories of Indigenous farming, food sovereignty, challenges and triumphs in the ongoing work of reconciliation, see our Truth and Reconciliation landing page. It was a beautiful late September day near Shilo, Man., as Elder Roddy McKay, Anishinaabe
A hunter’s dream: a mature buck treads quietly toward a blind.
News, Other

Get prepared for the 2023 deer hunt

The outlook for 2023, what’s changed this year and why you should get excited

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The deer season is the finale of the hunting year for many hunters and, ahead of that season, hunters often look forward to traditions that are an essential part of the deer hunt. Afterward, gear is stowed, we dust off the ice-fishing equipment and we focus on bringing the fall bounty to the table. Muzzleloader
A service in the interior of the damaged church. Local farmers are helping in its restoration.
News, Other

From Ukraine: Rebuilding in the rubble

Hryhoriy Tkachenko revives his farm after the occupation

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One and a half years have passed since the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine. The farm of Hryhoriy Tkachenko came under attack in the first days of the war. During the three weeks of occupation, the farm was so badly damaged that he still cannot restore everything. It was the near-total destruction of 20 years of work. He
A rainbow appears over Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka on Sept. 20.
Other, Weather

Nature’s dazzling light shows

Water droplets and ice crystals in the atmosphere are media for the artwork

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Someone special asked if I could talk about rainbows and other optical weather-related phenomena, which are some of the most captivating displays in nature. These events are created by the interaction of sunlight with water droplets, ice crystals and atmospheric particles. Let’s look into the science behind the formation of rainbows and explore other optical wonders, and shed some light on

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