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Firefighters work at the site of a Russian air strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 14, 2024.

From Ukraine: Our common hive

The people of Ukraine continue to adapt, survive and even thrive

By Ihor Pavliuk May 29, 2024

You wake up in the morning and drink coffee before starting the work day. You turn on the TV and listen to a long list of deaths and destruction that happened in your country overnight. The announcer speaks almost without emotion, as if he is talking about everyday, ordinary things. You hear that 10 missiles

Other, Weather

Prairie forecast: Plenty of chances for rain

Forecast issued May 29, covering May 20 to June 5, 2024

By Daniel Bezte May 29, 2024

Looking at the big picture, we should see some warmer temperatures—after all it is June—but I still don't see signs of any sustained heat.

File photo of the Canada-U.S. border crossing connecting Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Michigan. (Eyfoto/iStock/Getty Images)

News, Other

Canadian Border Services workers vote to strike

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff May 24, 2024

Workers at the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) voted 96 per cent in favour of strike action, according to a statement released by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) earlier today.

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News, Other

Senate proposes third-party Commission to address systemic TFW issues

By Diana Martin May 22, 2024

An independent agency is needed to coordinate temporary and migrant labour policy, says a Senate committee report released yesterday.

Other, Weather

Prairie forecast: Cool, unsettled weather across the Prairies

Forecast issued May 22, covering May 22 to 29, 2024

By Daniel Bezte May 22, 2024

Rainy, cool and unsettled weather to continue across the Prairies as the influence of upper lows continue.

Other, Weather

Here comes thunderstorm season

STORMS | It's time to start looking at severe summer weather

By Daniel Bezte May 21, 2024

When it comes to severe weather, there are three levels of alert. Knowing these levels and what they mean is the first step to keeping yourself informed and safe.

An hour after sunrise, volunteers have completed about a third of their route.

News, Other

Conservation counting on annual bird survey

Every year, around this time of year, volunteers in Manitoba head out to take a key bird count

By Tim Sopuck May 15, 2024

It was the same every year. For 25 years, on one day at the end of June, my alarm would go off at 2:30 a.m. I’d slouch out of bed and hit the road to do my part for the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). My route was part of a network feeding numbers

Other, Weather

Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather across the Prairies

By Daniel Bezte May 15, 2024

For this forecast period, well, it's a bit of a mess. Overall, it looks like we could be stuck in a cool, wet pattern until the end of the month.

Protesters lead a model of reaper as Solidarity organisation and Polish farmers protest with Polish and Solidarity flags and anti Green Deal banners in front of European Parlament building in the centre of Warsaw, the capital of Poland on May 10, 2024. The protest in Poland is part of the European farmers’ protest against the EU’s Green Deal regulations. Polish farmers also demand a change to the EU agreement with Ukraine regarding the import of agricultural produce to the EU. The protest gathered over 100 thousand people. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/Sipa USA)

News, Other

Polish farmers march against ‘green poison’ EU climate change rules

By Reuters May 10, 2024

Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to European Union environmental regulations that farmers say are driving them out of business.

The average increase in value of cultivated Canadian farmland was 11.5 per cent in 2023, and there is clear evidence that the cost of owning land in some areas now outstrips its income generation ability.

Op/Ed, Opinion, Other

Opinion: Diversity may buffer risk of farmland buys

Should farmers consider ecological diversity as a risk management tool?

By Brenda Schoepp May 8, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – It’s the time of year that farmland often changes hands. This spring, there is an increase of sales in certain sectors, driven by land stress and owners’ inability to weather another financial or literal storm. Many of these properties are monocultures or singularly focused production units and highly dependent on one source

Daily Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Corn affecting barley prices in Lethbridge

Cargill to close Wisconsin beef plant, cut 221 jobs

Future of Food conference underscores need for unity in agriculture sector

Other

From Ukraine: Our common hive

Prairie forecast: Plenty of chances for rain

Canadian Border Services workers vote to strike

Senate proposes third-party Commission to address systemic TFW issues

Prairie forecast: Cool, unsettled weather across the Prairies

Here comes thunderstorm season

Conservation counting on annual bird survey

Prairie forecast: Cool and unsettled weather across the Prairies

Polish farmers march against ‘green poison’ EU climate change rules

Opinion: Diversity may buffer risk of farmland buys

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