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Grim hunger conditions remain in Somalia
Cuts to the federal aid budget are a step in the wrong direction amid immense need, aid organizations such as the Canadian Foodgrains Bank say
Fraser: Expectations should be low for Food Systems Summit
global The emerging international consensus is unlikely to please the Canadian ag sector
The emerging international consensus is unlikely to please the Canadian ag sector Canadian producers should prepare for disappointment at the upcoming United Nations’ Food Systems Summit. Planned to take place in New York this September, the summit will look to launch new strategies to deliver on the UN’s 17 development goals. In Canada, dialogues have
Municipal Board considering benchmark ruling
Lawyers weigh in on precedent to be set in quarry appeal
Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan pulses heading for a good year
Syngenta to halt Canadian cereal development operations
With drugs pipeline in focus, Bayer seen considering cuts
Energy strategy could help rural Manitoba
Rather than being a solution to provide lower costs and prices, the Hydro monopoly has become a barrier to innovation
Rural infrastructure to get cash infusion
The numbers look impressive, but the breakdown between provincial and municipal spending needs to be examined when funding is announced
Prepare now for future climate havoc, IISD report urges
Coulter-Waskada bridge to be repaired by early spring, says province
Despite economic recovery, use of food banks at near-record levels
More than 700,000 Canadians turn to food banks every month, and many of them are employed or from two-parent households
Food bank use is at near-record levels and will only come down if there’s an increase in affordable housing, says Food Banks Canada. More than 700,000 Canadians turn to food banks every month because they have “to choose between paying rent or buying food,” said Katherine Schmidt, the organization’s executive director. “At the root of