Agriculture
Sequans Launches Taurus 5G NR SoC Platform for High-Bandwidth IoT Applications
The Taurus product portfolio from Sequans Communications includes chipsets for chip-on-board designs, carrier-certified modules in various form factors, and module reference designs for...
President Buhari to Address Nation in Farewell Broadcast
President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28, at 7 am. This...
Crop-destroying grasshoppers chewing away at Manitoba farmers’ livelihoods
For a fourth year in a row, Manitoba’s grasshopper population is on the rise and causing more issues for farmers already struggling to...
Canadians have a lot to learn about this country’s history of slavery, experts say
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about slavery. As Sharon Robart-Johnson walks around the Black history room at the Yarmouth County Museum, she points...
How Canadian tourism sustains Cuba’s army and one-party state
Standing on a street corner in Montreal, Reinaldo Rodriguez has a message for Canadians. “Canadian tourists are feeding the Cuban regime,” he told...
Eye in the sky: Alberta startup touts drones as wildfire fighting game changer
An aerospace startup company near Edmonton has patented technology it believes can help step up the game of fighting wildfires and other natural...
Already battered by drought, Manitoba cattle farmers could face even worse conditions
Jason Bednarek has never seen drought this bad in Manitoba’s Interlake region, and midway into July, the third-generation farmer is already racked with worries about what he’ll...
Insect poop can be used to make sustainable fertilizer — and help plants weather climate change
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Ontario woman leaves office life behind to help save 115-year-old family farm
When Jenn Schooley works in the orchard of her family farm, surrounded by dwarf fruit trees and bright, fragrant fields of lavender — her mother’s “field of dreams” —...
Ford shuffles cabinet, Rod Phillips replacing Merrilee Fullerton as long-term care minister
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is shuffling his cabinet, with former finance minister Rod Phillips — who resigned from his post following a Caribbean vacation...
Canada’s cattle sector on guard as beef-labelling talk returns in the U.S.
In the annals of North American trade disputes, the fight over mandatory country-of-origin labelling on beef and pork probably deserves its own chapter. When...
How urban gardening could be at the forefront of climate change adaptation in Canada’s cities
Jewel Gomes is getting ready for another growing season in her tiny Toronto backyard, home to her many experiments in agronomy. This summer,...
Why beef is off the menu for some climate-conscious foodies
Growing up on a farm in southern Ontario, Toronto chef Ikeila Wright says she ate enough beef as a child to last her a...
Victims of Ponzi scheme call for reopening of probe into offshore money transfers
Victims of a massive investment fraud that operated for years out of Montreal and siphoned more than $500 million offshore are calling on...
Blue roofs could help reduce the flooding effects of big storms
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