Farmers contest minister’s claim that grain-farmers’ carbon costs are tiny
Grain farmers are adamant that Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau was wrong when she said this week grain farmers were, at most, paying $819 a year in carbon…
Here’s what different provinces, territories are planning for COVID-19 reopenings
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.Here's a look at what some of the provinces…
Alberta planning to create provincial parole board
Alberta will have its own parole board to hear applications from provincial inmates, should new legislation become law.The United Conservative Party government introduced a bill Monday that…
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world March 14
Some of the latest developments: N.L. and P.E.I. announced their first cases on Saturday. Saskatchewan confirmed its first two presumptive cases. B.C. detected nine new cases, bringing…
Low number of federal LGBTQ candidates in parts of Canada shows still ‘a lot of work to do,’ candidates say
Trevor Kirczenow is concerned about the state of the environment and the world he and his husband's two kids will inherit if more isn't done to combat…
Breaking news: Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in America. Wanda Tucker believes her relatives were the first
LUANDA, Angola – Wanda Tucker stepped off the plane to a sky so gray it blended into the tarmac. She inhaled, balanced her new bag with the…
Breaking news: One deadly week reveals where the immigration crisis begins — and where it ends
Leer en español SAN LUIS RÍO COLORADO, Mexico – The sun still hides beyond the desert’s dark horizon as Jaime Escalante Galvez, his wife Leydi Gonzalez and…
NPS raises alarm as herdsmen clash with farmers, loggers nationwide
Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator-General, National Park Service, NPS, has said the conflicts with the service staff, herdsmen, loggers and farmers at the seven parks across the…
BoI, Oxfam partner to empower 4,000 farmers
THE Bank of Industry (BoI) has signed a partnership agreement with Oxfam to disburse N200 million to empower about 4,000 farmers in Nasarawa, Benue and Plateau States,…
Farmers, Herdsmen Call On Govt To Intervene Over Fresh Crisis
Farmers and herdsmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State have called on the government and security agencies to intervene as a fresh crisis surfaced in the state. The…