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Protesters Disrupt Question Period

October 26, 2009 - CBC News A loud protest in the visitors gallery of the House of.... ===== "Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable." JFK

Can Your Diet Make You Happy?

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Eco Salon - Oct. 26th - '09 Farmers' Market - Regina SK. l.p. photo Wanna be happy and kick Prozac to the curb? Start eating your...

Manitoba Pork Producers To Benefit From $70 Million More...

Editor's note: If this is "sustainable agriculture," what, pray tell, is not? l.p. ======= Manitoba News Release ............................................................ October 26, 2009 In response to increased challenges facing Manitoba's pork industry, pork producers will now be able to access 75 per cent of their estimated 2009 AgriStability payment. This increase to the targeted advance payment will make an additional $70 million available in cash flow assistance to the industry. "This Government is always willing to adjust programs to make sure they hit the farmgate and that's why we're announcing targeted advances to Manitoba pork producers," said federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. "We're working side-by-side with the Government of Manitoba to help pork producers weather the current storm and get back to profitability." "The challenges facing our pork producers have neither decreased nor stabilized since June when

Forests Count in Our Fight Against Climate Change

Science Matters - October 23'09 By David Suzuki with Faisal Moola. In 1992, I attended an event that filled me with hope. Canada and the rest of the world had just signed a climate change treaty...

Biofuel Displacing Food Crops May Have Bigger Carbon Impact Than Thought

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ScienceDaily (Oc 25'09) A report has found that carbon loss stemming from the displacement of food crops and pastures for biofuels crops may be twice as much as.. . Canola field. l.p. photo

Poisoning Nature's Pollinators

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Please visit the Sasquatch, Saskatchewan's newest alternative magazine, for my latest update on declining world populations of honeybees and the shadowy role which giant makers of agri-chemicals are playing in this tragedy. As usual, your comments are welcomed! - the saskquatch news with a bite - Honeybee hive - (Note queen in upper left) l.p. PinP photo Author Larry Powell has been researching and writing about these important and endangered pollinators for some time. Check the Sasquatch link, not just for this but other stories critical to the future of our Prairie region. ======= Author's note: Few things smack of collusion between government "regulators," politicians and the agrochemical industry more than the honeybee debacle. While we know what these poison products are doing to the bees, they continue to be used. The message seems to be, we must solve every last facet of the CCD mystery before anything can be done. It's a bit like saying, &