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U.S. Coal Giant Owed Money to Canadian Climate Change Deniers

NATIONAL OBSERVER A Canadian climate change denial group has popped up in a U.S. coal giant's  bankruptcy proceedings that have lifted the curtain on the funding of a sophisticated continent-wide marketing campaign designed to fool the public about how human activity is contributing to global warming. Story here.

Large Herds in Remote Areas Raise Predation Risk

THE WESTERN PRODUCER Cattle sector looks at strategies to reduce animal losses, including guardian animals. Story here.

Winter Wheat Close to Fusarium Spray Window

Manitoba Co-Operator In addition to crop staging farmers should assess how much risk their crop faces before applying a fungicide. Story here.

Liz Makes More Sense in the House of Commons (No One Applauds)

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Petition to Create Metis Hunting Zones

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CJ Radio PinP photo. The Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba has passed a resolution and created a petition to have the Provincial Government create designated hunting zones for Metis status hunters in the province. Story here.

Energy East - Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction

CCPA TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East pipeline (EE), if approved, will run from Hardisty Alberta to St. John, New Brunswick and will carry bitumen from Alberta’s Tar Sands to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick. Story here.

Exposed: Pesticide Industry Deployed Aggressive Lobby Effort to Quash Bee Protections

Common Dreams Bayer, Monsanto, and Syngenta are effectively "shaping new pollinator 'protection' plans nationwide that do little to protect bees, but a lot to protect industry profits." Story here.