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Lenore Newman, director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, said many in Western Canada have an "Old MacDonald image" of farming that is no longer realistic or sustainable.

Half of respondents said they are wary of the government's ability to protect free speech, and a majority said they support the controversial proposal to introduce stiffer sentences for hate speech crimes. 

Political support for the controversial agricultural framework has endured, despite the country's ongoing affordability crisis and critics who persistently warn that it's Canadian consumers who pay the price.

The head of the U.N. atomic agency told local Japanese representatives at a meeting in Fukushima on Wednesday that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined nuclear power plant has met safety standards and that any restrictions on products from the region are “not scientific.”

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet up face-to-face in Calgary today.

The findings from Leger come approximately one month before the federal government unveils its next budget. And environmental advocacy groups are urging Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to respond to public support by taxing the record profits of the fossil fuel sector.

"The truth is, the Ford government has neglected the fire program so badly that there is little that can be done to protect Ontarians this upcoming wildfire season,” said Noah Freedman, vice-president of Ontario Public Service Employees Union.

Data collected by birdwatchers reveals that the iconic white-tailed tropicbird is arriving earlier and earlier.

Two new reports find B.C.’s old-growth forests are still on the chopping block despite claims to the contrary by the provincial government and a U.K.-based corporation.

The U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups announced a proposal on Monday to address pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that officials say has been contaminating waterways and harming fisheries on both sides of the border for years.

Canada's federal government as well as organizations representing some the nation's beef producers warn a decision south of the border about "Product of USA" labels on meat, poultry and eggs could disrupt supply chains.

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she stopped at a recently built downtown Victoria rental apartment building on Monday before meeting with British Columbia Premier David Eby, where housing was slated to top the agenda.

One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees.

Quebec's finance minister says the budget he is expected to present later today will be "restrained" amid what he describes as a provincial economy in stagnation.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Haiti's now-departing prime minister about the ongoing humanitarian, security and political crises in that country.