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Politics

Crackdown on abuses in low-wage TFW program won’t target farms, feds say

Ottawa The federal government says a promised crackdown on abuses in the low-wage stream of its temporary foreign workers (TFW)…

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Canada

Court rejects bid to review minister’s order to B.C. salmon farms

The Federal Court has rejected a bid by two First Nations and salmon farm operators to review Ottawa’s decision to…

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Canada

Hydro-Québec will develop large-scale wind farms to meet growing energy demand

Hydro-Québec announced Thursday that it will begin constructing and operating wind farms, an activity that had previously been reserved for…

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Tech

The solar storm knocked out GPS equipment on farms — and it could happen again

Tanner Borsa was working his farm near Yellow Creek, Sask., last weekend when the Global Positioning System in his tractors…

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Nova Scotia

Is more needed to protect migratory birds as N.S. expands land-based wind farms?

With Nova Scotia going all in on land-based wind farms to reduce reliance on burning fossil fuels for electricity, there…

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Canada

Salmon farms impacting wildlife: conservation group report

Conservation group Watershed Watch Salmon Society (WWSS) says a new report, compiling numbers of wildlife — from whales to herring —…

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Nova Scotia

Seals and porpoises near fish farms aren’t a threat to migrating Atlantic salmon, report says

A study led by Fisheries and Oceans Canada has found seals and porpoises pose little risk to migrating Atlantic salmon in…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia government retreats on plan to fast-track wind farms in coastal bays

The Nova Scotia government is tapping the brakes on its plan to fast-track wind farms inside bays where it has sole…

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Canada

Are solar farms really a threat to food farms?

Sprawling solar farms have raised concerns that renewable energy will harm food production in Canada — including in Alberta, where…

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Nova Scotia

Fishermen in Maine lobbied to keep wind farms out of crucial fishing grounds. Will it happen in N.S.?

A no-compromise lobbying campaign by Maine lobster harvesters has helped keep wind farms out of a crucial lobster fishing area in the Gulf…

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