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Spring is heralded by the return of geese, but to many in Alberta’s poultry industry, migration means something different. With last year’s avian flu season considered the worst in years, farmers are being mindful to avoid their flocks contracting the disease.

Spring is heralded by the return of geese, but to many in Alberta’s poultry industry, migration means something different. With last year’s avian flu season considered the worst in years, farmers are being mindful to avoid their flocks contracting the disease.

Meet Greg Rickford, Ontario’s Minister of Indigenous Affairs (and the guy basically running point on Ring of Fire economic and community partnerships). If ever a politician was custom-built for the job, it’s Greg — he’s like the Swiss Army knife of northern development. Check out this resume: He starts out as a nurse in Brantford,…

Meet Greg Rickford, Ontario’s Minister of Indigenous Affairs (and the guy basically running point on Ring of Fire economic and community partnerships). If ever a politician was custom-built for the job, it’s Greg — he’s like the Swiss Army knife of northern development. Check out this resume: He starts out as a nurse in Brantford,…

Canada is the second-biggest source of foreign investment in Cuba, especially in tourism and mining. But Canadian companies with major operations in Cuba, including Sunwing and Sherritt International, now face unprecedented risks to their operations as the economy grinds to a halt and political change is in the air.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadians’ affection for the United States tends to rise and fall with whoever’s in the White House. It dropped for president George W. Bush, rose for Barack Obama, and then plunged during Donald Trump’s first term, only to rise again with Joe Biden. In the first year of Trump’s second presidency, however,…

Tumbler Ridge has been named one of two finalists in the annual Hockeyville contest, which now puts the small northern B.C. community one step closer to winning $250,000 for its local arena and a chance to host a pre-season NHL game.

Canada’s Christopher Morales Williams won the men’s 400-metre event Saturday at the world indoor track and field championships in Torun, Poland.

Curtis Wright used to start his mornings by waking up his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter and the first words he’d often hear were “Dada.” For the past four months, that has been replaced by phone calls from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre in Texas since the Edmonton-born man has been separated from the life…

Having a Michelin star hasn’t changed the way Marie-Josée Beaudoin and Patrice Demers run Sabayon, their cosy, terroir-focused eatery in the heart of Pointe-St-Charles, but it has put a spring in their step. “I was afraid expectations would be very high,” Beaudoin said, “but people are happy for us. There’s a sense of pride. Things…