How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store …
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From fast food to construction, employers turn more and more to temporary foreign workers
Businesses’ demand for temporary foreign workers has surged across the country in recent years, with employers given the green light to hire more than double the people through the federal …
PWHL Montreal’s Melodie Daoust retires, will begin new chapter as a coach
She was an MVP at the Olympics, an all-star gold-medal “collector” at the worlds and Winter Games, an original member of Montreal’s Professional Women’s Hockey League roster, and a dream …
South Africa: corruption, crime and jobs top issues as voters go to polls
South Africans began voting on Wednesday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, with opinion polls suggesting the African National Congress (ANC) will lose its parliamentary majority …
Hong Kong’s escaped emu: search still on for owner after bird captured following 3-hour chase on busy roads
Hong Kong authorities are still looking for the owner of an emu that dodged traffic on busy roads and strolled through a public housing estate in the northern part of …
2nd human infected with H5N1 bird flu in U.S., CDC says
A Michigan farm worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows. The patient had mild eye symptoms and …
Federal tests find no signs of bird flu virus in Canadian retail milk
Early tests on milk being sold in Canada found no signs of the virus that causes a dangerous form of bird flu, federal officials say. Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) …
Scientists watching wastewater for signs of H5N1 as U.S. bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle grows
Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are watching wastewater for early signs of H5N1 as an outbreak of bird flu among American dairy cattle keeps growing. With cases confirmed in …
Canada expanding surveillance, testing milk for H5N1 avian flu amid U.S. dairy cattle outbreak
Federal officials say Canada is expanding its surveillance for a dangerous form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak of H5N1 in U.S. dairy cattle, with monitoring efforts now set to …
Pasteurized milk includes remnants of H5N1 bird flu, U.S. officials say
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that samples of pasteurized milk have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. The agency stressed that …