Image by Property#1 via Flickr Farmers' net income to nosedive in 2010
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/05/16/sask-man-ag-report-cp-prices-income.html?ref=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/05/16/sask-man-ag-report-cp-prices-income.html?ref=rss
"The global recession has left producers facing lower consumer demand for their products — red meats in particular."
Agriculture Canada forecasts that realized net income for farmers in Alberta will be negative $516.3 million this year — a 254 per cent drop from $334.9 million in profit in 2009. In Saskatchewan, the realized net farm income is expected to total $980 million — a 55 per cent drop from the $2.2 billion forecast in 2009.
"We're providing sustenance to people, producing food, and when you see a 91 per cent drop right across the nation, that's scary."
Major natural gas find in N.B.: Halifax company
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/05/11/nb-corridor-gas-sussex-214.html?ref=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/05/11/nb-corridor-gas-sussex-214.html?ref=rss
Firefighters want protection against toxic blazes
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/05/17/ott-firefighters-toxic.html?ref=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/05/17/ott-firefighters-toxic.html?ref=rss
more training and better protection against toxic materials when putting out blazes at sites where plastics, microfibres or resins are burning.
CFB Goose Bay halts search and rescue role
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/05/18/nl-labrador-sar-518.html?ref=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/05/18/nl-labrador-sar-518.html?ref=rss
Order to cut navy's coastal vessels rescinded
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/14/navy-cut-rescind014.html?ref=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/14/navy-cut-rescind014.html?ref=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/05/18/dinovo-cyclists-bill549.html?ref=rss
Solar panel plant to start up in Windsor
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/05/12/windsor-solar-plant.html?ref=rss
Start production by the end of the year on Windsor airport lands and employ up to 200 people by next spring — and possibly 500 in total within three years.
Ontario to introduce water-technology bill
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/18/ont-clean-water.html?ref=rss
The government wants to make it easier for people to use less water, and could eventually offer financial incentives for conservation programs, such as helping consumers buy low-flow toilets.
RCMP gun confiscations prompt legal fight
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/17/guns-confiscation.html?ref=rss
60% of B.C. RCMP staff considered quitting
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/05/12/bc-rcmp-staff-survey.html?ref=rss
MPs reject request to audit expenses
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/14/fraser-expenses-management-board.html?ref=rss
The Board of Internal Economy issued a rare news release Thursday stating the proposed audit "would go beyond the scope of the auditor general's mandate."
Recent examinations of politicians' spending habits in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Britain have exposed some sensational examples of waste and greed.
Lindhout starts scholarship for Somali women
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/05/16/calgary-lindhout-somalia-scholarship.html?ref=rss
Teen prodigy plays with Iraqi orchestra
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/22/iraqi-orchestra-prodigy.html?ref=rss
No U.S. court hearing for Bagram detainees
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/21/bagram-detainees-no-court-hearing-us.html?ref=rss
Canada, U.S. to toughen truck emission rules
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/21/greenhouse-emissions021.html?ref=rss
( There's a wonderful sense of timing. Now will that increase or decrease fuel consumption ? Contrary to what one might expect - past experience has been loss of drivability, weird computer gliches and a drop in efficiency. )
I follow Shoe. No comic today....welll. Not the usual.
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