Reading Time: 5 minutes Former professional hockey player says awareness and support for men’s mental health is improving, but there is still a long way to go.
Men’s mental health advocate says sharing personal stories and communicating crucial to mental health
Bob Wilkie says sharing personal stories and communicating crucial to mental health
Alberta cracks down on trucking industry
Alberta outcry in traffic safety leads to provincial crackdown on trucking industry with sanctions and shutdowns of commercial trucking companies and driving schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta transportation industry receives numerous sanctions and suspensions after crackdown investigation resulting from numerous bridge strikes and concerned calls and letters from concerned citizens
Digital age farmers need truth sleuth mindset
It has never been easier to fake information. Farmers today must be able to sort quality knowledge from misinformation and disinformation
Reading Time: 6 minutes Misinformation and disinformation are enjoying a surge in the age of the internet. Experts say agriculture and farmers shouldn’t take that threat lightly.
AgTalk, an online “coffee row” for farmers, has been renewed for two more years
Online support group brings connection to farmers
Reading Time: 4 minutes AgTalk, an online support system for farmers, has been renewed through 2027.
Tributes soar for HALO founding pilot Grant Fletcher
Original HALO pilot remembered for lives saved in numerous rural southern Alberta farming communities
Reading Time: 5 minutes Former southern Alberta farmer/rancher remembered as first pilot for HALO Air Ambulance, flying numerous missions and saving lives in rural communities.
AgTalk farmer mental health support platform sees partnership renewed
Do More Ag’s anonymous chat platform has seen more than 10,000 interactions since its launch in 2023
AgTalk, an anonymous online space for those in the agricultural sector to find mental health support, has seen its funding partnership renewed, the Do More Agriculture Foundation announced on Tuesday.
Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs
At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal
As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.
Ontario ag-gag appeal concludes, court ruling pending
Animal advocates argue law violates free expression; province defends focus on trespass, not speech
Animal rights advocates challenge the constitutionality of Ontario’s Security from Trespass Act, arguing it stifles undercover exposés and infringes on Charter freedoms; government defends the law as targeting trespass, not speech.
Keep your farm safe from fires as temperatures rise this spring
Keep water nearby, monitor burn barrels and use fire breaks to reduce the risk of major fire damage
Reading Time: 5 minutes With a dry spring in Alberta, fires on the farm get can out of control quickly. Keep in mind these tips to help prevent fires from starting on your operation.
Keep kids safe on the farm
Keeping kids safe and getting them involved and interested in the farm don’t have to be mutually exclusive
Reading Time: 4 minutes Children are an important part of a farm safety plan. While many farm kids work and play on the farm, safety must be a priority.
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