Heather Blewett and her daughter, Madelyn, wearing protective glasses, white lab coats and holding a flask in a lab.

Food facts matter over theories

AAFC researcher working to validate the health benefits of Canadian crops

Theories are interesting fodder over coffee at Tim Horton’s, but data matters.


Looking up from the ground at a large, round Bayer logo sign with a man wiping it clean with a cloth at the bottom.

Glyphosate class action moves forward in Canada

Bayer defends safety of the herbicide, but legal costs may force withdrawal from U.S. market

Multiple law firms across the country – in Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia and elsewhere – are now recruiting Canadians to join a class action lawsuit related to Roundup and cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.



Three pelicans fly low over a lake near sunset.

Making fishing fun for beginners

It will be a good day if you focus on your guest’s needs and interests

Taking a beginner angler on their first fishing trip is a big responsibility for a fishing mentor, but if you focus on your guests’ needs and interests, it can make for a lifelong memory.




A basket of eggs in the barn window at Motherwell Homestead near Abernethy, Sask.

Sask. food safety changes won’t include farm eggs

The province’s health minister said farm eggs can be sold at farmers’ markets after concern they would be caught up in new requirements

Saskatchewan has extended consultation on its food safety regulation amendments after an outcry about egg grading requirements.


A Canadian flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

WHAT WE HEARD: Farmers chime in on 2025 Canadian election priorities

Western Canadian farmers pointed to worries about trade and tariffs, government spending and Western alienation

There’s still time to share what matters to you and your farm in the 2025 Canadian federal election. Initial Glacier FarmMedia survey results single out tariffs and trade, government spending and western Canadian alienation.