A colourful and tightly-packed collection of fruit and vegetables including apples, oranges, turnips, cauliflower and carrots.

Chronic disease solution identified

Scientists from the University of Florida argue that more research funding is needed for fruit and vegetable production

Scientists argue that research spending on fruit and vegetable crops is almost nothing when compared to the amount of money spent on health care research.

Close-up photo of a dead blacklegged tick laying on a piece of lined white paper next to a clear plastic ruler to show its length.

Blacklegged ticks gain ground in Saskatchewan

Numbers are still low, but their presence is cause for concern because they can carry Lyme disease and spread it to humans

As of early June, 11 blacklegged ticks had been identified in Saskatchewan, based on reports to a monitoring service called etick.ca.