• Organic farm plan plowed under

  May 22, 2010 - 5 h 00

  The otherwise pristine view of tree-lined Windsor Lake is marred up by litter-filled culverts, traffic zooming along the highway and heavy machinery parked near a construction company headquarters. People can't fish the lake, or swim in it. No...

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• PM snuffs plea to legalize pot in YouTube interview

  March 17, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Gristly goats make cliff their home

  March 15, 2010 - 5 h 00

  They have survived bullets and the worst weather Mother Nature can dish out, and still manage to find sustenance on a precarious cliff face overlooking the harbour. The two goats on Spectacle Head in Cupids have certainly lived up to the species'...

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• Country Ribbon to build protein plant

  March 4, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• New animal laws coming

  March 2, 2010 - 5 h 00

  St. John's SPCA executive director Debbie Powers was overjoyed Monday when the province announced it would bring in a new animal protection act in the spring sitting of the legislature. "Hallelujah is all I can say," Powers said. "We worked hard...

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• Dunderdale says new animal protection legislation on the agenda

  March 1, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Justice minister says Quebec Innu refused to meet

  February 22, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Genetically engineered pigs one step closer to dinner plate

  February 19, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Genetically engineered pigs are one step closer to becoming meat on Canadian kitchen tables with the federal government poised to declare that they do not harm the environment. Canwest News Service has learned Environment Canada has determined...

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• Pharmacy group and Medavie Blue Cross reach tentative deal

  February 3, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• No antibiotics or growth hormones added to feed at Ontario hog farm

  January 30, 2010 - 5 h 00

  It took the death of their two-year-old son from liver cancer in 2001 for hog farmer Paul Hill and his wife Rosie to re-evaluate their lives and in particular how they could make the world a better place. The result is that they are now raising...

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Other news

• January 21, 2010 The farm doctor is in
• December 4, 2009 A helping of issues
• November 26, 2009 Minister outlines actions to protect endangered species
• November 19, 2009 New initiative helps dairy industry feed itself
• November 5, 2009 Update on H1N1 Influenza this afternoon
• November 4, 2009 Government to provide update on H1N1 Influenza
• November 3, 2009 Update this afternoon on H1N1 Influenza
• October 23, 2009 Ethiopia seeks $121 million in urgent food aid
• October 2, 2009 New clinic in Flowers Cove will have 24-hour service: Oram
• October 1, 2009 Agrifoods and garden show celebrates 11 years
• September 29, 2009 Tom Osbourne leads the polls in Arnold's Cove The Packet
• September 29, 2009 Update: Patten wins Pouch Cove by 21 votes
• September 2, 2009 Most Canadians say swine flu hasnt put them off pork: survey
• August 15, 2009 St. John's Farmers' Market
• August 15, 2009 No deadline to ratify deal on boundary