Reading Time: 4 minutes As Canada navigates this belligerent U.S. government, a lingering question is whether this history of interwoven reciprocity is deteriorating into a complex entanglement of vulnerability.
OPINION: Three ways Canada can navigate an increasingly erratic and belligerent United States
OPINION: Draining wetlands produces substantial emissions in the Canadian Prairies
Reading Time: 4 minutes While wetlands sequester carbon, they also naturally release greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. Our new study has found that widespread wetland drainage on Prairie farmland releases 2.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂-eq) per year.
OPINION: Glyphosate — What Indigenous communities have suspected for years about the dangers of the herbicide
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite some conclusions that glyphosate poses no health risk, there have long been concerns regarding its impacts on the environment and human health, particularly from Indigenous communities.
Horses really can smell fear, new study claims, and it changes their behaviour
Reading Time: 4 minutes A new study shows how horses can detect chemical signals linked to human emotions, and that these signals can influence their behaviour and physiology.
Consumers not confused by plant protein ‘burgers’ or ‘milk’, research suggests
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers in Europe have long expressed concerns that plant-based substitutes could threaten traditional farming practices. However, research suggests that consumers aren’t confused by the terminology.
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
Reading Time: 4 minutes London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.
Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ukraine’s soil may no longer be able to sustain the country’s role as one of the major food producers without urgent action. And this could have consequences that stretch far beyond its borders.
How to deal with worry this Christmas
Reading Time: 3 minutes Christmas can be hard. For some people, it increases loneliness, grief, hopelessness and family tension, and the festive season has a way of turning ordinary concerns into urgent ones.
How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
Reading Time: 4 minutes Avian influenza is a virus that is clearly a threat to livestock and human health. Our team, a collaboration of governments and academics across the country, recently assessed the extent of HPAI A(H5Nx) in at-risk species across Canada.
Mark Carney lifted some tariffs against the U.S. Was that a wise tactical move, or a bad blunder?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Though some might call it weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to lift the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods covered under CUSMA while retaining tariffs on auto, steel and aluminum, is arguably a wise strategy says economist Nargess Kayhani.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
