5 h. ago ‘I was going to puke’: Ontario pumpkin farmers hit hard by prolonged drought

Ontario pumpkin farmers say there is a shortage of yield this season after taking a devastating hit due to low moisture, heat waves and a prolonged drought.

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8 d. ago Prolonged drought stunts the renowned wild blueberry crop in the Maritimes

HALIFAX — This summer’s prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Donald Arseneault, general manager of the NB Blueberries industry group, says that as this year’s harvest was wrapping up, the total yield was believed to be 70 per cent less than […]

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8 d. ago Prolonged drought stunts renowned wild blueberry crop in Maritimes

HALIFAX — This summer’s prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Donald Arseneault, general manager of the N.B. Blueberries industry group, says that as this year’s harvest was wrapping up, the total yield was 70% less than the previous three-year average. He […]

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8 d. ago Prolonged drought puts scare into Southwestern Ontario pumpkin growers

Canada’s largest pumpkin patch is looking a little lean.

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2 w. ago Conversations That Matter: France and Canada lean in on trade

Canada has been hit hard by U.S. tariffs. The imposition of the tariffs focused on a need to develop new trading relationships and expand existing ones. Canada and France have a trading history that goes back hundreds of years. And, in 2016, Canada signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union. The […]

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3 w. ago Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms

'Girls are taking a hard hit, while nothing is happening with the boys'

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3 w. ago Spain sweltered under hottest summer on record in 2025, weather agency says

MADRID (AP) — Spain said Tuesday that summer 2025 was the hottest on record for the southern European nation, which like the entire Mediterranean region is being hard hit by climate change. Its national weather service said that the country had an average temperature of 24.2 C (75.5 F) between June 1 and Aug. 31. […]

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3 w. ago Manufacturing sector shows ‘tentative signs of a recovery’ in July, economist says

A rise in manufacturing sales in July could indicate early signs of a recovery after the sector was hit hard by tariffs, one economist says. Statistics Canada reported on Monday that manufacturing sales rose 2.5 per cent to $70.3 billion in July, helped by strength in the transportation equipment subsector. Sales of transportation equipment rose […]

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3 w. ago ’There’s something strange in the pumpkin fields.’ Drought and heat frightening farmers

FREDERICTON — The pumpkin patches on a number of Canadian farms are starting to look a bit frightening across the country, but not in a way that makes them ready for Halloween. “It’s sure been a spooky season,” said Greg MacKenzie, the owner of Mackenzie Produce in Stratford, P.E.I. He said his own farm has […]

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3 w. ago ‘There’s something strange in the pumpkin fields.’ Drought & heat frightening farmers

FREDERICTON — The pumpkin patches on a number of Canadian farms are starting to look a bit frightening across the country, but not in a way that makes them ready for Halloween. “It’s sure been a spooky season,” said Greg MacKenzie, the owner of Mackenzie Produce in Stratford, P.E.I. He said his own farm has […]

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3 w. ago Steinbach gets 2 months of rain in one night during Manitoba storm: meteorologist

Southeast Manitoba was hit unusually hard by a late summer storm, leading to the equivalent of two months of rain hitting the Steinbach area in a single night.

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3 w. ago Vulcan County farmers hit hard by hailstorm that left a scar visible from space

'I've seen all storms that damage the crop or whatever, but nothing that does that much damage to buildings and vehicles and crops at the same time'

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last month Union braces for fallout as Cami auto plant workforce cuts deepen

Hit hard by slow sales and trade turmoil with the U.S., hundreds of jobs are on the line at Ingersoll’s Cami automotive assembly plant, which is set to reopen in November from a lengthy shutdown. The Ingersoll manufacturer of electric commercial vans has been shuttered since spring, and union officials say they’ve been told production […]

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