For such a down-to-earth pursuit, farming is a remarkably sophisticated field. Technology is part of the reason why.
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Packed alongside 30 other volunteers and Free The Children (FTC) staff aboard an open-air lorry, we ramble down dirt roads through Kenya’s South Narok region, red dust billowing around us. Along the roadside, local children and adults, unabashed in their threadbare clothing, smile and wave enthusiastically.
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It’s always challenging to build a successful business, but in Canada’s Arctic, remoteness and a harsh climate add to the level of difficulty. Co-operatives have been essential in ensuring that local communities in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are not only surviving, but thriving, says Andy Morrison, chief executive officer of Arctic Co-operatives Limited.
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Locally owned, sourcing locally and supporting local initiatives – that pretty much sums up the business model of retail co-operatives operating in more than 500 communities from Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario and Canada’s Far North. These co-ops – in partnership with Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) – operate on the principle of co-operation between members, owners, suppliers and the community.
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Co-operatives – they touch the lives of millions of Canadians, putting food on their tables and providing services ranging from banking to housing, from retail stores to health care. They include some of Canada’s – and the world’s – most successful businesses and are major players in the Canadian and global economies.
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An emerging nation is, by definition, on the path to becoming a fully industrialized state, and the government of the Republic of Cameroon has announced its intention to reach this milestone by 2035. While some external analysts suggest that it would be miraculous for this African nation to achieve emergence in two decades, internal potential and resolve act as powerful drivers of growth.
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Junior mining companies have long relied on flow-through shares to raise capital, but in the current tight equity market, a variation on the traditional formula has become a lifesaver for some firms seeking funds to keep their heads above water.
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What started over a couple drinks one night during the recession has turned into a nationwide celebration with an ever-growing number of participants from all walks of life, says Matthew Holmes, executive director of the Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA).
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Given the complexity of the world’s most intractable problems – poverty, environmental degradation, increasing water scarcity – it’s easy to become discouraged about our personal ability to make a difference. But thanks to the efforts of some of Canada’s leading organic food organizations, contributing to positive change in the world can be as easy as choosing a particularly delicious brand of cocoa for your chocolate-peanut butter smoothies or fruit spread for your toast.
While stir-fried Asian-style rice noodles with fresh seasonal vegetables and organic tofu is not an uncommon dish, it’s also not one you would expect to find on a trolley delivering in-patient hospital food. That it is on the menu in a health-care facility in Ontario is a sign that institutional kitchens are taking note of consumer preferences.
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Mining investors are accustomed to volatility in a sector that’s ruled by the relative uncertainty of global commodity prices where even a slight slowing of economic growth in major markets can have a significant impact on returns. But when factors like rising costs, scarcity of supply, resource nationalism, shareholder activism, environmental protests and increased regulation are added to the mix, it becomes what professional services firm Deloitte calls a “seismic shift.”
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There are few words more weighted with meaning than “home.” It’s not surprising – for many Canadians, home is their biggest investment and their most significant financial obligation as well as the heart of family life.
Todd Lawrence, the senior vice-president of insurance at CIBC, answers questions on the important role that insurance plays in protecting our homes.
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Known as the "dark skin cancer" and the most dangerous form of skin cancer by many Canadians, melanoma is something David Zloty deals with on a far too frequent basis.
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The benefits of owning an affordable home are incalculable: the security, comfort and satisfaction that comes from waking up every day in a place that you can call your own are life changing.
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While many Canadians spend their free time at the beach or the cottage for the summer months, it seems that almost as many head out to look for a new home – August is prime time for real estate activity in Canada.
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Just 25 minutes from Kelowna International Airport, naturally spectacular Predator Ridge Resort offers a unique lifestyle proposition: the opportunity to get away from it all and enjoy the best of nature, just minutes from urban conveniences, in homes and neighbourhoods distinguished by luxurious comfort.
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Describing British Columbia’s Predator Ridge Resort to people who haven’t yet had the good fortune of being here generally begins with the geography and climate. The immense skies and sweeping mountain views of the high grassland plateau are bordered by Lake Okanagan to the west and Kalamalka Lake to the east; in any season, the mild air is so sweet that you’ll find yourself breathing deeper the moment you arrive.
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Predator Ridge Resort in the North Okanagan offers the unique experience of being completely “away from it all” just a short drive from urban amenities, along with Canada’s mildest climate, world-class golf and a deep sense of community. In the past few years, however, one thing the resort wasn’t able to offer potential homebuyers was a variety of lot sizes. With the development of Predator Ridge’s new Whitetail neighbourhood, that is about to change.
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“May I clean your sunglasses for you?”
It was a simple enough question, but at the same time the offer was so unexpected that my wife, Louise, and I couldn’t help but share a smile as we conferred telepathically with one another: For real?
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In the summer of 2010, Tim McGrady took over management of an undeveloped eco-lodge on a far-flung stretch
of B.C. coast. Little did the 48-year-old Comox resident know at the time that within less than four years, he would help turn the business into one of the most talked about First Nations success stories in the province.