Category Archives: Agriculture
Key time ahead to contain outbreaks in Windsor-Essex region, officials say
WINDSOR, Ont. — As the Windsor-Essex region partially entered Stage 2 of the province's reopening plan this week, political leaders, health officials and farmers in the area expressed anxiety about efforts to contain COVID-19 outbreaks in the regi...
Anger, frustration over continued closures, mayor of Leamington, Ont., says
WINDSOR, Ont. — The mayor of one of Ontario's last communities still locked down due to COVID-19 says small businesses are being driven to bankruptcy by the closure while shops in neighbouring communities in Windsor-Essex reopened Thursday with a mix
Safe, clean campsites to be made available for seasonal fruit pickers in B.C.
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it is moving to protect residents and seasonal workers from COVID-19 while ensuring the temporary labourers have a safe place to stay as they work in orchards and fields this...
Outbreaks on farms are holding back the entire region, says Windsor, Ont., mayor
TORONTO — Tensions are mounting in Windsor-Essex, Ont., over the region's continued pandemic lockdown, with a local mayor and some business owners saying public health officials haven't done enough to halt the spread of COVID-19 on ...