By Karin Kloosterman
Perfecting berry varieties takes years of experience and years of patience. First a breeder decides what traits he’d like in the new variety -  tastier fruit, bigger fruit, or maybe pest tolerant ones – and then goes hunting in the field out in nature to find the best plants.
Taking them back to [...]

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by Jonathan Arenson

On Thursday, the Globe and Mail published an op-ed piece by Phil Fontaine (pictured above), the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and Rabbi Reuven Bulka and Sylvain Abitbol (picture below), co-presidents of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

The coming together of these two communities was fostered by a trip to Israel.
According to [...]

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by Lauren Kramer
After the spate of anti-Semitic comments from First Nations leader David Ahenakew, who tried to justify the Holocaust, it’s good to know there are First Nations leaders who stand for the polar opposite.
In honour of Israel’s 60th birthday, Reverend Raymond McLean, a Winnipeg pastor who founded and serves as pastor of the [...]

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