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Bruce Springsteen’s shoutout to Harvest Manitoba during his concert Wednesday had an instant impact on the charity.

Helen’s Acres farm in Kelowna is celebrating a record harvest, and a huge amount of food will be distributed by several Okanagan food banks and other charities. Victoria Femia reports.

Community Reporter Joelle Tomlinson continues her series checking out some spooky spots in Calgary on her Haunted Harvest Tour. This time she checks out Screamfest at Stampede Park.

Join Joelle Tomlinson as her tour of Halloween attractions continues. Can she handle the haunted midway at Heritage Park?

Join Joelle Tomlinson as she kicks off Global Calgary’s Halloween series with a lighthearted adventure through a haunted house that’s perfect for kids and the young-at-heart!

Eel and elver harvesters in the Maritimes are angry over a proposed plan by the federal fisheries department to reallocate quotas. The pilot project for the 2025 baby eel fishery has some harvesters saying it could cause irreparable harm. Heidi Petracek reports.

What’s the latest from the fields as harvest continues in Manitoba?

This year’s maple syrup harvest was one for the books and marked a huge turnaround for Canadian producers after a lacklustre 2023. You could call it a sweet comeback. Anne Gaviola has more on what made the 2024 harvest so bountiful.

Dozens of people have become sick with suspected norovirus, after eating raw BC oysters. Federal agencies have closed some areas of BC to commercial shellfish harvesting as a result. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Dec. 20, 2024.

A new Harvest Manitoba report finds people are using food banks more than ever, with the gap between wages and food prices being behind the surge.

Maritimers who make their living fishing baby eels – known as elvers – are outraged with a new federal plan they claim will jeopardize the entire industry. Letters obtained by Global News indicate Ottawa plans to “slash quotas” for license holders by up to 90 per cent. As Heidi Petracek reports, harvesters warn it could...

A&W Restaurants across Canada are teaming up with Second Harvest to address issues of food waste and hunger. Liem Vu has more on how surplus proteins and produce is being used by local non-profits.

The housing crisis is hitting Quebec’s most vulnerable population hardest. Housing rights advocates claim racialized immigrant women, particularly newcomers, are struggling the most to find adequate living spaces. Phil Carpenter reports.

An Edmonton plumbing company is giving back in a way most people wouldn’t expect. They’ve briefly traded plumbing for planting potatoes and they’re going to donate thousands of pounds worth of them to Edmonton’s Food Bank. As Kabi Moulitharan explains, it comes at a time when food banks across Alberta are seeing unprecedented drop-in rates.

As the holiday season nears, new research warns that climate change could threaten balsam firs – the trees normally harvested for Christmas trees. The University of New Brunswick research cautions that while major impacts may no visible yet, action is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla has more.

A group of non-profit organizations is sounding the alarm about the negative effects of the ongoing Canada Post strike. As Global’s Matilda Cerone reports, they say the most vulnerable population is being hit the hardest.

It’s harvest time, and getting crops to market is critical for Canadian grain growers. If farmers can’t ship what they’ve grown, they face serious cash flow problems and won’t be able to pay the bills for all their input costs. Now, with hundreds of unionized workers behind picket lines at the port of Vancouver, everything...

Lobster harvesters in the Maritimes and fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier seem to agree that there is illegal fishing activity occurring on the East Coast. But the parties continue to be at odds over what should be done, and who needs to do it. Frustrated fishers turned their backs on a Tuesday meeting with the Department...

Master of Wine Rhys Pender of Wine Plus Education and Consulting shows some grapes from B.C. vineyards and discusses the wines that are created from them.

Nigel Broersma profiles businesses, entrepreneurs and events in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. This week: – Maple Light launches Canada’s first hard maple seltzer – it’s time for the third annual Cancer Takedown fundraiser at Market Hall – it’s harvest time and that means there is agricultural equipment on the roads – the Chamber of Commerce...