New Joint Funding Fights Farm Predation
Livestock producers will now have more funding to invest in peace of mind.
Through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the federal and...
Beaver Control Budget Going Up
The RM of Dauphin is topping up its beaver culling budget.
Council agreed yesterday to put $1,000 from the drainage budget towards beaver control.
Reeve Dennis Forbes says landowners with beaver problems can contact the R-M office.
"As a landowner, if I have a beaver issue and don't wish to take matters into my own hands and take advantage of the bounty, I would probably look at contacting the office, and there is a couple of people that we would recommend that they would use to do that for them."
Council said Tuesday the RM has gone through the $1,500 for beaver management provided through IMCD.
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RM Wants To Fix Up Stoney Point
The RM of Dauphin is applying for a federal grant to help fix the Stoney Point Beach campground.
RM council decided yesterday to apply for a Canada 150 grant.
Reeve Dennis Forbes says there are a lot of repairs that need to be done.
"After the flood of the last number of years... 2011 was a big flood, and then there was high water again a couple years after that, and so there's lots of upgrading needing to be done, general clean-up."
Applications to Western Economic Diversification Canada for the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program are being accepted until June 17.
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Province Cracking Down On Nude Photo Leaks Without Consent
Manitoba has introduced a law to crack down on those who distribute intimate photos without consent and allow victims to sue for damages.
Attorney General Gord Mackintosh says social media has made it easier to harass and shame a person with an intimate image, and that the psychological impact of such cyberbullying is instant.
Manitoba is also boosting funding to the Canadian Centre for Child Protection which helps get intimate images taken down from the Internet and links victims with support.
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Autopsy Ordered On Edmonton Police Shooting Suspect
Edmonton police say an autopsy will be done on the suspect in a shooting that left one police officer dead and another wounded.
Police say they have recovered a body in a burned-out house that was the centrepiece of Monday night's chaos.
They believe the body is Norman Raddatz, a divorced father with money problems who was the subject of an arrest warrant that was being delivered Monday night by eight officers.
Constable Daniel Woodall of the hate crimes unit was fatally shot and Sergeant Jason Harley was hit in the back, though his police vest saved him from serious injury.
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New ID Kit For Cutworms
Agriculture Canada is in the final year of a study examining cutworms and one of the results is a new identification kit.
That's important because even though there are 500 different cutworm species, only five cause serious damage to canola.
Dr. Kevin Floate of the Lethbridge-based project says some species of cutworms feed below ground and some feed above ground.
He says that means farmers need to have the right insecticide to deal with the right cutworm.
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New Neonic Regulations Introduced In Ontario
Ontario is introducing new regulations to dramatically reduce the number of acres planted with corn and soybean seeds coated with a relatively new class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, which are toxic to bees.
Close to 100 per cent of Ontario's corn seeds and about 60 per cent of soybean seeds are treated with neonicotinoids, figures the province wants to reduce by 80 per cent in just two years.
For the 2016 planting season, farmers will be able to use the pesticide-treated seeds on up to 50 per cent of their corn and soybean crops, but must prove they have a pest problem before using any additional neonicotinoids.
Starting in the 2017 planting season, farmers must complete a pest assessment report to prove they need the neonicotinoids before any use will be allowed.
