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by Steven Musil The iPad rumor mill is spawning twins. According to Digitimes, Apple will unveil two versions of its next-generation tablet next month at the Macworld|iWorld conference. Sources at Apple's supply chain partners tell the blog that the new models will target the mid- and...

The federal government is getting a mixed grade from the Canadian Pork Council for it's trade efforts. The Council likes what's being done to get a deal at the World Trade Organisation and with the European Union. Council Chair Jurgen Preugschas says the government's committment to the...

Comparative data on canola seed varieties is now available to growers from the new Canola Performance Trials (CPT) 2011.The CPT 2011 represents the next generation in variety evaluation for Western Canadian canola growers, providing... Comparative data on canola seed varieties is now available...

Sticker shock, low gas prices deter buyers By Chris Woodyard USA Today Rather than electrifying auto buyers, the plug-in car revolution is feeling more like a fizzle. A year after the first two plug-in electric cars from major makers went on sale, buyers appear put off by high sticker prices...

God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones that I do, And the eyesight to tell the difference.

Are you sick of making the same resolutions year after year and yet you never keep them? Here are some resolutions that you can actually accomplish! Enjoy! :-) 10. Read less. 9. I want to gain weight. Put on at least 30 pounds. 8. Stop exercising. Waste of time. 7. Watch more TV. I've...

8 large potatoes , peeled, cut into large wedges (about 6-7 wedges per potato) 4 garlic cloves , minced (more garlic is a good thing, less garlic is a no-no for this recipe) 1/2 cup olive oil 1 cup water 1 tablespoon dried oregano (get the Mediterranean, it's the best!) 1 lemon, juice of ...

CANADA - The Government of Canada has reached a new agreement on an export certificate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which means that live cattle can be exported to the UAE. Canadian exporters of live cattle will benefit from access to the UAE market. Industry estimates that the market...

US - The price of milk paid to dairy producers in 2012 depends heavily upon two things: the level of milk production and the level of dairy exports. That's according to Dr Bob Cropp, professor emeritus with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. In his monthly Dairy Situation and Outlook...

Apple has changed brilliantly the tablet market and has brought a revolution by making iPad a near replacement for a Desktop/Laptop. The only place where it seems to have constrained the functionality is during heavy typing. Touchscreen devices have always been a headache for writing purpose...

Zero Tolerance for Toxic E. coli; Beef Held Until Tests Done By Daniel J. DeNoon The USDA today announced two new rules to make U.S. beef safer. The announcement accompanied the first report of the two-year-old Food Safety Working Group, led by the White House and staffed by agencies within...

If you want to have a little fun with food and your kids are bored over the holidays, make something different at http://www.ricekrispies.ca/en/index.html

A new program to help Alberta's 1,900-odd sheep producers cover the cost of RFID readers, software, installation and training will complement an earlier program to help cover the cost of RFID tags. A new program to help Alberta?s 1,900-odd sheep producers cover the cost of RFID readers...

CANADA - JSR's Nucleus Farm in Elstow, Saskatoon, Canada is now fully stocked producing our own GP1 and GP2 female lines alongside our Geneconverter 500 and Geneconverter 700 sire lines. Production is well underway and we are seeing some good production data. Animals were taken from our...

RUSSIA - Dr Nicolay Vlasov, CVO of Veterinary services from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Moscow has reported two new outbreaks of African swine fever in farms located in Saratovskaya oblast and Orenburgskaya oblast. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received follow-up...

by Daniel Terdiman On a recent Christmas Eve, Jeff Martin found himself forced to explain to a Canadian general why, when Santa Claus passed through Toronto that night, Google Maps had placed the city in the United States. Martin, then a senior marketing manager in Google's Geo group, was...

Previously, we have harped many times about how Amazon has redefined this electronic genre of tablets with their Kindle Fire. And once again, we throw in our two pennies worth of assessment, albeit with a slightly commercial perspective. A practical (rather than a wondrous) amalgamation of a...

The Richardson Pioneer grain elevator at Estevan, Sask., is now booked for an expansion that's expected to nearly double its storage space. Winnipeg-based Richardson International on Thursday said it will build an additional storage facility with 12,000 tonnes capacity at the site, already...

I just read this one in the readers digest and thought it was funny. A man is stopped by the police at around 2 a.m. and asked where he is going. He replies, "I'm on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and its effects on the human body, as well as the health consequences of staying out...

RIM just can't get its act together. The company's best hope for a recovery, its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform, has been pushed back to late next year. While executives blamed the later release of a new chip, Boy Genius Report said the real reason for the delay is the inability for...