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An idea we can't throw back *
The only way to meet the future demand for fish will be farming, says WILLIAM HOGARTH, the man responsible for America's coastal waters. {Note: the editors of evalu8.org do not endorse this point of view, and object to having wild and farmed salmon grouped as if they were measured together. They were not; findings were significantly different for wild and farmed salmon.}
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Awash in a sea of synthetics *
A flood of junk is flowing into the sea -- some to circulate endlessly in currents, some to be eaten by fish, and then by us, warns TV documentary maker IAN CONNACHER.
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B.C. Liberals vote to fast-track fish farms *
Fish farms should be approved along the coast of British Columbia, provincial Liberal party members resolved Friday at a major policy convention.
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Beijing bans Canadian birds *
China has joined other Asian governments in banning imports of Canadian poultry after avian flu was reported in birds on a farm in British Columbia.
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Bellingham ad hoc hurricane relief *
In Bellingham, an 18-wheeler is being filled on James Street, in the mall formerly occupied by the Red Apple.
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Bird flu hits second B.C. farm *
An extremely virulent form of bird flu has spread to a second B.C. hatchery where 36,000 chickens must now be slaughtered, prompting officials to step up inspections in their fight to keep the outbreak from getting out of control and crippling the industry.
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Bush backs open border for beef *
Raises hopes mad-cow crisis will end soon.
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Bye-bye bees *
While honey and honey products account for only a small fraction of the nation's agriculture, 140 billion commercially raised honeybees are responsible for pollinating about $20 billion worth of crops, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics.
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Cattle ban could last for years *
It will likely take years rather than months to get countries to reopen their borders to Canadian beef in the wake of the mad cow scare, says an internal assessment by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
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Chickens poxed in B.C. *
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday that it has confirmed a case of low-risk H7 avian flu on a chicken farm in British Columbia.
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Drilling into a cross-border treaty *
The B.C. government's myopic selfishness on gas exploration may damage Canada-U.S. co-operation on water quality, says international-law expert MICHAEL BYERS.
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E. coli fear prompts massive beef recall *
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Westfair Foods Ltd. warned the public Saturday not to eat certain Westfair Foods Ltd. ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
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Early reading confirms U.S. mad-cow case *
Agriculture officials said Thursday they have received preliminary independent confirmation that the United States has its first case of mad cow disease as federal investigators laboured to trace the path the infected cow took from birth to slaughter.
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Eid sacrifice ritual latest casualty of BSE *
Halt of Canadian goat exports to the U.S. leaves Muslims looking for replacements.
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Emergency declared to deal with dead fowl *
B.C.'s Emergency Preparedness Act was invoked Saturday to enable officials to begin disposing of the potentially millions of carcasses of poultry infected with Avian flu.
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EU bans U.S. poultry products *
The European Union banned the import of all poultry products from the United States on Tuesday following the outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian influenza in Texas.
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Farmed salmon are laced with toxins, study finds *
Farm-raised Atlantic salmon, one of the world's most popular health foods, are so laced with PCBs and other pollutants that they should be eaten only infrequently because they pose an increased risk of cancer, a new study contends in the prestigious journal Science.
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Farmed salmon more toxic than wild variety *
Farm-raised salmon contain substantially higher levels of PCBs and other potentially cancer-causing industrial pollutants than their wild counterparts, a new study has says.
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FDA bans antibiotic use for poultry *
According to Pharmaceutical News, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of a poultry antibiotic made by German-based multi-national, Bayer, effective September 12, 2005.
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Home run: PM didn't fawn, Bush didn't get ugly *
Never in Canada-U.S. history have a Liberal prime minister and a Republican president hit it off. Among the various reasons was a basic one: ideological differences.
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Japan bans Thai chickens over fears of avian flu *
Thailand swore yesterday that it is not covering up cases of bird flu, but Japan suspended imports from the huge Thai chicken industry until it is sure there are none.
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Life on the research farm *
Let me fill you this week with images of endlessly ejaculating pigs, endlessly omnivorous chickens and the endlessly bumpy future of GM agriculture.
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Mad cow (BSE) case in BC confirmed *
Federal officials have confirmed a new case of mad cow disease in British Columbia -- but emphasize there is no need to panic.
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Mad cow confirmed again in Alberta *
Canada's newest case of mad-cow disease was found in a six-year-old animal from central Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed today.
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Mad cow on the high seas *
The disease's impact is being felt in some unlikely places. A small-town fish plant in B.C. is forced to close as the Asian market for a special product that uses beef plasma dries up. MARK HUME reports.
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Mad-cow panel opposes 'irrational trade barriers' *
An international panel of experts says it is “probable” that the United States has imported other infected cattle from Canada but recommends nonetheless that Washington show leadership by stopping “irrational trade barriers.”
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Meat with a pedigree *
There is nothing like an economic disaster to demonstrate that what we don't know can hurt us.
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My right to eat myself silly: a fresh feast of folly *
"There are practically no cases of radioactive watermelons this year."
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New form of mad cow discovered *
Italian scientists have found a second form of mad-cow disease that more closely resembles the human Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease than the usual cow form of the illness.
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No more chickens for every pot *
Amid warnings that a mass poultry slaughter in B.C. will cause shortages and higher prices, representatives from the industry are to meet in Ottawa on Tuesday to discuss how best to fill the gap.
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Ottawa orders $92.1-million for mad-cow fight *
Agriculture Minister Bob Speller said Friday the federal government will spend $92.1-million over the next five years on expanding the country's testing for mad-cow disease.
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Ottawa to ban some U.S. beef *
Ottawa banned imports of some U.S. beef products Wednesday after a single case of suspected mad-cow disease raised its head in a Washington state herd.
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Salmon: a slippery subject *
"Farmed salmon are laced with toxins, study finds," read a headline in The Globe and Mail last week. The research on which the article was based, published in the journal Science, has reignited the debate about the safety of eating fish. It has also left many readers puzzled about whether salmon -- long touted as brain food and heart-healthy -- is still a good choice.
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Salmon: To eat it or not *
Every once in a while, a story erupts in the media that seems designed to punish all journalists whose life goal it was never to take a statistics course. Such a brouhaha recently broke out in the strange form of a disputatious salmon filet.
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Seals a plague, East Coast fishery group complains *
An advisory panel said Friday that inaction by the federal Fisheries Department has contributed to a ballooning population of seals that continues to do serious damage to fish stocks off Nova Scotia.
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Team links farmed fish to outbreak *
A team of research scientists says it has conclusively linked the transmission of lethal sea lice from farmed to wild salmon, a finding that raises questions about the future of BC's $400-million salmon farming industry.
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The meat of the matter *
Food-safety officials in the United States have long been on the lookout for mad-cow disease. Now that they have finally found it, they should note how Canada managed a similar scenario just a few months ago.
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Third ranch quarantined in BSE probe *
A third cattle ranch in the United States has been placed under quarantine after another cow with ties to a Holstein with mad-cow disease in Washington was located, U.S. Agriculture Department officials said Friday.
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Three dangerous little pigs *
This week, the government agency that's responsible for Canada's food safety quietly slipped out an announcement that three little pigs had gone to market by mistake in Quebec. The animals were genetically engineered as part of a program to produce pharmaceutical proteins, and their safety for use in the human food chain has never been assessed.
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U.S. orders 129 cows slaughtered *
Cattlemen, politicians and residents of this small farming community gathered Saturday for a rally in support of the state's cattle industry as more cows linked to the nation's first mad cow case were headed for slaughter.
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U.S. reports first-ever mad cow case *
The first-ever case of mad cow disease is suspected in a single cow in Washington state but the United States' food supply is safe, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Tuesday.
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U.S. traces diseased cow to Canada *
A Holstein in Washington state infected with mad cow disease might have come from Alberta about two years ago, U.S. federal investigators said Saturday.
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Walkerton accused waiving right to hearing *
Brothers charged in tainted-water tragedy choose to go directly to trial, lawyer says.
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We should test every cow *
Instead of criticizing the Japanese for closing their door to our cattle, we should be learning from them, says Alberta political scientist WENRAN JIANG.
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Alberta consumers buy up cheap beef *
Alberta feedlot owners set up shop in two provinces Friday and sold hamburger for just over $2 a kilogram in an effort to get the beef industry moving despite the mad cow scare.
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Biotech protesters pick wrong target *
Pharmaceuticals conference mistaken for meeting about genetically modified foods.
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Canada to change beef slaughtering practices *
Canada's beef industry must change its slaughtering practices by removing material from cattle that may transmit mad cow disease, federal Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief said Friday.
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