Tyne Cot Cemetery

In remembrance: whispers from the graves

For a Remembrance Day in a sombre anniversary year, a farm writer takes us through the former battlefields of western Europe

For a Remembrance Day marking 80 years since Canada’s troops took part in the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation, Winnipeg farm writer Larry Gompf takes us through several former battlefields in western Europe.








Canola in flower in a field near Stockholm, Saskatchewan in late July, 2024. | Greg Berg photo

Editor’s Rant: Over/underwhelmed

Whether existing ag programs fit the bill or not, expect the feds to try to shoehorn problems into them

Successive federal governments have been working to get out of the ad-hoc farm payment business — so whether existing programs fit the bill or not, it’s unsurprising when the feds try to shoehorn problems into one or more of those.




Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Photo: TSMC.com

Limiting Canadian exposure, I am not alone

Investing for Fun and Profit: The flight of capital from the Canadian economy continues

Canada’s government may still be in its honeymoon with voters, but not with investors, Herman VanGenderen writes, citing reports that foreign investors are divesting Canadian assets while Canadians are boosting exposure in foreign securities.