Geena Luckett says one of the most popular wines at Luckett’s Vineyard, near Wolfville, N.S., is a vintage known as Phone Box Red, in recognition of her dad Pete’s British heritage. In the centre of the vineyard is a red phone box, such as those commonly found in England. The phone within is operating, and visitors can call anywhere in the world for free.

Geena Luckett

Outstanding Young Farmers 2024: The glamour in the wine takes hard work among the vines

Owning and operating a vineyard isn’t quite as glamorous as Geena Luckett imagined during her university days, as her dad was establishing Luckett’s Vineyard in Nova Scotia’s Gaspereau Valley, not far from the Bay of Fundy. After starting out as an events manager at the winery, then learning about all other aspects of the business, […] Read more

Fresh bread in Egypt. (Goldream/iStock/Getty Images)

Egypt’s private sector wheat imports stall due to dollar shortage

"We are in the red zone"

Cairo | Reuters — The price of wheat and flour used to make unsubsidized bread has spiked in Egypt as importers struggle to pay for wheat stuck at ports amid a dollar shortage, traders and the country’s chamber of cereals told Reuters this week. Around 700,000 tonnes of wheat haven’t been released from customs, causing […] Read more


Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland appears at a news conference in Ottawa on Sept. 24, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

Canada to wind down broad-based COVID aid programs

Feds opt for targeted measures as economy recovers

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will not extend existing broad-based COVID-19 support programs for companies and individuals when they expire on Saturday because the economy is recovering well, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. Instead, Ottawa will introduce more targeted and less costly measures for hard-hit sectors such as the tourism industry. The new […] Read more



The museum on the edge of Spiritwood has a large collection of items from the past as seen here.

Rural museums keep history alive

It’s not only the collections they hold but the stories they tell that are preserved

Almost every town has one — sometimes standing alone on the Prairies. In train stations without tracks and fading catalogue homes the treasures lie, but it isn’t just the museums themselves, it’s the tales of another time in that specific place. “Objects are seldom important in and of themselves. Rather, they are like props in […] Read more

man and woman in distillery

Farm couple creates agro-tourism

John Coté and Barb Stefanyshyn-Coté sold their farm and moved into flowers

When John Coté and Barb Stefanyshyn-Coté sold their 3,000 acre grain farm near Leask, Sask., four years ago, they had several prerequisites in mind for their next endeavour. “First, we wanted to do something that would get us working directly with the customer. We enjoy that interaction with people. Secondarily, no matter what we did, […] Read more