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The Blanchard’s Cricket Frog is so tiny it can fit on your thumb, and the distinctive call for which it is named would make it easy to hear — if it hadn’t recently been declared locally extinct in its wetland habitat of southwestern Ontario. Thomas Hossie, assistant professor of biology who studies amphibians at the province’s Trent University, described …
Read More »Vertical farmers say they can play bigger role as Ontario farmland disappears. Critics aren’t so sure
Lenny Louis says when people visit his vertical farming facility in Welland, Ont., they’re often surprised by how much produce comes out of that one squat, two-storey building. But inside, things look very different. Stacked rows of lettuce, arugula and basil grow 365 days a year, and, Louis says, the produce travels less than …
Read More »After N.B. student disappears, parents beg Saint Johners for help with search
At 5:30 a.m. on May 4, the morning of his 20th birthday, Chi Thien Tran sent a text message to his parents, Thu and Thao Tran. One word: “Bye.” His father woke up, saw the message and immediately “realized that something wrong happened,” Thao said. “I tried to call him,” said Thu, his mother, “but …
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