Federal and Provincial Governments are investing in projects that will help farmers adopt beneficial land-use management practices to increase environmental resiliency on farms.
To date, for 2024-25, 30 projects with a value of $868,039 have been approved to implement Beneficial Management Practices on 487 acres of land. Funding from the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership’s (Sustainable CAP) Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program helped support 17 initiatives in Newfoundland and Labrador in the program’s first year (2023-24), with an investment of more than $708,000. Federal and Provincial Governments are investing in projects that will help farmers adopt beneficial land-use management practices to increase environmental resiliency on farms. The current intake period saw increased interest, with 40 applications submitted during this period – almost double the number of applications received last year. Review of applications for the current period is ongoing. Applications will open again in spring 2025.
160 tonnes of material recycled during January at Western Reginal Waste Management, up from previous year
Corner Brook Mayor pleased new dual stream recycling is showing lower contamination
Westjet also suspends service to Cuba due to lack of fuel on the island
RNC seize more than a dozen vehicles seized in the Corner Brook region during a one-week period
Air Canada suspends service to Cuba amid projection of lack of aviation fuel on the island
