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Part 4: Is the 100-mile diet a pipe dream?

Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 11:58AM EST

Canada's climate makes eating locally a challenge, chef Christine Cushing says, but the supporting local growers is the right way to go

Part 1: Do we care where our food comes from?

Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 11:40AM EST

The Globe and Mail panel debates traceability in the global food market with reporter Paul Waldie, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies president Gord Surgeoner and Jack Wilkinson, former president of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers

Part 2: Should Walmart set our food standards?

Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 11:38AM EST

How helpful are retailers in the struggle to ensure a safe food supply? Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and co-chair of its national food strategy, joins the Globe panel

Part 3: Are our farms too small to compete?

Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 11:32AM EST

Dave Nichol, former president of Loblaws says that it has always been a challenge for local growers to meet the demand placed on them by consumers. The answer, chef Christine Cushing argues is to focus on building the Canadian brand name.

The high environmental cost of global shrimp

Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 7:55PM EST

A student documentary from the UBC Graduate School of Journalism looks at the social and environmental impact of shrimp farming in Thailand and how it impacts North American consumers

Doors Open Toronto brings public behind the scenes

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 8:09PM EDT

The Doors Open architecture tours kicked off on Saturday, allowing residents to explore the citys past through its unique buildings

Tornadoes shake up Quebec

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 5:57PM EDT

Saint Benoit de Mirabel, Que., is the site where one of two tornadoes struck the province Friday, causing heavy property damage. Environment Canada meteorologist Rene Heroux says no people appear to have been injured

Fires leave Timmins in 'no imminent danger'

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 4:43PM EDT

Cooler temperatures and a change in wind direction are aiding firefighting efforts in Northern Ontario. Timmins Mayor Tom Laughren says the city is in 'no imminent danger'

Astronauts enter world's first private supply ship

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 2:11PM EDT

Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.

Cruise ship vs. bridge. Which one wins?

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 6:53AM EDT

A brand new cruise ship comes off worst in a too-close encounter with a bridge in China.

Florida brush fire closes interstate near Disney World

Saturday, May. 26, 2012 5:45AM EDT

A major highway in central Florida was closed for several hours as a bush fire raged nearby.

NJ man charged with murder in death of Etan Patz

Friday, May. 25, 2012 11:03PM EDT

A man accused of luring 6-year-old Etan Patz into the basement of a convenience store with the promise of a soda in 1979 and strangling him was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, the 33rd anniversary of the boy's disappearance.

No party for Facebook on IPO birthday

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:48PM EDT

A survivor's story from Norway

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:48PM EDT

Camp offers support, fun for kids of fallen soldiers

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:44PM EDT

About 500 kids who have lost a family member in the wars have gathered for an annual camp outside Washington, to have fun and share experiences only they can understand.

Passenger restrained on flight to Miami arrested

Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:27PM EDT

Europe can overcome currency 'stumble'

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:45PM EDT

The former EU Commissioner for Trade tells the Globe's Sonia Verma that Europe has achieved too much over the past 60 years to throw it away because of a currency crisis. The economic union can weather the storm though to do so will involve some pain.

European integration has failed to deliver

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:45PM EDT

The Harvard professor tells The Globe's Sonia Verma that economically, Europe has never been able to properly integrate vastly divergent nations into anything remotely uniform

Abandoning the Euro would cause colossal pain

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:23PM EDT

The British Lord and former EU commissioner for trade tells The Globe's Sonia Verma that the European union was flawed in implementation but not in principle

He predicted the Euro crisis, but he'd rather fix it than gloat

Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:08PM EDT

The Harvard professor tells the Globe's Sonia Verma that the conditions that dragged the world into the Great Depression in 1931 are upon us again, and it is imperative for people on both sides to get the Eurozone crisis fixed.

The Bachelorette explains her approach to men

Friday, May. 25, 2012 3:46PM EDT

Things didn't work out when Brad Womack picked Emily Maynard on ABC's 'The Bachelor.' 26-year-old Maynard is now 'The Bachelorette' and she says she took steps to be sure to have a happy ending.