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December 10, 2018

Sisters of Mercy help push Canadian mining giant to abandon operations 

Inhabitants of Western Sahara territory south of Morocco plea for an end to Canadian mining operations in the disputed territory.

After years of lobbying by a small community of Catholic sisters from eastern Canada, the world’s largest producer of potash is abandoning mining operations in territory south of Morocco.

Published in International
October 1, 2014

Poll: Canada should act to alleviate world hunger

A man walks away with a bag of rice at a food distribution center. An Ipsos-Reid poll conducted in May found that 61 per cent of Canadians believe Canada should do more to help farmers int he developing world.

A third of the people in sub-Saharan Africa are chronically hungry. But, strangely, small-scale farmers, 80 per cent of them women, are the Africans most likely to come up short when trying to feed their families. 

Published in Canada