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CBC
24-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Supporters back ostrich farm fighting cull despite past cases of avian flu
The remote community of Edgewood, BC, is now ground zero for a fight to save 400 ostriches. Protesters have descended on Universal Ostrich Farm this weekend, defying an avian flu cull order. Radio-Canada's Camille Vernet was there this week, exploring why people are so deeply invested in this flock's fate.
CBC
21-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
People gather at B.C. ostrich farm to protest order to cull flock of birds
The remote community of Edgewood, B.C., finds itself at the heart of a dispute. Demonstrators began gathering this weekend at Universal Ostrich farm, to protest the order to cull a flock of 400 ostriches. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull because two dead birds tested positive for the avian flu in December. This all comes after the farm lost a court case last week on May 13th, seeking to overturn the order. Radio-Canada reporter Camille Vernet reports from the farm where protesters from across Western Canada have set up camp
CBC
15-05-2025
- Science
- CBC
Keeping an eye on herring, a small fish with a big impact on the Pacific's ecosystem
The Howe Sound Marine Stewardship Initiative and the Squamish First Nation have teamed up to study Pacific herring, a species which almost went extinct in the 1960s but has made a comeback in recent years. CBC's Camille Vernet explains why the fish plays an important role in balancing the Pacific's ecosystem.
