http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/124/0 en http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/carving-prairie-commons/17303 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Ranchers divided on federal divestment from community pasturelands </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/sheldon_photo.white_cows.edited.jpg" alt="" title="Ranchers are divided on impending changes to the management of 62 community pastures in Saskatchewan. Photo by Sheldon Birnie" width="450" height="336" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/sheldon_photo.pasturelands_plants.edited.jpg" alt="" title="Much of the land under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration is endangered tall grass prairie. Photo by Sheldon Birnie" width="450" height="336" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>WINNIPEG&mdash;Prairie community pastures and grasslands amounting to one and a half times the size of Prince Edward Island may soon be privatized, and ranchers&rsquo; reactions are mixed.</p> <p><a href="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/carving-prairie-commons/17303" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/carving-prairie-commons/17303#comments Sheldon Birnie alberta cattle ranching commons grasslands Manitoba pastureland PFRA Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Prairies Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Thu, 23 May 2013 17:15:47 +0000 correybaldwin 17303 at http://dominion.mediacoop.ca http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/subminimum-prairies/16694 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Minimum wage for workers with disabilities an ongoing struggle </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/equal_rights.jpg" alt="" title="Photo from powerchairdiaries.com" width="400" height="380" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>WINNIPEG&mdash;Provisions to the labour code that allow employers to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage have somehow persisted until 2013 in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and are finally to be removed. But they&rsquo;re still on the books in Alberta.</p> <p><a href="http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/subminimum-prairies/16694" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/subminimum-prairies/16694#comments Sheldon Birnie Labour alberta disability Manitoba Saskatchewan Disability and Accessibility Saskatchewan Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:12:10 +0000 SandraCuffe 16694 at http://dominion.mediacoop.ca