There's a real emphasis on mental health and agriculture today

Farmers are working hard pushing against the weather to get this year's crop in the bin.

As a result, they can also be dealing with an overwhelming amount of stress ranging from weather to markets, finances, equipment breakdowns and more, all at the same time.

Learning ways to recognize, release stress and reach out for help is key to avoid feeling overburdened especially when trying to stay focused when working with large farm equipment or unpredictable livestock.

Bill Vigars, campaign manager for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, dies at 78

Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78. 

His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars died of congestive heart failure on Thursday surrounded by loved ones at a hospital in White Rock, B.C. She said he fought a "long, tough battle" that began when he had a heart attack in June. 

Vigars is survived by his wife, two children, a stepson and one grandson. He will be honoured at a private ceremony of life early next year, MacDonald said.

Weekend chill to be disrupted by another week of unseasonably warm fall

Temperatures have gotten down to the seasonal low, but Environment Canada's outlook is showing that we'll see more warm fall weather over this week.

While temperatures today are scrapping the seasonal averages, another bounce in temperatures is expected to begin tomorrow.

Meteorologist Stephen Berg lays out the upcoming swell of warmth.

Trade minister says she is 'disappointed' by report of caucus revolt to oust Trudeau

A growing number of Liberal MPs are banding together to convince Prime Minister Justin Trudeau it's time to step down, although he appears to retain support from his cabinet.

Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday she had full confidence in Trudeau as word began to spread about a growing revolt. Ng was travelling back to Canada with Trudeau from Laos, where they were attending a summit of southeast Asian countries.

Gruelling days and gratitude for Canadian line workers helping with hurricane outages

Stéphan Perreault and his team have been helping restore power in North Carolina since Hurricane Helene hit in late September, and they don't expect to be heading home any time soon.

They are some of the hundreds — possibly thousands — of Canadian line workers who have been called into service to help rebuild power grids after Helene and now Hurricane Milton have left millions of Americans in the dark.

Turkeys seeing strong sales in Canada on Thanksgiving and through the year

With Thanksgiving this weekend plenty of families are getting their turkeys ready for the big day with the turkey industry hard artwork to get those onto the dinner table.

The industry has had some tough years recently, battling against the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) which has reduced stocks across North America.

Former public safety minister didn't know about delayed spy warrant, he tells inquiry

Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people in his own government.

A commission of inquiry into foreign interference has heard that it took 54 days for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warrant application to be approved by Blair.

The average turnaround time for such applications is four to 10 days.

Focus on possibly treasonous MPs could become 'kangaroo court': ex-minister

A former public safety minister says he is very worried the unfolding conversation about some parliamentarians being complicit in foreign interference is becoming a "kangaroo court." 

Marco Mendicino told a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling Thursday it is important to follow due process under the law before jumping to conclusions about the conduct of parliamentarians.