The Hudson's Bay Company - Canada's oldest corporation - will sell its brand to another iconic national retailer, Canadian Tire. The department store chain, which has applied for creditor protection, ...

Alpacas are becoming more popular as a cash crop around the Rocky Mountain region. They’re prized for their soft, luxurious ...

Taranaki weaver Alison Ross is trying to bring back woollen blankets made from locally-grown wool to highlight the fibre's ...

Long gone from existence, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog is brought back to life in the pages of a new book: The Teachings of ...

And yet today’s fashion consumer – perhaps never having experienced the torment of an unspooled tape in a car stereo – still ...

For those who are considering adopting some sheep, Whitlock has put together seven helpful steps. Growing up with a mother ...

A growing group of women makes blankets — even taking apart old sweaters to get more yarn — to give to children in palliative ...

MOST children love snuggling into a teddy bear – it gives them comfort, security, and even emotional support. But now parents have been warned that they could actually be harbouring hundreds ...

For four generations, the family behind Winnipeg garment maker Freed & Freed International has worked with the fabric of our nation, crafting police regalia like the scarlet tunics worn by ...

"Only 22% of elementary schools in the entire country are teaching puberty," says local author Julia Considine Pierce. Not ...

It’s that time of year when the temperature suddenly drops and we’re all madly digging out the woollies to keep the chill at ...