Maple syrup has been in the news recently and it was not to remind people that it’s good on pancakes. The talk was focused on the health benefits of maple syrup, which is being touted for its ...

Maple syrup producers are getting a head start on tapping their trees this season, all thanks to the uncharacteristically warm weather making an early appearance in parts of Ontario. The usual tapping ...

MCCREARY -- Retired Mountie Bob Gass has tapped trees for maple syrup since he was a kid growing up in New Brunswick, as did his parents before him and his grandparents before them. *Special offer ...

This spring, when you want to satisfy your sweet tooth, think about using maple syrup. It has fewer calories and a higher concentration of minerals than honey, or other sweeteners. Even though you can ...

1:42 Curious kids get close up at maple syrup process in Summerland, B.C. Most of Canada’s maple syrup is harvested in the east, however, there are a few people in B.C. that tap trees themselves to ...

Maple syrup might be as iconic a Canadian food as Timbits, but the City of Toronto is discouraging residents from tapping, the process by which the sugary sap is procured. It’s strange that the city ...

Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

Twenty-three years have passed since the chemical additive was banned, and still authorities find rare cheats. No, this is not a story about doping by a famous athlete, but a tale of the juicing of ...

ONTARIO – Ask syrup producers to tap into the future and predict this season’s yield and you usually put them a in a sticky situation. “Our favourite joke is, ‘We’ll tell you in May,’” said Ray ...

A maple syrup producer in northeastern Ontario says having access to trees on Crown land is good for business. Dan Seguin's sap runs from thickets of maple trees found on 170 acres of Crown land. "For ...

An Island maple syrup producer is keeping a close eye on fluctuating temperatures — in hopes his short season of maple syrup production will be a good one. Doug McLure, of the P.E.I. Maple Syrup ...

Move over maple, there’s another syrup in town. Maple syrup might be the ultimate Canadian culinary symbol, but if Dave Challen has his way, we’ll be turning to birch syrup for our dose of tree-based ...