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The article offers information on the nutritional significance of pumpkin to a person's health in Canada. It is not only used for Halloween, because it contains a powerhouse of nutritional goodness and healing properties. It is considered the crowned queen of the carotenoids because of its rich beta carotene and alpha carotene content. It is also loaded with fibre, vitamins and minerals. Its seeds contain more iron than liver does. It is rich in omega-3 and a good source of protein.

Describes the Nova Scotian town of Kentville's practice of dressing pumpkins to resemble people during harvest festival season. Tourist attraction; Displays including a wedding party and an Elvis Presley-Priscilla Presley pair; Procedure for making a pumpkin person; 1997 festivities.

The article reports on the pumpkin grown by Jim and Kelsey Bryson of Canada that broke the world records for pumpkins and other giant farm produce. Figure shows the total weight of the pumpkin grown by the Brysons. Steve Reiners, an expert on fruit and vegetable farming at Cornell University in New York, hopes to see someone grow a 2,000 pound pumpkin. A problem solving about record-setting farm produce such as squash, gourd, watermelon and tomato is presented.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The Life and Legacy of Apple's Steve Jobs," in the October 24, 2011 issue, "The Father of All Pumpkins," in the October 24, 2011 issue, and "Still on Message," in the October 17, 2011 issue.

Reports on the growing of giant pumpkins in Canada. Mention of Ontario's Pumpkinfest; How Nova Scotian Howard Dill developed Dill's Atlantic Giant Variety, a genetically engineered pumpkin seed; Statement that the Smoky Lake Pumpkin Growers rules dictate what a pumpkin's color should be to qualify for competition.

The author discusses several reasons why she likes the month of November. She says likes to sleep early during the long evenings of the month. She also likes wearing fall clothes, cooking fall dishes such as pumpkin soup with sour cream and stuffed squash, as well as making fruitcake. She also asserts that Remembrance Day is an important opportunity to remember the nearly 118,000 Canadians who died in the war and recognize the contributions of thousands of veterans.

The article presents facts and statistics about pumpkins in Canada. The popularity of the vegetable crop can be attributed to its decorative uses during Halloween. The crop was planted in over 5,700 hectares in 2001. A total of 473 pumpkin farms can be found in Ontario while 149 pumpkin farms are located in the British Columbia.

This article reports on a pumpkin contest in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Chris Snively and employees of the Central Compost Facility swept the 2006 Composting Council of Canada National pumpkin-growing competition, beating 25 other composting facilities. Reportedly their secret to pumpkin growth was the aid of local deer. In other provinces, the deer damaged the would-be prize-bearing plants, slowing their growth. Prince Edward Island has no deer.

Presents trivia related to Canada, Thanksgiving and Halloween. Celebration of Thanksgiving in Canada; Turkey plucking record set in 1980 by Irishman Vincent Pilkington; Weight of the world's biggest pumpkin from Canadian farmer Al Eaton; Amount spent by Canadians in Halloween costumes, candy and decorations in 2004.

Presents information on Ladysmith's third annual Vancouver Island Pumpkin Festival on October 9 and 10, 2004 in British Columbia. Weight of the biggest pumpkin featured in the event; Ingredients required for the pie-baking segment of the contest; Mechanics of the pumpkin slingshot game.

Gives information about a number of topics, including the economy, forestry, agriculture, and careers. Report from the Conference Board of Canada that the gap between per capita income in the U.S. and Canada will double by 2010; Spending of the Canadian government on assisting British Columbia following U.S. duties on softwood lumber exports; Weight of a pumpkin from Quebec which set a Canadian record.

The article reports on the launch of the 6th Annual Great Pumpkin Growing Contest by the Composting Council of Canada (CCC). The rule of the CCC contest include the used of only compost to prepare the soil with no chemical fertilizers and no force feeding of nutrients through the vines. The council encouraged growers to grow the heaviest pumpkin which will be weighed on September 28, 2007. The participants of the contest must present their result to the Council's office accompanied with a fax report and photo signed by a local municipal official or horticultural group for confirmation.

A pumpkin weighing in at 408 pounds in Kelowna, British Columbia has won the Composting Council of Canada's second annual great pumpkin growing contest. An Ogogrow, Kelowna's premium-cured compost product, was used to grow the pumpkin. Ogogrow is a biosolids compost produced in aerated static piles, using wood chips as the bulking agent. The plant was also watered with soaker hoses coiled outwards from the planting hole. The $500 prize money will be donated to a community garden.