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Quarry battle raises fears over municipal autonomy

Jul. 24, 2020 at 2:27 pm CDT

It’s a sunflower field at the moment. Foot-high plants wave in the summer sun beneath “no trespassing” signs — a lot of signs for an ordinary farmer’s field. “Live watch security,” they say. Kitty-corner, Florence McCoy’s yard is quiet, but for singing birds and the odd car driving past. She’s […]

Out-of-this-world rural internet speeds a long way off

Jul. 10, 2020 at 11:34 am CDT

By Jennifer Blair

Excess milk turned into charity cheese

May. 8, 2020 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Broken chain: Protecting the workers who process Canada’s meat from COVID-19

May. 1, 2020 at 11:40 am CDT

Rural Ontarians push back against pot production

Jan. 10, 2020 at 11:23 am CST

By John Greig

Local food producers struggled ahead in 2019

Jan. 3, 2020 at 5:07 pm CST

Manitoba has a way to go before it’s a friendly place for small food and drink producers, several articles demonstrated throughout the year. Be it crippling regulations, lack of risk management programs for small farmers, or simply lack of local supply chains, several factors say Manitoba’s local food system has […]

By Geralyn Wichers

How the federal government is taxing income-splitting

Nov. 22, 2019 at 10:16 am CST

In 2017, the federal government proposed changes to its tax on split income (TOSI). Since then, due in part to opposition by farmers and farm groups, those changes evolved. Now, after coming into effect for the 2018 tax year, financial advisers have more concrete knowledge of how TOSI actually applies. […]

By Matt McIntosh

Debating the fate of the Ontario Food Terminal

May. 24, 2019 at 2:17 pm CDT

Wholesalers and patrons of the Ontario Food Terminal are worried there is another agenda behind a government-ordered review of the facility. Although the stated purpose of the study commissioned by the Ford government is to determine how best to expand and modernize the facility, many worry that its location just […]

By Matt McIntosh

Market access, trade priorities for Canada’s new ag minister

Mar. 15, 2019 at 9:32 am CDT

Ensuring market access, including getting Canadian canola into China, and promoting trade, are top priorities for Canada’s new agriculture minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau. “I already understand we have ongoing market access issues that I have to get into really quickly… ” Bibeau, sworn in March 1, told reporters after her first […]

By Allan Dawson

Court ruling alone won’t fix ‘orphan’ well crisis

Feb. 15, 2019 at 10:22 am CST

A Supreme Court ruling that puts cleanup ahead of creditors is a step forward — but won’t “make too much difference” to landowners with abandoned wells, says a director with the Alberta Surface Rights Federation. “The landowners are still going to be in a situation where they have to deal […]

By Alexis Kienlen Glenn Cheater