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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

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

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

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

Nov. 30, 2018 at 9:42 am CST

When people talk about a cut of meat, they might praise its juiciness and tenderness. But they don’t often talk about its flavour. This is something Nicole Gaudette — an expert in a branch of science called sensory analysis — wants to change. “By using sensory evaluation to study consumer […]

By Alexis Kienlen