Insights and Stories of Alana Vannahme

Meat industries have wish list for slaughter funds

Mar. 10, 2009 at 4:45 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canada’s livestock and meat industries continue to wait for details on how the $50 million promised for Canadian slaughterhouses in the federal budget will be distributed. In the meantime, however, groups are engaging in a bit of wishful thinking as to how they would like to […]

B.C. port workers ratify new agreement

Mar. 9, 2009 at 11:03 am CDT

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GrainWorld: Input costs to ease toward summer

Feb. 25, 2009 at 7:02 pm CST

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GrainWorld: Expect more instability, price swings

Feb. 23, 2009 at 5:56 pm CST

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Obama warns on “Buy America,” gives hope for COOL

Feb. 10, 2009 at 6:09 pm CST

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No surprises seen in StatsCan stocks report

Feb. 5, 2009 at 5:53 pm CST

(Resource News International) —Statistics Canada’s grain and oilseed stocks in all positions report for the period ended Dec. 31, 2008 held no surprises for the industry on Thursday. Instead, the high and, in some cases, record total stocks numbers were largely in line with expectations given high seeded acres and […]

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B.C. port labour talks to resume Feb. 12

Feb. 5, 2009 at 2:31 am CST

(Resource News International) — Federally appointed mediators have set Feb. 12-13 as the next dates for contract negotiations between Local 514 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWU) and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA). The two groups have been trying for months to draft a […]

By Alana Vannahme

Flaherty’s budget confirms ag spending plans

Jan. 27, 2009 at 7:57 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 2009 federal budget, announced in the House of Commons Tuesday, confirmed $550 million in agriculture funding as had been announced Friday by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. That amount is split between a $500 million agricultural flexibility plan and $50 million to improve […]

By Alana Vannahme

Still no breakthrough in B.C. port labour talks

Jan. 26, 2009 at 6:39 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Companies that had hoped for an end to uncertainty caused by the ongoing threat of a strike at B.C.’s busiest ports saw their hopes frustrated again as another weekend came and went without news of a collective agreement for roughly 450 dock and ship workers employed […]

By Alana Vannahme

Budget to include $1.55B in ag and rural funding

Jan. 23, 2009 at 8:03 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The 2009 budget to be unveiled Jan. 27 by Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has pencilled in $1.55 billion in funding for agricultural programs and rural communities, according to statements by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in a media conference Friday. Ritz said the government has earmarked $500 […]

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