Insights and Stories of Dave Bedard

Vaccine protest jams southern Alberta border crossing

Jan. 31, 2022 at 2:41 am CST

UPDATED, Jan. 31 — A major supply chain corridor between Alberta and the U.S. remained blockaded through into Sunday evening by vehicles in protest of mandates requiring foreign truckers entering Canada and the U.S. to be vaccinated. The protest on Highway 4 at the Coutts, Alta. border crossing, about 100 […]

Philippines ends import block on Canadian beef

Jan. 29, 2022 at 9:36 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Year-end profits up for CN, CP despite lower grain handles

Jan. 29, 2022 at 2:38 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Chicken abuse caught on video nets $600,000 in fines

Jan. 28, 2022 at 8:28 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Richardson canola oil on a bottling line.

Richardson crush plant workers to vote on new offer

Jan. 28, 2022 at 7:36 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Viterra to buy Marubeni’s U.S. grain firm Gavilon

Jan. 26, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

Grain firm Viterra’s plans to buy an expanded global reach are about to move forward with a 10-figure deal for the bulk of U.S. ag commodity firm Gavilon’s grain business. Viterra, owned by commodities firm Glencore and two Canadian public-sector pension funds, announced Wednesday it will pay $1.125 billion to […]

By Dave Bedard

Smoothie cubes pulled for raw elderberry use

Jan. 22, 2022 at 2:24 am CST

Federal food safety officials say a Quebec company’s new line of frozen smoothie cubes, sold online, is being recalled over its use of raw elderberries and a resulting potential risk of cyanide poisoning. Montreal-based Evive Nutrition, known in part for its pitch on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den in 2019, is […]

By Dave Bedard

Study finds no data to show change in butter consistency

Jan. 21, 2022 at 10:56 pm CST

Updated, Jan. 24 — A panel tasked with reviewing complaints of changes in Canadian butter’s consistency has found there’s not enough data out there to support those complaints — nor to support the allegation that palm byproducts in cows’ rations were the cause. The Expert Working Group on Feed Supplementation, […]

By Dave Bedard

On The Run operator to buy M+M Food Market

Jan. 18, 2022 at 6:57 pm CST

A well-known Canadian food retailer selling flash-frozen meals, entrees, side dishes and desserts direct to consumers is headed to expansion-minded new owners. Calgary-based Parkland Corp., which operates fuel and convenience retail chains and bulk fuel distribution businesses in Canada and elsewhere, announced Tuesday it’s signed an agreement to buy M+M […]

By Dave Bedard

Manitoba names new ag minister in shuffle

Jan. 18, 2022 at 3:46 pm CST

Another MLA from Manitoba’s Interlake region has been named to handle the province’s farm file in Premier Heather Stefanson’s latest cabinet shuffle and portfolio restructuring. Stefanson, who replaced Brian Pallister as premier in November, on Tuesday named Interlake-Gimli MLA Derek Johnson as minister of agriculture, replacing Lakeside MLA Ralph Eichler, […]

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Insights and Stories of Dave Bedard

Vaccine protest jams southern Alberta border crossing

Philippines ends import block on Canadian beef

Year-end profits up for CN, CP despite lower grain handles

Chicken abuse caught on video nets $600,000 in fines

Richardson crush plant workers to vote on new offer

Viterra to buy Marubeni’s U.S. grain firm Gavilon

Smoothie cubes pulled for raw elderberry use

Study finds no data to show change in butter consistency

On The Run operator to buy M+M Food Market

Manitoba names new ag minister in shuffle

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