Insights and Stories of Dave Bedard

Jan. 26, 2011 at 8:16 pm CST

Viterra is in talks with the Montreal Port Authority to become the operator of the St. Lawrence Seaway port’s grain terminal. The Regina firm, Canada’s largest grain handler, emphasized in a release Wednesday that “no transaction has been finalized” with the port authority and discussions are ongoing. Viterra’s proposal calls […]

By Dave Bedard

Aug. 4, 2010 at 4:02 pm CDT

CN isn’t bound by law to keep or operate a producer car site wherever one exists or a farmer wants one, Canada’s transport regulator has ruled. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Wednesday dismissed a level-of-service complaint filed late last year by Cam Goff, a central Saskatchewan farmer and farmer-elected […]

By Dave Bedard

Aug. 4, 2010 at 7:24 am CDT

A thirst among vehicle thieves for horsepower and hemis has made pickup trucks a “group to watch” in an annual list of vehicle theft losses and theft rates, as compiled by a U.S. insurers’ group. “In many cases it’s tough to pinpoint exactly why a vehicle becomes a theft target,” […]

By Dave Bedard

Apr. 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm CDT

B.C. biofuel maker BioStreet Canada says it’s been granted the provincial environmental permit it needs to move ahead on its planned biodiesel crusher and refinery at Vegreville, Alta. Company president Darrell Michaels described the province’s approval in a release Wednesday as a “significant milestone” for the $210 million project, dubbed […]

By Dave Bedard

Feb. 18, 2010 at 12:48 pm CST

Lawyers behind the two remaining class-action suits pitting about 135,000 Canadian cattle producers against Ottawa over losses due to BSE will go to court in April to ask for one last merger. Cameron Pallett, a Toronto lawyer for Ontario producer Bill Sauer, said Wednesday that counsel for cattleman Donald Berneche […]

By Dave Bedard