Insights and Stories of Staff

B.C. egg farm joins turkey, broiler farms on quarantine list

Dec. 15, 2014 at 8:39 pm CST

A 53,000-bird table egg layer operation in the greater Vancouver area is the 10th farm in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland to be confirmed with avian influenza since the beginning of the month. The farm, in the Langley municipality, was investigated Saturday under “suspicion” of avian flu and confirmed later that […]

FNA preparing to push south

Dec. 11, 2014 at 8:01 pm CST

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Richardson to replace Dauphin elevator

Dec. 11, 2014 at 6:19 pm CST

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Que. complying with, appealing AIT ruling on edible oil products

Dec. 10, 2014 at 8:14 pm CST

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Avian flu arrives on more B.C. poultry farms

Dec. 10, 2014 at 7:25 pm CST

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Deere chain Cervus buys two Alta. dealerships

Dec. 10, 2014 at 6:07 pm CST

Two John Deere farm equipment dealerships in southern Alberta are set to become part of Deere dealer chain Cervus Equipment. Cervus announced Wednesday it’s bought the assets of Deer-Country Equipment, which owns and operates Deere dealerships at Vulcan and High River. The deal “represents a strategic opportunity for Cervus to […]

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Tim Hortons shareholders approve Burger King deal

Dec. 10, 2014 at 11:58 am CST

Stockholders in Canada’s emblematic Tim Hortons coffee-and-donut chain have voted their shares in favour of U.S. fast-food chain Burger King’s marriage proposal. A special THI shareholders’ meeting held Tuesday at the company’s Oakville, Ont. headquarters saw the proposal receive about 99.2 per cent approval in votes cast. The two firms […]

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Poultry, captive bird movements now limited in southern B.C.

Dec. 8, 2014 at 7:54 pm CST

Movements of birds, poultry products and poultry farm equipment are under new restrictions in the area where five poultry farms in British Columbia have been quarantined with avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced a new “primary control zone” in the entire southern half of B.C. south […]

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CWB seeks partner with grain handling expertise, money

Dec. 8, 2014 at 4:29 am CST

The grain firm formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board wants it known the company’s looking for an industry partner, not a new owner — and not just any partner. Aiming to scotch what it calls “speculation and inaccuracies” in recent reports about its future and its plans for full […]

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Another Abbotsford poultry farm quarantined

Dec. 7, 2014 at 10:57 am CST

A fifth poultry farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, this time a turkey farm near Abbotsford, is under federal quarantine with an H5 strain of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday the Abbotsford farmer came forward after observing “higher than normal mortality rates,” and provided birds for sampling […]

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