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N.B. ag minister among unseated Tories in election loss

Sep. 23, 2014 at 3:19 am CDT

New Brunswick’s incumbent agriculture minister is among the election-night casualties for Premier David Alward’s Tories as the provincial Liberals get set to return to government. Michael Olscamp, the Tories’ minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries since 2010 and MLA for the Sackville-area riding of Tantramar, lost his seat Monday against […]

Canada/Korea trade pact’s final text signed

Sep. 22, 2014 at 5:43 pm CDT

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Deere chain to pick up four S. Alta. dealerships

Sep. 19, 2014 at 3:08 am CDT

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CP challenging extended rail interswitching rules

Sep. 18, 2014 at 3:02 pm CDT

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Incoming Alta. premier taps ex-MPs to push for market access

Sep. 18, 2014 at 1:33 pm CDT

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Man sought on alleged ag equipment scams

Sep. 18, 2014 at 1:20 am CDT

Police in Alberta and Saskatchewan are looking for a 31-year-old man wanted on fraud charges stemming from allegedly unfulfilled online ads for farm equipment. Bradly Barry Kowalczyk is wanted on warrants from Calgary and the Three Hills, Chestermere, Crowsnest Pass, Viking, St. Paul and Olds areas of Alberta on charges […]

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CN to be fined for under-hauling grain

Sep. 17, 2014 at 5:25 pm CDT

Canadian National Railway (CN) is set to be fined for allegedly failing to meet its now-mandatory minimum weekly grain handle. The as-yet unspecified penalty would be the first under the federal Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act passed earlier this year. [Related story] The Act requires CN and Canadian Pacific Railway […]

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Meat industry groups seek rehearing of COOL court case

Sep. 16, 2014 at 3:17 pm CDT

Canadian, U.S. and Mexican livestock and meat industry groups want a rehearing from a U.S. court that so far has shot down their challenges of U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws. The American Meat Institute (AMI), the lead group in a list of plaintiffs including the Canadian Pork Council and […]

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Rogers Sugar plans layoffs at Montreal refinery

Sep. 12, 2014 at 5:48 pm CDT

As a cost-cutting measure in a “very competitive” domestic sugar market, Rogers Sugar plans to cut back its Montreal refinery’s workforce by 59 employees. The Montreal plant, run by Rogers subsidiary Lantic, will cut the positions through “layoffs, early retirements and voluntary departures,” the company said Wednesday. Canada’s sugar industry […]

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Sask. wolf hunting pilot starts next week

Sep. 11, 2014 at 6:37 pm CDT

A provincial pilot project allowing licensed hunters to help thin out the wolf packs on behalf of livestock producers in predator-ridden northeastern Saskatchewan will get underway Monday (Sept. 15). Saskatchewan’s environment ministry said Thursday the pilot wolf hunt will run until March 31, 2015, strictly in wildlife management zone (WMZ) […]

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