Insights and Stories of Staff

Burger King, Tim Hortons reach deal on marriage

Aug. 26, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Two days after confirming their talks on the idea, Canada’s biggest quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain and the world’s second-biggest burger chain have lined up their US$15.5 billion merger deal. Burger King Worldwide and Tim Hortons on Tuesday announced a “definitive agreement” to combine the world’s fourth- and eighth-biggest QSR firms […]

Bloc Quebecois’ ag critic quits party

Aug. 25, 2014 at 6:47 pm CDT

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Burger King throne would move north in Timmy’s merger

Aug. 25, 2014 at 3:16 pm CDT

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Big Rock Brewery founder Ed McNally, 89

Aug. 21, 2014 at 5:43 pm CDT

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DuPont to shed Kocide fungicide business

Aug. 21, 2014 at 4:55 pm CDT

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Labels now the law for all mechanically tenderized beef

Aug. 21, 2014 at 12:38 pm CDT

In a move to cut risk from foodborne E. coli, all mechanically tenderized beef (MTB) sold in Canada from today on must be labelled as such and list instructions on safe cooking. Health Minister Rona Ambrose on Thursday announced the new labelling requirements for all uncooked MTB — expanding a […]

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Cargill plant fined over cut wastewater samples

Aug. 20, 2014 at 6:33 pm CDT

One of the largest beef packing plants in Canada has been slapped with an $80,000 fine after reporting “errors” in its wastewater data in early 2012. Alberta’s Provincial Court levied the fine against the Canadian arm of Cargill for “failing to immediately report intentionally-diluted wastewater samples” from its High River, Alta. […]

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Dr. Oetker orders McCain pizza

Aug. 20, 2014 at 3:11 pm CDT

Germany’s Dr. Oetker is set to take a bigger slice of the Canadian and U.S. pizza market, with a deal to buy McCain Foods’ North American frozen pizza business. New Brunswick-based McCain announced Wednesday it will sell its non-Pizza Pocket-related frozen pizza business to Dr. Oetker for an undisclosed sum, […]

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N.B. microbreweries cleared for on-site sales

Aug. 20, 2014 at 2:53 am CDT

Microbreweries in New Brunswick will no longer be required to move product through the provincial liquor agency before they can open on-site stores. NB Liquor has scrapped a regulation in its Brewer’s Agency Store Policy that required new breweries to sell at least 100 hectolitres (10,000 litres) of product through the […]

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Ont. egg producer’s grading station reinstated

Aug. 20, 2014 at 2:11 am CDT

A southwestern Ontario shell egg producer’s grading station has been reinstated after a four-month federal suspension. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on April 11 suspended the registration for Allan Toby, operating at Owen Sound, Ont., for failure to maintain the operation’s grading station in “required conditions” as per the Egg […]

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