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Ont. colleges to run Alfred ag campus

Mar. 18, 2014 at 3:58 pm CDT

Two Ontario francophone colleges plan to step in to keep French-language agriculture and food science programming rolling at the University of Guelph’s Alfred campus — in certain cases as early as this fall. Sudbury-based Le Collège Boréal and Ottawa-based La Cité announced last week they will partner with the U […]

Ont. racehorse breeders suing OLG over slots program

Mar. 18, 2014 at 3:40 am CDT

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Same EI premiums, no benefits for seasonal farm workers: study

Mar. 17, 2014 at 3:40 pm CDT

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CHS to buy 16 Agrium retail, anhydrous outlets

Mar. 17, 2014 at 12:37 pm CDT

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Governments, Vancouver port propose measures to restart trucking

Mar. 14, 2014 at 1:13 pm CDT

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Canadian lamb co-operative near launch

Mar. 13, 2014 at 2:05 pm CDT

The Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative (CLPC) is set to start buying finished lambs this spring and launch a new marketing arm, dubbed the Canadian Lamb Company, this month. The co-operative, the first-ever federally incorporated national co-op, will own and oversee the Canadian Lamb Co. as its corporate marketing subsidiary. Four […]

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W. Manitoba feedlot building wrecked in fire

Mar. 13, 2014 at 12:43 pm CDT

A cattle feeding operation in western Manitoba has lost its office and several equipment bays in an overnight fire. The fire department and RCMP from Hamiota, about 80 km northwest of Brandon, were called at 3:20 a.m. Thursday to nearby Hamiota Feedlot, RCMP said in a release later Thursday morning. […]

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Campari makes play in Canadian whisky

Mar. 13, 2014 at 4:36 am CDT

Staking a claim in the smoking-hot Canadian whisky market, Italian beverage giant Campari is poised to snap up what’s billed as the only independent whisky maker in Ontario. Gruppo Campari on Wednesday announced a cash deal to buy full ownership of Forty Creek Distillery of Grimsby, Ont. for $185.6 million. […]

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Manitoba moves to find space for ‘at-risk’ grain

Mar. 12, 2014 at 5:51 pm CDT

A grain bin listing service and “flexibility” in spring load limits on provincial roads are among the moves Manitoba plans to pursue to get “at-risk” grain out of harm’s way in view of the current grain freight backlog. The province on Wednesday announced it will launch a review of flood-prone […]

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U of Guelph to shut Kemptville, Alfred campuses

Mar. 12, 2014 at 1:44 pm CDT

The University of Guelph plans to consolidate its agricultural academic and research operations by shutting its Kemptville and Alfred campuses by the end of next year. The university, which operates Ontario Agricultural College and Ontario Veterinary College, announced Wednesday it would wind down operations at the two satellite campuses and […]

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