Insights and Stories of Staff

Jun. 16, 2018 at 8:31 pm CDT

The Canadian Transportation Agency has ordered the current owners of the Hudson Bay Railway to get repair work underway by July 3 at the latest. The CTA — the quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator for the Canadian transport sector — on Wednesday granted a request filed by an unnamed representative of […]

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Jun. 14, 2018 at 4:45 pm CDT

Väderstad will introduce the new high-speed precision planter Tempo L 24 at an upcoming Canadian farm show this year. “Now, the Tempo family is growing and we are introducing the all-new Tempo L 24,” says Mattias Hovnert, Senior Vice President Global Sales & Marketing at Väderstad. The Tempo L 24 is […]

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Jun. 14, 2018 at 3:00 am CDT

Canadian dairy giant Saputo plans on further “maximizing its manufacturing footprint” in Canada in the next few years, starting with a new $240 million Vancouver-area processing plant at Port Coquitlam. The “state-of-the-art” plant is expected to be built within the next three years and commissioned in fiscal 2021, the company […]

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Jun. 8, 2018 at 5:36 pm CDT

With just under four months before the province’s next election, Quebec’s current minister of agriculture, food and fisheries won’t be in the running. Laurent Lessard ended weeks of speculation Friday when he announced he won’t seek a sixth term as the MNA for Lotbiniere-Frontenac. In a statement on Facebook, Lessard, […]

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Jun. 8, 2018 at 1:13 am CDT

The Ontario Liberals’ minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs is among the election-night casualties as the province’s Progressive Conservatives get set to form a majority government. As of midnight CT Friday, Doug Ford’s Tories were elected or leading in 76 of 124 ridings, followed by Andrea Horwath’s New Democrats […]

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