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Hudson Bay port gears up for 2008 season

Feb. 20, 2008 at 6:29 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill is gearing up for its 2008 season with Canadian Wheat Board grains, non-board grains and a host of other items on the list of commodities expected to be moved through the facility, according to an official with the Churchill Gateway Development […]

Man. to review livestock veterinary services

Feb. 20, 2008 at 6:08 pm CST

By FBC staff

CFIA drops permits for feeding scraps

Feb. 20, 2008 at 5:47 pm CST

By FBC staff

New Canadian pear named “Harovin Sundown”

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm CST

By AAFC

St. Lawrence to freeze tolls through 2010

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:42 pm CST

By FBC staff

CPR to challenge new grain revenue cap

Feb. 20, 2008 at 3:29 pm CST

A significantly lower retroactive cap on railways’ grain handling revenue for 2007-08 will be challenged, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) pledged Wednesday. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), which caps the amount of revenue CPR and Canadian National Railway (CN) can keep from the handling of Prairie grain, on Tuesday announced a […]

By FBC staff

Canada, Jordan start free trade talks

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:22 pm CST

Canada and Jordan on Wednesday officially launched negotiations toward a free trade agreement (FTA) that could boost ag trade between the two countries. A first full round of negotiations between the two nations is planned for April in Amman, Jordan, the federal government said in a release Wednesday. “Negotiations will […]

By FBC staff

Chinese pigs’ legs intercepted: CFIA

Feb. 20, 2008 at 2:08 pm CST

A Toronto-area international trading firm has been fined $10,000 over an attempt to bring undeclared pigs’ legs from China into Canada. A guilty plea was entered Jan. 9 on behalf of Merilin International Trading Inc. for violating federal animal health regulations, connected to the import of 1,600 kg of pork […]

By FBC staff

CTA lowers railways’ Prairie grain revenue caps

Feb. 20, 2008 at 4:00 am CST

The expected lower costs of maintaining grain hopper cars will take a significant bite out of the maximum that Canada’s two mainline railways can charge farmers to move western grain in 2007-08, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled Tuesday. The federal quasi-judicial transport tribunal on Tuesday announced a final adjusted […]

By FBC staff

Monsanto funds rural curling club renos

Feb. 20, 2008 at 3:01 am CST

Monsanto Canada has named the Val Marie Curling Club in southwestern Saskatchewan as the grand prize winner of $10,000 toward needed improvements in the seed and chemical company’s “Imagine a Better House” contest. The club at Val Marie, south of Swift Current, won the grand prize from 240 applications and […]

By FBC staff