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Alberta names new deputy ag minister

Mar. 23, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

Alberta’s deputy provincial environment minister, a civil engineer and 28-year veteran of the Canadian Forces, has been named the province’s new top agriculture bureaucrat. Premier Rachel Notley on Tuesday put through an order in council appointing Andre Corbould as Alberta’s deputy minister of agriculture and forestry effective Wednesday, replacing Beverly […]

‘Clean’ tech adoption up for federal funding

Mar. 23, 2018 at 2:30 am CDT

By Staff

Trudeau optimistic on NAFTA as deal on autos seen possible

Mar. 21, 2018 at 9:41 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Community to ‘transform’ Guelph’s Kemptville ag campus

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:22 am CDT

By Staff

Enjoy stable diesel market while you can, analyst says

Mar. 14, 2018 at 12:53 am CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. farm group targets Trump with free-trade ads

Mar. 13, 2018 at 8:08 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — A farm lobbying group is spending US$500,000 to air television ads on channels near U.S. President Donald Trump’s home in Florida to encourage free trade, with the group worried recent metal tariffs could result in retaliation against U.S. agricultural goods. Farmers for Free Trade, a bipartisan […]

By Ginger Gibson

In the era of ‘Fake News’ and the farm

Mar. 9, 2018 at 2:55 pm CST

Just 18 short months ago, almost no one — not politicians, not reporters, not lay people — used the term ‘fake news.’ Sure, bias and dishonesty have existed in politics, in sales, in industry and in media forever. What’s new since the viral spread of the ‘fake news’ concept, though, […]

By Madeleine Baerg

Trade bloc Mercosur, Canada launch talks for trade deal

Mar. 9, 2018 at 12:14 pm CST

Asuncion| Reuters — South American trade bloc Mercosur formally launched discussions for a trade deal with Canada on Friday, in a move officials said would signal an embrace of free trade at a time other countries are moving toward protectionist policies. For Canada, the talks with the group, which includes […]

By Reuters

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without U.S.

Mar. 8, 2018 at 4:50 pm CST

Santiago | Reuters — Eleven countries including Canada and Japan signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the U.S. on Thursday in what one minister called a powerful signal against protectionism and trade wars. The deal came as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed earlier in the day to press ahead […]

By Dave Sherwood Felipe Iturrieta

Canada sticks to measured tack in U.S. trade row

Mar. 7, 2018 at 9:10 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is sticking to its keep-calm strategy as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up trade war rhetoric, convinced that no move is the best move for the country with the most to lose, but critics say it risks being a soft target if its strategy fails. […]

By Andrea Hopkins