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MacAulay to visit China on trade mission to boost food exports

Nov. 10, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Lawrence MacAulay, will lead a trade mission next week to China as part of Canada’s efforts to double bilateral trade with that country and grow global agri-food exports to $75 billion by 2025. A news release distributed on Nov. 9, said, “with a population of 1.4 billion people, and a growing appetite […]

Remembering the men of Margaret

Nov. 10, 2017 at 12:13 pm CST

By Lorraine Stevenson

TPP talks without U.S. near final stretch

Nov. 1, 2017 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Reuters

Xplornet to buy NetSet

Oct. 23, 2017 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Staff

Greig: Federal tax backtracks aside, much of impact still unknown

Oct. 20, 2017 at 4:50 pm CDT

By John Greig

Ottawa scraps plans for new limits on capital gains

Oct. 19, 2017 at 7:58 pm CDT

The federal finance ministry has backed away from proposed plans for new limits on capital gains exemptions, over concerns of “unintended consequences” for businesses such as farms. Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Thursday announced the federal government “will not be moving forward with measures that would limit access to the […]

By Staff

Loblaw cuts 500 jobs, plans to reinvest in e-commerce

Oct. 16, 2017 at 5:47 pm CDT

Toronto | Reuters — Grocery chain Loblaw Co. Ltd. is cutting about 500 jobs across the company, and plans to reinvest the savings into digital and e-commerce services, the company said on Monday. The job cuts, which began on Monday and make up 0.25 per cent of the Toronto-based company’s […]

By Nichola Saminather

Feds pledge lower small business tax rate

Oct. 16, 2017 at 8:57 am CDT

UPDATED, Oct. 16 — The federal government says it will cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent from 10.5, a move seen as an attempt to counter a growing backlash against its July tax reform announcement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau appeared side-by-side […]

By Reuters Staff

U.S. stance on autos sows more doubt about NAFTA overhaul

Oct. 13, 2017 at 7:01 pm CDT

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday demanded that U.S.-made content account for half the value of the cars and trucks sold under the North American Free Trade Agreement, raising further doubts about any potential deal to renew the pact. Three sources briefed on the protectionist U.S. […]

By Dave Graham David Ljunggren

Leading the farm after tragedy strikes

Oct. 13, 2017 at 9:53 am CDT

“We left the hospital, and went to tell my grandmother he had died, then I came home and loaded trucks at two in the morning,” says Jackson. Neighbours rushed to help, but “Dad hadn’t even been dead for four hours and I had no choice but to keep farming.” Hard […]

By Angela Lovell