Insights and Stories on General

Farm groups line up against feds’ tax proposal

Sep. 2, 2017 at 10:16 am CDT

National, regional and sector farm groups are forming up with several major business associations on the offensive against a proposal to reform how incorporated businesses are taxed in Canada. The federal finance department tabled a series of proposals July 18, opening them for public comment until Oct. 2 for a […]

NAFTA talks resume in Mexico City

Sep. 1, 2017 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Anthony Esposito Dave Graham

Ex-agriculture minister Gerry Ritz quits Commons

Aug. 31, 2017 at 10:51 am CDT

By Staff

Proposed tax changes could hit farmers hard

Aug. 30, 2017 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Jennifer Blair

Federal Tories look east for ag critic

Aug. 30, 2017 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Staff

Whole Foods slashes prices on some produce

Aug. 28, 2017 at 7:16 pm CDT

Los Angeles/Chicago | Reuters — On its first day as part of Amazon.com, organic grocery chain Whole Foods Market slashed prices on popular items like avocados and apples on Monday by a third as it bid to shake off its “Whole Paycheque” reputation for high prices. In another sign of […]

By Julie Ingwersen Lisa Baertlein

Amazon to cut Whole Foods prices amid intense grocery turf war

Aug. 24, 2017 at 5:01 pm CDT

Reuters — Amazon.com said Thursday it will cut prices on a range of popular goods as it completes its acquisition of Whole Foods Market, sending shares of rival grocers tumbling over fears of even more brutal market share battles. Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, which won antitrust approval […]

By David Shepardson Lisa Baertlein

Trio of groups proposes Alberta-based agrifood ‘supercluster’

Aug. 23, 2017 at 6:48 pm CDT

Agrium, Olds College and global satellite communications corporation MDA have submitted an application to the federal government to form an agrifood “supercluster.” The Liberal government committed up to $950 million (over five years) in its March budget to create hubs that would focus on key economic sectors in an effort […]

By Staff

U.S. FTC clears Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods

Aug. 23, 2017 at 5:43 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it has cleared Amazon.com’s planned US$13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market. The FTC said in a statement that it had reviewed whether the deal would substantially lessen competition or constituted an unfair method of competition and opted […]

By David Shepardson

Mexico, Canada dismiss Trump threats to scrap NAFTA

Aug. 23, 2017 at 12:02 pm CDT

Mexico City/Ottawa | Reuters — Mexico and Canada on Wednesday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to scrap NAFTA, describing it as a negotiating tactic designed to gain an advantage during talks to update one of the world’s biggest trading blocs. In comments that initially pushed Mexico’s peso currency down […]

By David Ljunggren Gabriel Stargardter