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New step in Port of Churchill’s potential sale

Dec. 28, 2016 at 3:23 pm CST

Commodity News Service Canada – Ownership of the Hudson Bay rail line and shuttered Port of Churchill may change soon, as the port’s current owners and a collection of northern First Nations have inked a formal agreement, according to a company press release. Omnitrax, the rail company that currently owns […]

Grain elevators applaud the Parliamentary Committee’s rail recommendations

Dec. 28, 2016 at 1:10 pm CST

By Staff

Diesel prices to start edging up in 2017

Dec. 28, 2016 at 1:02 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Season’s Greetings from Farm Business Communications

Dec. 23, 2016 at 12:45 pm CST

By Staff

CRTC makes broadband a basic service

Dec. 21, 2016 at 7:07 pm CST

By Reuters

World continues to digest Trump win

Nov. 9, 2016 at 4:13 pm CST

As the world continues to digest Donald Trump’s surprise win in the U.S. presidential election, in many ways it seems to be business as usual. After see-sawing at the open, North American equity markets logged surprisingly strong gains after most market participants were said to have priced in a Hillary […]

By Staff

Green jobs eligible for wage subsidy

Nov. 7, 2016 at 3:37 pm CST

A new Career Focus Green Jobs program is offering wage subsidies to help employers with an environmental focus hire new graduates, a federal release says. The program targets small- and medium-sized businesses to help reduce the cost barriers of hiring new graduates by subsidizing their salary by 50 per cent […]

By Staff

Canada invests in Canadian biomass and composites industries

Nov. 7, 2016 at 3:21 pm CST

Federal and provincial governments are investing up to $2.9 million to the Composites Innovation Centre Manitoba for two initiatives. The funds will go towards the development of quality standards and measurement techniques for Canadian biomass, and research into overcoming technology barriers to the adoption of natural fibres in the composites […]

By Staff

Revisions in the works for Canada’s Food Guide

Oct. 24, 2016 at 7:59 pm CDT

Health Canada is planning changes to one of its key policy documents to reflect how Canadians’ diets are generally coming up short in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk alternatives. At the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Montreal on Monday, the federal health department launched a 45-day public consultation on […]

By Staff

FBC earns national, provincial honours for farm coverage

Oct. 11, 2016 at 4:55 pm CDT

Winnipeg farm publishing house Farm Business Communications has earned 13 national and provincial awards so far this fall for its news and feature coverage of issues in Canadian farming. FBC, an arm of Glacier FarmMedia, earned a total of 10 gold, silver and bronze awards on Oct. 1 from the […]

By Staff