Insights and Stories on General

Oct. 12, 2011 at 4:12 am CDT

The minister in charge of Newfoundland and Labrador’s agrifoods agency has wound up unemployed in the governing Tories’ march to a third majority provincial government in a row. Shawn Skinner, the MHA for St. John’s Centre and the provincial minister of natural resources since December last year, lost his seat […]

Oct. 7, 2011 at 1:27 pm CDT

One of Canada’s biggest casual restaurant brands is warming up expansion plans for smaller cities and rural communities with the launch of a smaller-store prototype. Boston Pizza International’s new smaller-scale store design, at about 4,100 square feet, is expected to make it “more affordable than ever to own a Boston […]

Oct. 7, 2011 at 7:35 am CDT

Farmer Greg Marshall has resigned from his post as president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS). In a letter this week to APAS board members and staff, Marshall cited health reasons for his decision, which follows what the organization called a “near-fatal” heart attack he suffered at his […]

Oct. 6, 2011 at 12:22 pm CDT

One of the keys to achieving food security in Africa is ensuring its millions of smallholder farmers are able to produce enough food for their families plus a surplus to sell in local markets. To get a better idea of the challenge facing a typical African farm family, we’ve identified […]

By Jean Paul Ntezimana

Sep. 23, 2011 at 6:43 pm CDT

U.S. retail giant Target will go shopping at Sobeys for the dairy goods, frozen foods and dry grocery products to be sold at Target stores in Canada starting in early 2013. Sobeys, a national grocery store chain owned by Nova Scotia-based Empire Co., announced a new long-term wholesale distribution deal […]