Insights and Stories on General

Jun. 21, 2011 at 5:03 am CDT

Farmers and rain both poured into Regina last week for what’s ironically billed as “Canada’s largest dryland farming expo.” Organizers of the Western Canada Farm Progress Show on Monday reported a total of 43,012 attendees walking through the gates during the June 15-17 show at Regina’s exhibition park, Evraz Place. […]

Jun. 20, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

A clutch of farm organizations from 66 countries, calling for allowance of greater “policy space” in global ag trade talks, now includes the groups representing Canada’s supply-managed dairy, egg and poultry farmers. Groups including the Dairy Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada and Egg Farmers of Canada on Monday […]

Jun. 20, 2011 at 1:05 pm CDT

Canada opposes France’s proposal to tighten controls on commodity speculation, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told Reuters Insider TV on Wednesday.  Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, which currently chairs the G20 group for emerging and developed nations, called on Tuesday for tighter regulation of the speculators he blames for spiraling food […]

Jun. 20, 2011 at 2:13 am CDT

Ag ministers from the Cairns Group, a clutch of 19 agricultural exporting countries including Canada, plan to meet in Saskatoon in September to talk trade. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Friday announced the 36th Cairns Group Ministerial Meeting will be held Sept. 7-9 in Saskatoon, co-chaired by Canada and […]

Jun. 18, 2011 at 10:00 pm CDT

Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is booked to introduce back-to-work legislation Monday morning (June 20) in Ottawa to halt the latest labour disruptions at Canada Post. Raitt’s bill, which the government on Wednesday dubbed the Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act, would end a work stoppage that began June 3 […]