Insights and Stories on General

Apr. 19, 2011 at 5:42 am CDT

The only sure way for drivers not to drown when crossing flooded rural roads is not to cross them, says Gordon Giesbrecht, associate dean at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation. Even if a road isn’t washed out — something drivers can’t see — it takes just […]

By Allan Dawson

Apr. 18, 2011 at 5:34 pm CDT

Nearly a decade worth of work to reach a world trade deal is on the verge of “failure,” World Trade Organization director General Pascal Lamy said Saturday in a plea for countries to rise above their own narrow interests for the good of the global economy. “The WTO system is […]

By doug-palmer

Apr. 11, 2011 at 6:19 pm CDT

Aiming to boost its share of Canada’s domestic grocery and consumer goods shipping business, Canadian National Railway (CN) has bought over 1,000 new containers to cater to that market segment. About 80 per cent of the new containers are heated to carry “temperature-sensitive” goods year-round, while the remainder are standard […]

Apr. 11, 2011 at 4:42 pm CDT

The agriculture policies of all five major Canadian political parties were put front and centre in a debate hosted by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Ottawa on Monday. All of the parties were in agreement that agriculture was important to the country, but there was some disagreement on just […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 10, 2011 at 10:59 pm CDT

Aiming to clear the regulatory path for farm transfers, the Bloc Quebecois has included among its federal election platform planks a plan to boost the capital gains exemption on farm sales. Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe re-announced the proposal Saturday at Metabetchouan-Lac-a-la-Croix, about 65 km west of Chicoutimi, after including it […]