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Nov. 3, 2009 at 5:17 pm CST

UPDATED, Nov. 5 –– Our giveaway has so far yielded three winners who will receive copies of the national best-selling cookbook The Big Cook. AGCanada.com and its affiliated websites announced Monday morning that they would give away four autographed copies: one each to the first person to contact us by […]

Nov. 3, 2009 at 12:22 pm CST

The federal government’s plan to extend maternity, parental, sickness and compassionate care benefits through the Employment Insurance (EI) program to farmers and other self-employed Canadians is seen as a major potential boon for rural Canada. Federal Human Resources Minister Diane Finley announced the planned benefits Tuesday morning in introducing what […]

Nov. 1, 2009 at 11:59 pm CST

AGCanada.com has four autographed copies of The Big Cook, the bestselling cookbook that pledges to show how to prepare 200 meals in one day by cooking “en masse.” Authord by Deanna Siemens, Joanne Smith and Lorelei Thomas, published by YouCan2 Publishing of Medicine Hat, Alta., and now in its third […]

Oct. 29, 2009 at 5:12 pm CDT

Having bought time from its lenders, organic and natural grocery chain Planet Organic has posted increased sales but a deeper net loss in its fiscal 2009. The Edmonton company, which operates Planet Organic Market, Sangster’s, Healthy’s and Mrs. Green’s Natural Market stores in Canada and the U.S., on Wednesday reported […]

Oct. 29, 2009 at 12:09 am CDT

The company billing itself as Canada’s biggest provider of rural broadband plans to buy space on a new high-throughput satellite to boost its service speed and add capacity for more users. Woodstock, N.B.-based Barrett Xplore announced an agreement “valued in excess of US$100 million” to buy and operate over 10 […]