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Rural women and violence: what we don’t talk about

Dec. 21, 2023 at 5:01 pm CST

Why doesn’t she just leave? It’s a question many may ask themselves about a woman they know or suspect is in an unhealthy or violent relationship. Concern over safety, housing and finances are just some of the barriers women in unhealthy relationships have to overcome in order to leave. And […]

Bourgault becomes third shortliner acquired by Linamar since 2017

Dec. 21, 2023 at 4:07 pm CST

By Scott Garvey

Urban school farm opens world of opportunity to British teens

Dec. 21, 2023 at 1:28 pm CST

By Andy Bruce Phil Noble Reuters

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

Dec. 21, 2023 at 11:42 am CST

By Reuters

Buhler Industries finds new majority shareholder in Turkish firm

Dec. 21, 2023 at 10:38 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Production worker inside tofu manufacturing facility.

Feds earmark $400,000 to tofu production automation

Dec. 20, 2023 at 11:28 am CST

A Quebec tofu-maker has received a $400,000 federal loan to help automate its organic tofu production facility.

By Geralyn Wichers

Prairie forecast: Mild and dry weather right through to the New Year

Dec. 20, 2023 at 10:08 am CST

The holiday weather picture is starting to shape up, and if you're hoping for a perfect Christmas day with falling snow, I wouldn’t get my hopes up. If you are hoping for a continuation of mild winter weather, then it looks like you are in luck.

By Daniel Bezte

Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. CEO Douglas Cole speaks at a news conference at the Manitoba Legislature on Dec. 19 as Manitoba agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn looks on.

Manitoba earmarks funds for sustainable aviation fuel plant

Dec. 19, 2023 at 2:40 pm CST

Calgary-based firm Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. plans to use Canadian feedstock like soybean and canola oils to produce as much as one billion litres of renewable aviation fuel per year, the news release added.

By Geralyn Wichers

Canadian Grain Commission chief’s term extended

Dec. 18, 2023 at 5:07 pm CST

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) chief commissioner Doug Chorney has seen his term extended as the search continues for his replacement, CGC said today.

By Geralyn Wichers

Demonstrating farmers with tractors pack a street near the Brandenburg gate in Berlin.

German farmers protest with tractors against austerity measures

Dec. 18, 2023 at 1:20 pm CST

According to next year's budget, a partial tax refund on agricultural diesel, along with a tax exemption for agricultural vehicles, will be abolished to meet the saving targets - a measure farmers said would threaten their livelihood and the competitiveness of Germany's agricultural sector.

By Reuters Riham Alkousaa Swantje Stein