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Conagra tops profit, sales estimates even as consumers turn thrifty

Oct. 6, 2022 at 1:21 pm CDT

Reuters — Conagra Brands beat quarterly sales and profit estimates on Thursday, boosted by higher prices for its Marie Callender’s and Slim Jim brands even as consumer demand wanes under the weight of decades-high inflation. Global food companies have been increasing prices over the past year to shield profit margins, […]

Ford, GM upgrade their heavy-duty pickup profit machines

Oct. 1, 2022 at 10:52 pm CDT

By Joseph White

Filling the diversity gap in the workforce

Sep. 30, 2022 at 9:36 am CDT

By Scott Garvey

After Fiona, climate experts urge Canada to fix flagship adaptation strategy

Sep. 28, 2022 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Nia Williams

Trudeau tours storm-hit Atlantic Canada as power outages persist

Sep. 27, 2022 at 6:34 pm CDT

By John Morris

Fiona batters Eastern Canada’s farms, fishery

Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:18 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Powerful storm Fiona slammed into Canada’s eastern fishing and farm industries over the weekend, smashing wharves, food processing plants and barns that will take months to repair. One of the worst storms Canada has ever faced left more than one-third of customers in Nova Scotia without […]

By Rod Nickel

B.C. to back Indigenous food system projects

Sep. 26, 2022 at 3:22 am CDT

A new British Columbia program will provide up to $80,000 each for projects in agriculture, food processing or other sectors to improve food security in that province’s Indigenous communities. The province on Wednesday rolled out a new Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Partnership Program, which is set up to take […]

By Dave Bedard

Cleanup work begins for Eastern Canada after Fiona

Sep. 25, 2022 at 9:32 pm CDT

Port aux Basques | Reuters — It will take several months for Canada to restore critical infrastructure after the powerful storm Fiona left an “unprecedented” trail of destruction, officials said on Sunday, as crews fanned out in five provinces to restore power and clean up fallen trees and debris. One […]

By John Morris

Fiona pounds Bermuda as Canada braces for major jolt

Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:08 pm CDT

Hamilton, Bermuda/Halifax, N.S. | Reuters — Hurricane Fiona pounded the Atlantic island of Bermuda with heavy rain and winds on Friday as it tracked northward toward Eastern Canada, where it threatens to become one of the most severe storms in Canadian history. Fiona had already battered a series of Caribbean […]

By Don Burgess Eric Martyn

Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears East Coast

Sep. 23, 2022 at 2:09 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Shaggy, long-maned wild horses grazing freely on the sandy grasslands of the crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic are expected to come under the swipe of a powerful storm forecast to hit Eastern Canada this weekend. Hurricane Fiona, tracking northward after carving a destructive path […]

By Ismail Shakil