Insights and Stories on General

Turning on-farm renewable natural gas into a reality

Oct. 8, 2021 at 8:52 am CDT

An Ilderton-area dairy farm is set to become the first agricultural contributor to Ontario’s natural gas grid, with only minor steps remaining to connect to the pipeline passing along the front property line. “We’re very close. Our end of the project is complete. We’ve got gas flowing to the road,” […]

Conagra flags price increases to cushion inflation impact

Oct. 7, 2021 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Deborah Mary Sophia Mehr Bedi

Police reopen Ambassador Bridge

Oct. 4, 2021 at 3:09 pm CDT

By Reuters

GM says chip situation improving

Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Reuters

Canada’s second-largest pension fund reveals new climate targets

Sep. 28, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Maiya Keidan

Green Party chief quits

Sep. 27, 2021 at 4:43 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Annamie Paul announced her resignation as head of Canada’s Green Party on Monday after losing in her own district in last week’s parliamentary election, stepping aside just under a year after becoming the nation’s first Black leader of a mainstream national party. Paul, 48, said she […]

By Steve Scherer

‘Two Michaels’ have left China, Trudeau says

Sep. 24, 2021 at 8:13 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Two Canadian citizens who were detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days have left Chinese airspace and will arrive back in Canada early on Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Friday. Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were picked up in December 2018, shortly after […]

By Reuters

U.N. looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction

Sep. 23, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Billions of people are overweight, millions are hungry, one third of food is wasted and the way the world produces, processes and consumes food generates one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at the first global summit on the future of food. The […]

By Michelle Nichols

Federated Co-operatives looks to sell oil-producing business, keep refinery

Sep. 23, 2021 at 1:28 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) put its oil production business up for sale this week, according to a marketing document obtained by Reuters, but the co-op said it plans to keep its Saskatchewan refinery. FCL spokesperson Cam Zimmer did not comment on the reason for offering to […]

By Rod Nickel

Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade pact week after China

Sep. 22, 2021 at 1:56 pm CDT

Taipei | Reuters — Taiwan has formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the government said Wednesday, less than a week after China said it too had submitted an application. Taiwan has been angling to join the grouping for a while and had already […]

By Reuters