Insights and Stories on Machinery

Dec. 23, 2011 at 10:45 pm CST

A new program to help Alberta’s 1,900-odd sheep producers cover the cost of RFID readers, software, installation and training will complement an earlier program to help cover the cost of RFID tags. The province and federal government on Tuesday rolled out their Sheep RFID Technology Assistance Program, aiming to encourage […]

Dec. 23, 2011 at 10:14 pm CST

In a way, the federal government plans to pour funding into Kyoto for reduction of greenhouse gases. The government on Wednesday announced it will invest up to $31.14 million over six years in Lethbridge, Alta.-based Kyoto Fuels Corp. to produce biodiesel from converted vegetable oil, cooking oil and/or animal fat. […]

Dec. 23, 2011 at 12:19 am CST

Canadian Pacific Railway will have to give as well as receive this winter, by way of a $1.31 million contribution to Prairie grain research, federal officials have ordered. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Thursday found Calgary-based CP’s total grain handle for the 2010-11 crop year came in at $443,822,775, or […]

Dec. 21, 2011 at 11:33 pm CST

A long-sought public inquest is now set to begin in May examining the deaths of three workers in 2008 at a Langley, B.C. mushroom farm. The B.C. Coroners Service said Tuesday it will begin its inquest May 7 in Burnaby on the deaths of Ut Tran, 35, Han Pham, 47 […]

Dec. 17, 2011 at 5:30 am CST

A southern Quebec manufacturer of slaughter, cutting and deboning equipment has picked up over $400,000 in federal funds to develop new ways of removing specified risk materials (SRMs) from carcasses at abattoirs. Industries Riopel, based at Vallee-Jonction, about 65 km southeast of Quebec City in the Chaudiere-Appalaches district, will get […]