Insights and Stories on Alcohol

Interest-free cash advances get extra lift in federal budget

Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s latest budget envelope for Canadian farmers up against rising costs of production includes a temporary boost to the interest-free portion of cash advances. Freeland’s 2023 federal budget, released Tuesday, includes $13 million in 2023-24 for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to temporarily increase the interest-free limit […]

Canada’s small, high-protein malt barley crop poses challenges

Oct. 21, 2021 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

South Africa’s barley growers face bleak outlook on alcohol ban

Jan. 28, 2021 at 8:07 pm CST

By Tanisha Heiberg

Tam concerned over alcohol, junk food use during pandemic

Jun. 8, 2020 at 12:23 am CDT

By David Ljunggren

Ethanol makers see demand surge on hand sanitizer stockpiling

Mar. 9, 2020 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub Stephanie Kelly

Labatt to partner with Tilray to tap cannabis drink market

Dec. 19, 2018 at 4:44 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, and Canadian pot producer Tilray Inc. are partnering in a US$100 million joint venture to research cannabis-infused non-alcoholic drinks for the Canadian market, the companies said Wednesday. The alliance, the latest in a string of deals by global alcohol and […]

By Nichola Saminather susan-taylor

Supreme Court finds for provinces in ‘Free the beer’ case

Apr. 19, 2018 at 3:31 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s top court on Thursday ruled against a New Brunswick man who had argued he had the constitutional right to buy beer more cheaply in a neighbouring province, saying that the law does not impose absolute free trade across the country. Dubbed the “free the beer” […]

By Reuters

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

Jan. 25, 2018 at 5:53 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadians spent an estimated $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017, Statistics Canada said on Thursday, with the country on track to legalize recreational use of the drug nationwide later this year. About 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and […]

By Reuters

For direct-farm marketers, Alberta is a great place to operate

Jul. 3, 2015 at 9:42 am CDT

Direct-farm marketers in Alberta have their share of regulatory hurdles to gripe about, but they have distinct advantages and supports which marketers in other provinces would envy. When apiary owners Cherie and Art Andrews were first eyeing prospects to start making mead (honey wine), the province gave them several kick-starts, […]

By Lorraine Stevenson