Insights and Stories on Canada

Canada to review impact of cannabis legalization four years on

Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:34 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday launched a review of the country’s legalization of recreational cannabis use four years ago to evaluate its impact on youth, Indigenous minorities and others, and analyze its effect on the economy and the illegal marijuana market. Canada became the first developed nation to […]

Avian flu circles back in Western Canada

Sep. 15, 2022 at 2:05 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Canada can cut fertilizer emissions 14 per cent by 2030, industry groups say

Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:41 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Canada, China agree to suspend WTO canola dispute

Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:38 pm CDT

By Reuters

Greater crop production estimated prior to StatCan report

Aug. 25, 2022 at 8:00 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:31 pm CDT

Canada’s seven-year-old free trade pact with South Korea already provides for reduced tariffs on cherries from British Columbia — a commodity that’s just been approved for export to Korea for the first time starting this month. Canadian agriculture and food safety officials announced Aug. 10 that talks with Seoul on […]

By Dave Bedard

Canadian lawmakers plan Taiwan trip amid rising China tensions

Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:28 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — A delegation of Canadian lawmakers plans to visit Taiwan in October to seek economic opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, Liberal MP Judy Sgro said Wednesday, a move that could further stoke tensions between China and the West. The relationship between China and the West has […]

By Ismail Shakil

Canada seeks to boost foreign aid for food security

Aug. 12, 2022 at 1:08 am CDT

Amman | Reuters — An international food crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine war has spurred Canada to boost an over $6 billion annual foreign aid budget to help the most hard-hit countries in Africa and the Middle East, Canada’s aid minister said on Thursday. “The Ukraine crisis is creating shock […]

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Russia to ban some imports of seeds from Canada, Europe

Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:35 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia will ban imports of some seeds from several locations in Europe and Canada from Aug. 15, its agriculture safety watchdog said on Thursday, citing non-compliance by suppliers with phytosanitary requirements as the reason. Imports of tomato and carrot seeds will be banned from a nursery […]