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Small navy of farmers rescues cattle in flood-hit B.C.

Nov. 17, 2021 at 12:22 pm CST

Abbotsford | Reuters — A flotilla of motorboats, canoes, dinghies and jet-skis helmed by farmers raced to move dozens of trapped cows from frigid waters as floods hit British Columbia. After a month’s worth of rain in two days, the downpours triggered widespread flooding. Mudslides hit cities and towns across […]

APEC ministers call for curbs on farm, fuel, fishing subsidies

Nov. 10, 2021 at 1:33 am CST

By David Brunnstrom David Lawder Praveen Menon

Conservatives’ Barlow to return as federal ag critic

Nov. 9, 2021 at 8:16 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. border reopens to Canadian land travelers

Nov. 8, 2021 at 4:36 pm CST

By Reuters

Britain, New Zealand strike free trade deal

Oct. 22, 2021 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Reuters

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

Oct. 22, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Food traders are switching from containers back to dry bulk vessels to transport refined sugar and rice, hoping to avoid shipping delays caused by container shortages and port congestion the industry is calling “containergeddon,” according to traders. Container-based transportation has been hit by sky-high costs […]

By Marcelo Teixeira

Another La Nina winter predicted

Oct. 22, 2021 at 3:36 am CDT

Data compiled by a U.S. federal weather forecasting agency show La Nina conditions have developed over the central Pacific Ocean and are likely to linger through February. And La Nina, in turn, is expected to produce hard cold snaps over the Prairies, above-normal precipitation over southern British Columbia and relatively […]

By Dave Bedard

Canada to wind down broad-based COVID aid programs

Oct. 21, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will not extend existing broad-based COVID-19 support programs for companies and individuals when they expire on Saturday because the economy is recovering well, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. Instead, Ottawa will introduce more targeted and less costly measures for hard-hit sectors such as […]

By David Ljunggren

White House not ruling out a U.S. carbon tax

Oct. 19, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The White House on Tuesday said it has not ruled out a carbon tax as a possible option for fighting climate change, even though U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a critical holdout in the closely divided Senate, said he was not discussing the topic in talks about […]

By Jeff Mason Timothy Gardner Trevor Hunnicutt

U.S. to lift restrictions Nov. 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers

Oct. 15, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The White House on Friday will lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international visitors starting Nov. 8, ending historic restrictions that had barred much of the world from entering the U.S. for as long as 21 months. The unprecedented travel restrictions kept millions of visitors […]

By David Shepardson