Insights and Stories on Livestock

Police help round up Alberta ostriches on lam

Nov. 25, 2022 at 8:23 pm CST

Most of a flock of farmed ostriches that got free of their pen near the southern Alberta town of Taber have been rounded up, but not before grabbing their proverbial 15 minutes’ fame. Taber-Vauxhall RCMP said in a release Thursday afternoon that they began receiving reports shortly before 8 a.m. […]

Ontario seeking new rules on scope of vet services

Nov. 22, 2022 at 8:18 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Lab-grown meat cleared for human consumption by U.S. regulator

Nov. 16, 2022 at 3:14 pm CST

By Leah Douglas

U.S. livestock: Supply concerns drive CME live cattle to new contract high

Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:30 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Saskatchewan, Manitoba to boost vet college seat quotas

Sep. 29, 2022 at 8:57 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Trudeau tours storm-hit Atlantic Canada as power outages persist

Sep. 27, 2022 at 6:34 pm CDT

Port aux Basques, N.L. | Reuters — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday started a tour of Atlantic Canada, where thousands were still without power after record-setting storm Fiona ravaged the country’s east coast, tossing homes into the sea and killing at least three people. Fiona recorded the lowest barometric […]

By John Morris

Swiss reject initiative to ban factory farming

Sep. 26, 2022 at 2:28 am CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to ban factory farming in a referendum on whether the wealthy country’s strict animal welfare laws need to be tightened yet further. The government’s VoteInfo App showed a provisional result of 62.86 per cent of votes against the proposal, […]

By Cecile Mantovani

Cleanup work begins for Eastern Canada after Fiona

Sep. 25, 2022 at 9:32 pm CDT

Port aux Basques | Reuters — It will take several months for Canada to restore critical infrastructure after the powerful storm Fiona left an “unprecedented” trail of destruction, officials said on Sunday, as crews fanned out in five provinces to restore power and clean up fallen trees and debris. One […]

By John Morris

More funds put up to boost Calgary vet school enrolment

May. 11, 2022 at 7:53 pm CDT

The University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine, fresh off a major capital funding boost in February’s provincial budget, now gets another $8.4 million over three years to help expand enrolment. “This targeted enrolment funding will go towards hiring on more faculty/staff to teach the increased number of students,” Sam […]

By Liam O’Connor

Argentine grain truckers strike, threatening exports amid harvest

Apr. 11, 2022 at 8:16 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Truckers in Argentina began an open-ended strike on Monday to demand higher rates for transporting grain and livestock, an action that could hit grain exports during a key part of the harvest. Argentina, the world’s leading exporter of soy derivatives and second-largest corn exporter, recently […]

By Maximilian Heath

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