Insights and Stories on Quebec

Quebec flooding forces hundreds from homes

May. 3, 2017 at 2:51 pm CDT

Montreal | Reuters — Flooding in towns across Quebec has forced hundreds of residents from their homes, and public security officials fear water levels will rise further with forecasters expecting rain Friday, local media reported on Wednesday. Heavy rains early this week have flooded towns in several areas across the […]

Quebec names new deputy ag minister

Feb. 28, 2017 at 5:48 pm CST

By Staff

Quebec extends organic conversion funding plan

Feb. 21, 2017 at 8:06 pm CST

By Staff

Quebec’s winter trails to remain open as tax reform halted

Feb. 3, 2017 at 7:36 pm CST

By Staff

Quebec agriculture minister temporarily sidelined

Jan. 25, 2017 at 5:05 pm CST

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Greig: Salmonella strain hard to treat in livestock

Nov. 30, 2016 at 5:37 pm CST

A strain of salmonella resistant to multiple antimicrobials is spreading in Ontario and Quebec cattle herds. There have been 23 cases of Salmonella Dublin in 15 herds reported in Ontario since 2012, but the numbers have been increasing each year. There were eight cases reported in 2015 and four in […]

By John Greig

Quebec service to match farmland sellers, young buyers

Nov. 30, 2016 at 3:56 pm CST

The Quebec and federal governments are putting up funds for a different kind of online match site: one to connect aspiring young farmers with producers who are either retiring or wanting to sell or rent farmland. The two governments on Tuesday announced $300,000 for the Centre de reference en agriculture […]

By Staff

ALUS program expands to Quebec

Aug. 12, 2016 at 7:17 pm CDT

The Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program has made its move into a sixth province with a new project in Quebec’s Monteregie. ALUS Canada, working with the Monteregie branch of Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), formally launched the program Wednesday at its first Quebec location, a farm near St-Jean-Baptiste, […]

By Staff

Quebec again ponders mandatory GMO labelling

Jul. 6, 2016 at 5:44 pm CDT

Quebec’s agriculture minister has telegraphed an interest in following the lead of a next-door neighbour to require mandatory labelling for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The province’s governing Liberals previously called for such a system, making a GMO label law part of their election platform back in 2003, but […]

By Staff

Cara to buy St-Hubert restaurant, food businesses

Mar. 31, 2016 at 7:36 pm CDT

Reuters — Cara Operations, owner of the Swiss Chalet casual dining chain and Harvey’s burger outlets, said Thursday it will buy St-Hubert BBQ, one of Quebec’s largest casual dining chains, for $537 million to gain a foothold in the province. The deal, expected to close this summer pending regulatory approvals, was […]

By Amrutha Gayathri Euan Rocha