Insights and Stories on Tobacco

Oct. 20, 2015 at 6:10 am CDT

Most federal parliamentarians with experience in the agriculture and agri-food portfolio will be back in the House of Commons under a new majority Liberal government. As of Tuesday morning, prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected or leading in 184 of 338 seats, for a decisive majority following Monday’s federal […]

By Staff

Oct. 13, 2015 at 1:05 pm CDT

Brussels/London | Reuters –– The world’s two biggest brewers agreed on Tuesday to create a company making almost a third of the world’s beer after SABMiller received an improved offer worth more than C$130 billion from larger rival Anheuser-Busch InBev. If it goes through, the deal would rank in the […]

By Martinne Geller, philip-blenkinsop

Oct. 12, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev raised its proposed takeover offer for SABMiller on Monday, as the world’s largest brewer tries to win over its smaller rival to the idea of creating a giant that would make nearly a third of the world’s beer. The owner of the Budweiser, Labatt and Alexander […]

By Martinne Geller, philip-blenkinsop

Oct. 7, 2015 at 6:35 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she does not support the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), rejecting a central tenet of President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia. Clinton said during a campaign swing in Iowa that she is worried about currency manipulation not being part of […]

By Amanda Becker, Jonathan Allen

Oct. 3, 2015 at 2:49 pm CDT

Next year it will have been 25 years since Ontario introduced the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) for farms, and leading up to that anniversary, it’s worth noting more than 38,000 farm families have participated. In spite of some growing pains in the late 1990s, the EFP has grown to provide […]

By Ralph Pearce