Tag Archives: agriculture

OTTAWA - Details of a program that will see the federal government buy surplus food from farmers and redistribute it to food banks and other community groups are coming soon, Liberal Agriculture ...

CREMONA, Alta. - A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming. Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard&n...

WASHINGTON - If trade deals were football players, Canada's agreement with the United States and Mexico would have been considered a second-stringer a year ago compared to President Donald Trump's ori...

OTTAWA - Farmers, growers and producers need to tap into current agricultural support programs to help with the fallout from COVID-19 before any more money can flow from the Liberal government, federa...

CALGARY - A group representing Canada's meat-packers is expecting more changes in the coming months to make sure workers have protection from COVID-19. Chris White, president of the Canadian Meat...

BROOKS, Alta. - The JBS beef-processing plant in southern Alberta was planning to return to two shifts a day on Thursday for the first time in a month. The company had reduced oper...

OTTAWA - The Victoria Day weekend has long been the unofficial kick-off to outdoor season in Canada. But the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every element of Canadian life, as physical ...

OTTAWA - Bright spotlights, metal girders and the stone backdrop of West Block's interior courtyard give the temporary home of the House of Commons the feel of a movie set. Perfect, some have obs...

CALGARY - The union representing workers at the Cargill meat processing plant in southern Alberta has paid tribute to the second employee who died as a result of COVID-19. Benito Quesada, who was...

OTTAWA - Tens of millions of federal dollars aimed at helping food processors deal with a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks might not move until the end of September, and there are no details ...