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Tag Archives: Agriculture
Independent grocers federation not happy with farmers' call for cap on profits
HALIFAX - The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers says it's disappointed and surprised that a farmers lobby group is calling for caps on the profits of major grocery chains. Gary Sands, senior ...
Nov 26, 2025
Canadian farmers to lobby federal government to cap profits of major grocers
HALIFAX - Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country. The lobbying plans we...
Nov 25, 2025
'All hands on deck': Federal agriculture minister looking for resolutions on tariffs
The federal agriculture minister said the government is "moving in the right direction" when it comes to re-engaging with countries imposing tariffs on Canada. It comes after Prime Minister Mark Carne...
Nov 24, 2025 Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said in Regina on Nov. 24, 2025 the federal government is “pulling out all the stops” when it comes to establishing a better trading relationship with India. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Agribition kicks off in Regina with full barns, free admission and new features
The nation's largest livestock show opened its doors on Monday. Canadian Western Agribition runs until Saturday at Regina's REAL District, featuring a show floor packed with animals, trade exhibits an...
Nov 24, 2025 Lloydminster producer Jackie Payne visits the cattle barns as exhibitors prepare for Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. (Jacob Bamhour/980 CJME)
Fact File: Video spreads fake story about John Deere exiting Canada
Rumours that farming equipment giant John Deere is leaving Canada spread this week on social media alongside a video claiming the company would be moving its factories to the United States. In fact, J...
Nov 20, 2025
Premier Moe says he's supportive of pipeline to northern B.C., reallowing tankers
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's hopeful the federal government and Alberta can make progress on getting a pipeline built and allowing some tanker traffic on the northern B.C. coast. ...
Nov 19, 2025
'Valid' questions for CFIA but few simple answers in wake of B.C. ostrich cull
Infectious disease veterinarian Scott Weese says the hundreds of ostriches shot dead on a rainy night at a British Columbia farm this month "probably weren't infected" with avian influenza at the time...
Nov 18, 2025 CFIA employees in protective suits interact with ostriches near a cull enclosure located by the Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm’s appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
'Valid' questions for CFIA but few simple answers in wake of B.C. ostrich cull
Infectious disease veterinarian Scott Weese says the hundreds of ostriches shot dead on a rainy night at a British Columbia farm this month "probably weren't infected" with avian influenza at the time...
Nov 18, 2025
'Gas-for-wine': South Africa seeks deal to boost trade, investment with Canada
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Johannesburg for the G20 summit, Canada and South Africa are talking about a deal to boost bilateral trade and investment that could see more South Afri...
Nov 18, 2025
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers' Almanac said Thursday that its 202...
Nov 07, 2025 Farmers' Almanac editor Sondra Duncan and publisher Peter Geiger pose in a corn field with the 2012 edition of the almanac, Aug. 24, 2011, in Auburn, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 26
8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...