Agricultural

• Manitoba harvest numbers beat multi-year average, says expert

  Manitoba's harvest season is going strong as numbers suggest that over 60 per cent of the harvest has been completed - higher than the five-year average.

  Environment

  Sep 22, 2023
  
• Ontario earmarks $5M for COVID-19-hit agricultural, horticultural societies

  The one-time funding earmarked for the societies comes as part of the province's 2020 budget, unveiled last week.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2020
  
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• Dalhousie University to document impact of COVID-19 on temporary foreign workers

  "Little is known about how the global SARS-CoV-2 crisis is affecting working and living conditions for temporary foreign workers."

  Economy

  Oct 27, 2020
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• Ottawa, farmers disagree on cost carbon tax adds to grain dryers

  The carbon tax, which began being applied in provinces without an equivalent provincial system last year, is applied fully on the propane and natural gas used in grain dryers.

  Environment

  Jun 11, 2020
• Coronavirus: 2020 Peterborough Exhibition moving online

  The host Peterborough Agricultural Society announced it will be holding an online auction as part of a "virtual Exhibition."

  Consumer

  May 26, 2020
• Ontario launches awareness campaign to support farmers’ mental health

  The campaign is part of the province's $3.8-billion investment over the next 10 years to address mental health issues.

  Health

  Jan 8, 2019
• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits small town Saskatchewan

  Trudeau was at the Lewis Land Limited Farm near Gray, south of Regina, to meet agricultural leaders and learn about canola and the global demand for canola products.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2017
• Railways need to be ready to move a larger than normal crop: APAS

  The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says railways need to prepare now to move a “significantly larger than normal crop.”

  Money

  Jun 22, 2016