Category Archives: Agriculture
B.C. ends quarantine program for temporary foreign workers, self-isolation continues
VICTORIA — The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says it is ending the COVID-19 quarantine program for temporary foreign workers but will keep a different program for another year to support self-isolation to curb the spread of the virus. The minis...
B.C. ends quarantine program for temporary foreign workers, self-isolation continues
VICTORIA — The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says it is ending the COVID-19 quarantine program for temporary foreign workers but will keep a different program for another year to support self-isolation to curb the spread of the virus. The minis...
Canada to resume exports of P.E.I. potatoes to U.S. after potato wart halted trade
WASHINGTON — The United States began easing its lockdown on Prince Edward Island potatoes Thursday, reaching an "understanding" with Ottawa four months after concerns about a soil-borne fungus first blocked one of the province's most famous exports fro...
Beef emerging as sticking point in free trade talks between Canada and Britain
OTTAWA — A potential clash over hormone-treated Canadian beef is emerging as a sticking point as free trade talks between Canada and Britain formally begin. In an interview with The Canadian Press, U.K. International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelya...
Saskatchewan premier travelling to Europe to discuss food security, energy
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he will be travelling to Europe later this week to discuss food security and energy during a trade mission. Although the trip was planned prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Moe said the war
Lifting of COVID-19 rules in N.B. allows foreign workers to head straight to farms
FREDERICTON — An association representing New Brunswick farmers says the arrival of temporary foreign workers won't be delayed again this year. Agriculture Alliance of New Brunswick CEO Anna Belliveau says the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions will allo...
Canadian Pacific Railway issues 72-hour lockout notice on Teamsters Canada
CALGARY — Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning. Calgary-based CP Rail said in a release Wednesday that it has issued 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference of its
Russians targeting Ukrainian food supply, including grain silos and ports: minister
OTTAWA — Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has warned that Russian forces are targeting Ukrainians' food supply, including their stores of grain. Bibeau, who attended an emergency meeting of G7 agriculture ministers on Friday, said Ukraine's mi...
McCain Foods suspends shipments to Russia, ends production facility project
TORONTO — McCain Foods is ending a project to build a production facility in Russia and suspending shipments of its products to the country because of the country's invasion of Ukraine. The Canadian company says it stopped construction at the Russian
Canada urged to help as millions face starvation due to Russian invasion of Ukraine
OTTAWA — The UN World Food Program has warned that millions of people in the developing world and conflict zones are on the brink of starvation following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's biggest wheat exporters. It