Category Archives: Agriculture
Canadian producers hoping U.S. eases cannabis prohibitions nervously eyeing calendar
WASHINGTON — Canada's cannabis industry, banking on the chance to expand into the United States, is nervously eyeing the American political calendar and the Biden administration's narrow legislative window to ease federal prohibitions on recreational m...
Study outlines ‘natural climate solutions’ to help Canada meet emissions targets
Canada could reach one-third of its greenhouse gas reduction targets by making better use of its vast forests, prairies and wetlands, says a report by more than three dozen scientists. The researchers from universities, governments and environmental gr...
World body says Canadian beef officially poses ‘negligible risk’ for mad cow disease
WASHINGTON — An international animal-health watchdog has officially declared Canadian beef as posing "negligible risk" for mad cow disease. The designation, which is the most preferred category, was approved earlier today by the World Organization for...
World body says Canadian beef officially poses ‘negligible risk’ for mad cow disease
WASHINGTON — Canadian beef producers are finally able to turn the page on the mad cow era, the federal agriculture minister said Thursday after an international animal-health watchdog gave the industry a long-awaited all-clear. The Paris-based World O...
U.S. amping up dispute with Canada over allowed exports of American dairy products
WASHINGTON — The United States is ramping up its dispute with Canada over the sale of American dairy products north of the border — the first significant new trade squabble between the two countries of the post-NAFTA era. U.S. Trade Representative
COVID-19 in mink prompts quarantine in another B.C. farm
VICTORIA — Another British Columbia mink farm has been placed under quarantine after one mink tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The Ministry of Agriculture says two other mink on the farm, which has about 25,000 animals,
Canada has key role to play in U.S. economic recovery, Ng tells free-trade meeting
WASHINGTON — Canada needs to be a central player in American efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Mary Ng said Tuesday as North America's trade emissaries sat down to work out the fine points of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Ng,
Canada, U.S. air trade grievances in advance of trilateral meeting to talk USMCA
WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States have put their respective grievances on the table in advance of a key meeting about the new North American trade deal. International Trade Minister Mary Ng met virtually Monday with her American counterpart, U...
Canada, U.S., Mexico to talk trade at first USMCA Free Trade Commission meeting
WASHINGTON — Senior officials from Canada, the United States and Mexico will meet virtually next week for the first Free Trade Commission meeting of the USMCA era. International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she'll take part in the virtual meetings, sche...
Migrant farm workers at higher COVID-19 risk, need protection: Ontario coroner report
TORONTO — Migrant farm workers who come to Ontario from other countries are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and other infectious diseases due to their communal living and working conditions, according to a coroner's report released on Tuesday.To...