Category Archives: Food
B.C. brings in more rules to fight the COVID-19 variant Omicron, plans surgery delays
VICTORIA — The rapid growth rate of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in British Columbia has led the province to tighten public health restrictions to limit its spread, says provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. The province also has plans to introdu...
Rising COVID-19 cases lead to stronger measures across Canada to slow spread
Health professionals and provincial governments are drawing up battle plans to curb the spread of COVID-19 by bringing back restrictions, while speeding up booster doses as the highly transmissible Omicron variant washes over the country. As the holid...
Five Things from the auditor general’s report on the federal response to COVID-19
OTTAWA — Auditor general Karen Hogan released several reports on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five key highlights: Poor quarantine enforcement for international travellers Canada failed to adequately enforce bord...
P.E.I. potato farm reps hand out spuds in Ottawa to highlight export ban to U.S.
OTTAWA — Representatives from Prince Edward Island farms handed out potatoes to the public Wednesday in front of Parliament Hill, to show gratitude to their supporters and raise awareness of the effects of the export ban on Island spuds to
Tale of two tea houses: Differing approaches to vaccine passport in High River, Alta.
CALGARY — Two tea houses in one southern Alberta community have become an example of the uncertainty caused by the government allowing businesses to make up their own minds about what is essentially a vaccine passport. Restaurants, bars and pubs have
Farmers say heat wave, drought show vulnerable agricultural sector needs support
When an unprecedented heat wave "cooked" the cherries growing at his family's farm in Oliver, B.C., Pravin Dhaliwal tried to see past the financial loss to the passion that spurred him to follow in the footsteps of his father and
One million chickens euthanized during labour dispute at Quebec slaughterhouse
MONTREAL — The head of an association representing Quebec chicken producers says it is unacceptable that one million chickens have been euthanized during an extended labour dispute at a slaughterhouse near Quebec City. The Exceldor co-operative closed ...
Alberta restaurant owners frustrated as COVID-19 closures cut into prime patio season
CALGARY — Leslie Echino had planned on serving more than two dozen patrons at a time on an expanded patio at her Annabelle's Kitchen restaurant in Calgary's Marda Loop neighbourhood. She hauled extra furniture from the patio at her shuttered downtown
The Hamburglar? How a story about meat limits fell apart
NEW YORK — President Joe Biden spent only a weekend as the “Hamburglar” in the conservative media world. But while the false story lasted, it moved with a damaging speed and breadth, another example of a closed ecosystem of information affecting
Alberta to begin vaccinating meat-plant workers this week: health minister
CALGARY — Alberta is to begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to thousands of meat-packing employees across the province starting this week, but a union leader says some workers are reluctant to receive a shot from the government or an employer they