Local Agriculture

Opposing sides in British Columbia's fractious battle over coastal open net-pen salmon farming are in Ottawa casting for support to either phase out the industry or throw it a life line. Representatives of B.C.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party government is projecting a deficit that’s more than double what it predicted in its budget, largely due to higher crop insurance payouts following a difficult farming season.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. has named Luc Mongeau as the cannabis company's next chief executive officer.

Mark Siemens is a third-generation egg farmer in B.C.'s Fraser Valley and he recalls his grandfather sharing a story about fighting an unknown disease that raced through the farm decades ago, forcing him to cull the entire flock.

The heat has been turned up on two Canadian frozen-potato giants who have been named in separate price-fixing lawsuits south of the border. McCain Foods Ltd.

SHERBROOKE, P.E.I. — RCMP say they seized more than 80 goats and two sheep from an owner who had been letting the animals roam free on a neighbouring property in Prince Edward Island.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. continued to navigate weaker consumer demand in the third quarter as it looked ahead to the spinoff of its pork business in 2025.

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet accused senators of betraying their fellow Canadians to benefit Americans and other trade partners, after a Senate committee voted to add a major caveat to a Bloc supply management bill.

Scott Moe is a conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out — literally.

EDMONTON — A Liberal member of Parliament says he's baffled by the Alberta United Conservative government's response to his private member's bill about pandemic preparedness.