One of Quebec's best known greenhouse propagators, who in recent years launched an aggressive expansion into organic vegetables, is seeking creditor protection. Les Serres Lefort, which operates almost 50 acres of greenhouse facilities at Sainte-Clotilde in Quebec's Monteregie, announced Sept. 10 it had filed a notice of intention on Sept. 6 to file a proposal[...]
Campari makes play in Canadian whisky
Staking a claim in the smoking-hot Canadian whisky market, Italian beverage giant Campari is poised to snap up what's billed as the only independent whisky maker in Ontario. Gruppo Campari on Wednesday announced a cash deal to buy full ownership of Forty Creek Distillery of Grimsby, Ont. for $185.6 million. Milan-based Campari said Forty Creek,[...]
Ontario may see record winter wheat acres
(Resource News International) -- With drought conditions in Russia causing wheat prices to soar, producers in Ontario are preparing to sow what could be the largest winter wheat crop in their province's history. The previous record for winter wheat acres seeded in Ontario is 1.2 million. Martin Harry, eastern marketing manager for SeCan at Ingersoll,[...]
Top court to hear Ont. appeal on ag unions
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the Ontario government's appeal of a lower court decision that shot down the provincial law blocking farm workers from collective bargaining. Canada's top court announced Thursday it will hear the province's appeal of a Nov. 17 decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal that overturned the province's Agricultural[...]
Ont. plans appeal of ruling on ag worker bargaining
The Ontario government will seek leave to appeal a provincial court's overruling of a law that blocks farm workers from collective bargaining. A spokesperson for Agriculture Minister Leona Dombrowsky confirmed Wednesday that the province will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to hear its appeal of a Nov. 17 decision by the Ontario Court of[...]
Court rips Ont. law on ag worker unions
A provincial appeal court has overruled an Ontario law excluding farm workers from collective bargaining. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, which challenged the five-year-old Agricultural Employees Protection Act last May at the Ontario Court of Appeal, on Monday hailed the court's ruling that the Act violates workers' constitutional Charter rights to freedom[...]
New secretary for N.L. ag minister
St. John's-area MHA Kathy Dunderdale was re-appointed Tuesday as Newfoundland and Labrador's minister responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency and natural resources after the Oct. 9 provincial election. Premier Danny Williams on Tuesday also appointed a new parliamentary secretary to Dunderdale for the forestry and agrifoods file. Harry Harding, the member of the House[...]
