FBC Staff

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Mayo Clinic, one of the pre-eminent medical centres in the U.S., wants Canadian Pacific Railway to commit to major upgrades before it will accept CPR’s proposed merger with the railway running through its home town. The clinic, in a release Friday, said CPR’s US$1.48 billion cash bid for the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute A new program to boost awareness of biodiesel production and its environmental benefits among diesel consumers in Western Canada has picked up a $330,000 investment from Western Economic Diversification Canada. The program, called BioFleet, is expected to focus on boosting demand for biodiesel through information campaigns and “first-user incentives.” Partners in the project include the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Initial payments for 2007-08 Pool B feed barley were released Friday by the Canadian Wheat Board, putting No. 1 Canada Western (CW) at $157.50 per tonne, or $3.43 per bushel. That’s the same initial price per tonne as for Standard Canada Western Hulless in Pool B, which works out to $4.14 per bushel for that […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Wheat Board’s vice-president of farmer relations and public affairs has “left to pursue other interests,” the Winnipeg Free Press reported Friday. The newspaper quoted CWB spokespeson Maureen Fitzhenry as confirming Deanna Allen’s departure but providing no further details nor the specific reasons for her exit. “We cannot comment on personnel matters,” Fitzhenry said. […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Transportation Agency is running behind schedule to set the price index that will cap railways’ revenue from hauling Prairie grain for 2007-08. The CTA said Wednesday it expects to have a new adjusted volume-related composite price index in place “as soon as possible in February 2008” but that there will be a “short […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal Liberal Opposition has put forward a private member’s bill it hopes will hem in the government’s plans to deregulate Prairie barley marketing. The bill, announced Thursday by Manitoba Liberal MP Ray Simard, proposes to put authority over changes to the Canadian Wheat Board Act in the hands of the CWB’s board of directors. […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Labour standards such as minimum wage and work breaks are among the new regulations Manitoba announced Thursday for the province’s farm workers. Amendments to the province’s Employment Standards Code — the first such changes affecting farms since 1957 — lay out new standards for workers on grain and vegetable farms. They also bring workers in […] Read more