Reading Time: 2 minutes Federal officials monitoring avian flu outbreaks in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley aren’t surprised to have confirmed another three, maybe four, infected properties. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a statement Wednesday, two more farms — both close to the initial pair of farms confirmed last week with high-pathogenicity H5N2 avian flu — have […] Read more
Avian flu arrives on more B.C. poultry farms
Deere chain Cervus buys two Alta. dealerships
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two John Deere farm equipment dealerships in southern Alberta are set to become part of Deere dealer chain Cervus Equipment. Cervus announced Wednesday it’s bought the assets of Deer-Country Equipment, which owns and operates Deere dealerships at Vulcan and High River. The deal “represents a strategic opportunity for Cervus to expand our western Canadian presence […] Read more
Tim Hortons shareholders approve Burger King deal
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stockholders in Canada’s emblematic Tim Hortons coffee-and-donut chain have voted their shares in favour of U.S. fast-food chain Burger King’s marriage proposal. A special THI shareholders’ meeting held Tuesday at the company’s Oakville, Ont. headquarters saw the proposal receive about 99.2 per cent approval in votes cast. The two firms announced Tuesday their combined new […] Read more
Poultry, captive bird movements now limited in southern B.C.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Movements of birds, poultry products and poultry farm equipment are under new restrictions in the area where five poultry farms in British Columbia have been quarantined with avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced a new “primary control zone” in the entire southern half of B.C. south of Highway 16, split in […] Read more
CWB seeks partner with grain handling expertise, money
Reading Time: 2 minutes The grain firm formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board wants it known the company’s looking for an industry partner, not a new owner — and not just any partner. Aiming to scotch what it calls “speculation and inaccuracies” in recent reports about its future and its plans for full commercialization, CWB laid out its […] Read more
Another Abbotsford poultry farm quarantined
Reading Time: < 1 minute A fifth poultry farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, this time a turkey farm near Abbotsford, is under federal quarantine with an H5 strain of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday the Abbotsford farmer came forward after observing “higher than normal mortality rates,” and provided birds for sampling used in provincial and federal […] Read more
H5N2-infected broilers being destroyed in B.C.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Flock depopulation is underway on a broiler breeder farm infected with a severe strain of H5N2 avian flu at Chilliwack, B.C. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday it’s begun the process of “humanely euthanizing” the farm’s surviving chickens. The same depopulation and disposal process will follow “in the coming days” at three other Fraser […] Read more
Burger King takeover of Tim’s gets federal approval
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s federal industry minister has given his blessing to the planned takeover of iconic coffee-and-donut chain Tim Horton’s by U.S. fast food giant Burger King. James Moore said Thursday his ministry has reviewed the proposed US$15.5 billion takeover, as the Investment Canada Act requires for such foreign investment transactions. Through the review of Burger King’s […] Read more
Avian flu outbreak in B.C. is high-path H5N2
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tests have confirmed the avian influenza that’s killed thousands of birds at two British Columbia poultry farms is a “high-path” strain of H5N2. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday confirmed the results from tests done at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg on samples from the two Fraser Valley farms — […] Read more
Canada/Korea trade pact to kick in Jan. 1
Reading Time: 2 minutes Legislators in both Canada and South Korea have ratified the two countries’ bilateral free trade deal to take effect next month. Canada’s Trade Minister Ed Fast on Wednesday announced the Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act has received royal assent just as the South Korean National Assembly has passed its Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) […] Read more
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