Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government says it will dedicate nearly $186 million toward fully implementing a “Buy Canadian Policy” as part of the 2025 budget.
Federal government funds “Buy Canadian” policy
International lessons in child farm safety
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jessie Adams shares lessons from her PHD research on child farm safety and what must be done to create a culture of safety.
Canada’s Loblaw raises annual profit forecast on resilient grocery demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute Loblaw raised its annual profit forecast after beating third-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday, as the Canadian retailer bet on demand for grocery and medicines at its discount stores to remain resilient amid economic uncertainties.
Women who fed a nation
Reading Time: 6 minutes More than 40,000 young women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.
The forced Japanese-Canadian farmers of the Second World War
Reading Time: 6 minutes Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War
Canada’s ‘Harvest for Victory’ in the Second World War
Reading Time: 5 minutes Propaganda posters celebrating farming show the legacy of Canadian agriculture during the Second World War.
Canada agriculture minister says canola trade prospects are improving after China visit
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s agriculture minister Heath MacDonald said in an interview on Monday his weeklong trip to China is evidence of bilateral relations beginning to thaw, something desperately needed by Canada’s farmers and canola exporters.
How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
Reading Time: 4 minutes Avian influenza is a virus that is clearly a threat to livestock and human health. Our team, a collaboration of governments and academics across the country, recently assessed the extent of HPAI A(H5Nx) in at-risk species across Canada.
B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ostriches on an embattled Edgewood, B.C. farm have been culled after a prolonged legal battle, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed.
Bunge sells assets per merger approval
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bunge has sold five western Canadian elevators as required under the federal approval for its merger with Viterra.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
