Reading Time: 6 minutes Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War
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The forced Japanese-Canadian farmers of the Second World War
Striking Rogers Sugar workers reach tentative deal
The walk-out sparked sugar shortages and led Alberta sugar beet producers to call for more local investment
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rogers Sugar says it's reached a tentative deal with the union representing striking workers from its Vancouver refinery.
Sugar beet growers seek to expand sector with domestic policy
It wouldn’t stop strikes, but it would recharge Canada’s sugar industry, says producer group
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers want a national domestic sugar policy, which the organization says could lay the foundation for resurgence in the sector.