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Given that Canada is a consistently well-ranked developed G7 country with some of the best cities in the world, you'd think that our residents woul...

iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Mar 5, 2021 5:41pm In the week since the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) asked their members to consider using alternatives to supplements containing palm byproducts, vice-president David Wiens admits there’s no way to gauge how many farmers have complied with the request. The controversy, dubbed “buttergate,” arose in recent weeks from online discussions of why butter wasn’t getting soft at room temperature. That led Dalhousie University professor Sylvain Charlebois to write in the Canadian Grocer last month that, “since last summer, thou...

Last week our government introduced Budget 2021 — a plan that puts immediate priority on the health and jobs of Albertans. But we are also focusing on the…

There was a big reason to celebrate last week, as Sollio Cooperative Group announced its financial results for 2020. The co-op owned by Quebec farmers, and formerly known as La Coop féderée, announced that revenue had soared to $8.2 billion, and pre-tax profits had more than doubled, to $201 million. Most of the improvement was credited to the extraordinary performance of Olymel, its meat-packing subsidiary. With 35 plants and 15,000 employees, Olymel is Canada’s biggest pork processor, and also a major producer of poultry. Pork sales to China surged in 2020, after a brief embargo in 2019...

iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Feb 25, 2021 5:46pm Admiral Art McDonald (Photo: DND) Today’s Evening Brief is brought to you by News Media Canada. It’s time to level the digital playing field. Google and Facebook are using their monopoly to threaten and undermine local news. Other countries are taking action. It’s time for Canada to stand up to the web giants – and step up for local news. Learn more. Good evening to you. On the heels of news late last night that Canada’s top soldier had abruptly stepped aside, CBC News has learned that it is a result of a sexual mis...