A bill sponsored by senator Rob Black to establish a national day of recognition received royal assent last week.
Food Day will be celebrated the Saturday before the first Monday in August. That weekend is a holiday long weekend in many provinces.
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Gan pleads guilty to tax evasion
Yantai Gan, now living in Kelowna, B.C. pleaded guilty in provincial court in Swift Current, Sask., to one count of wilfully evading tax payment by understating his personal taxable income from 2012 to 2017, according to Canada Revenue Agency.
Credit agency monitors grain shipments
In a commentary released May 17, DBRS Morningstar said it didn't believe the current fires would disrupt movement too much.
Sask. issues fire ban in north
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has implemented a provincial fire ban for crown lands, provincial parks and the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, effective immediately. This includes the area north of Highway 16 and applies to open fires, controlled burns and fireworks. Many municipalities in the grain belt have already issued fire bans and there is […] Read more
Barley purity issues likely not contamination
Earlier this year, the Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre said grain companies had reported a higher number of malt barley samples than usual were not meeting the 95 percent purity minimum their contracts required. Most of these samples were Copeland.
Sask. allots funds for flood, drought preparation
A cost-share arrangement with Ottawa will result in final flood maps for 22 priority communities in the next three years
The Water Security Agency is working with Natural Resources Canada to build its flood mapping program, and a cost-share arrangement with Ottawa will result in final flood maps for 22 priority communities in the next three years.
Producers to receive pest aid
Saskatchewan has rolled out its pest biosecurity program for the next five years. The $19.5 million program covers plant concerns such as clubroot, prohibited and noxious weeds, gophers, beavers and rats. It is funded by the province and Ottawa and will be delivered by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. It funds a plant health […] Read more
Ottawa urged to improve how bee industry is regulated
MPs told CFIA should have experts on staff rather than relying on the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists
Beekeepers need a regulatory agency willing to work collaboratively with the industry and “rely on first-hand knowledge rather than hearsay, acknowledge industry and their expertise and respond in a timely manner.”
Beekeepers want access to American honeybee packages
Queens are now allowed from the United States, but Canadian producers want packaged honeybees included as well
John C. Hamilton, the apiary manager for wild blueberry producer Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd., said the Canadian industry can’t supply enough replacement stock and Eastern Canada’s wild blueberry industry is being held back.
Agriculture committee begins hearings on biosecurity
Members of Parliament are told that the avian influenza outbreak underscores the urgent need for plans and protocols
Government officials say Canada is prepared for potential animal disease outbreaks, even though there were delays in dealing with some cases of avian influenza. Speaking to MPs during the standing agriculture committee’s first meeting on animal biosecurity, chief veterinary officer Dr. Mary Jane Ireland said stringent safeguards are in place, including science-based import controls at […] Read more
