Lana Popham was named Monday as minister of agriculture post by returning Premier David Eby, following the New Democrats' whisker-thin return to majority government in the Oct. 19 election.
Search Results for:
Search filters
- « Any Contributor
- Dave Bedard
B.C.'s ag minister downed in fraught election
Pam Alexis, the minister of agriculture and food for David Eby's New Democrats since late 2022, was defeated in her constituency of Abbotsford-Mission in Saturday night's election by Conservative challenger Reann Gasper, by a spread of almost 2,700 votes.
Saskatchewan raises salvage threshold for parched crops
Saskatchewan's provincial crop insurance agency is raising the yield threshold at which drought-damaged crops can be grazed, baled for greenfeed or cut for silage with no penalty on future coverage. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. said Wednesday it would double the "low yield appraisal" threshold values on cereal or pulse crop acres put to feed. SCIC[...]
Manitoba's education tax phase-out begins
Manitoba's latest budget follows through on a move the government telegraphed in last fall's throne speech, by starting a phased removal of education tax on farm and residential properties. Finance Minister Scott Fielding's budget, released Wednesday, calls for about $248 million in education tax rebates in 2021 alone for about 658,000 property owners. Owners of[...]
B.C. ag minister, critic expected to win re-election
British Columbia's incumbent agriculture minister and opposition ag critic both appear set to head back to the provincial legislature as the New Democrats are projected to end three years of tentative minority governing. John Horgan's NDP, which in 2017 overturned a minority Liberal government with the help of the Green Party, was projected Saturday evening[...]
Editors' Picks: Save land, use oilsands as cemeteries
Student researchers from the University of Alberta suggest Canadian industries, such as oilsands companies, consider preserving the country's useable land base by helping rejuvenate used land as "environmentally friendly cemeteries." The students, working on a class project in the U of A's department of renewable resources, researched the viability of creating "peaceful green spaces" by[...]
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
