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Belgian region wants more time to fix CETA

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 19, 2016

Brussels/Ottawa | Reuters — The premier of the Belgian region that is the main impediment to a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Wednesday advised postponing a summit next week to sign the deal and taking a few more months to fix outstanding issues. Walloon’s Paul Magnette spoke as pressure mounted on him to drop

Le Botanique, a Brussels-area greenhouse facility repurposed as a cultural centre and live music venue. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Belgian ‘Non’ blocks EU approval of CETA

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 18, 2016

Luxembourg | Reuters — EU governments failed on Tuesday to approve a free trade agreement with Canada, as continued opposition from French-speaking southern Belgium threatened the entire deal. Almost all 28 EU governments, whose ministers were meeting in Luxembourg, now back the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which would be the bloc’s first trade

Crops

Canada’s Onex to buy U.S. grocery chain Save-A-Lot

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 17, 2016

Reuters — Food retailer and wholesaler Supervalu Inc. said it will sell its Save-A-Lot business to Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. for US$1.37 billion rather than spinning off the discount grocery chain as previously planned, the companies said on Monday. Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu had been looking to separate the more profitable division, which

Livestock

Belgian ‘Non’ clouds EU meeting to approve CETA

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 17, 2016

Luxembourg | Reuters — European Union trade ministers meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday aiming to approve a free trade agreement with Canada but facing regional opposition in Belgium that threatens to scupper the entire deal. All 28 EU governments now back the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which would be the bloc’s first trade

Livestock

CETA hits resistance in Belgian fortress Wallonia

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 14, 2016

Namur, Belgium | Reuters — The Belgian fortress city of Namur, besieged by European armies down the centuries, issued a declaration of war on the global economic order Friday, with a vote to reject a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement. The parliament of the region of Wallonia voted in its seat at Namur after a

Livestock

German court rejects bid to block Canada-EU trade deal

By Caroline Copley, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 13, 2016

Berlin/Ottawa | Reuters –– Germany’s Constitutional Court cleared the government on Thursday to approve a free trade accord between the European Union and Canada under defined conditions, boosting the agreement’s chances of passing an EU vote next week. However, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made clear he was losing patience with the EU over the

NASA’s Terra satellite observes Post-Tropical Cyclone Matthew being absorbed by a cold front along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard on Oct. 9 at 11:45 a.m. ET. (NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team)

Livestock, Weather

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding from Hurricane Matthew has killed up to five million poultry birds in North Carolina, most of them chickens, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday. Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, also told Reuters that some pits that hold hog waste on farms

A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Reuters October 12, 2016

Karlsruhe, Germany | Reuters — Germany’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord. Three German activist groups handed in 125,000 signatures to the court in August in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which they fear will undermine

Dairy cattle, Livestock

EU anti-globalization politician allowed to stay in Canada

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 12, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — European Parliament member and anti-globalization activist Jose Bove will be allowed to stay in Canada after earlier being told to leave the country, according to organizers of an event where he had been scheduled to speak. The Council of Canadians, a social justice non-profit, said on Wednesday that a decision to

Staff of Le Bulletin were presented Oct. 7 with ACRA’s Prix Roger-Blais. From left are awards jury president Yolaine Villeneuve, public and corporate affairs director of the Conseil des industriels laitiers du Quebec (CILQ); Le Bulletin editor Yvon Therien; writers Celine Normandin and Marie-Josee Parent; associate editor Marie-Claude Poulin; and writer Nicolas Mesly. (LACRA.net)

FBC earns national, provincial honours for farm coverage

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 11, 2016

Winnipeg farm publishing house Farm Business Communications has earned 13 national and provincial awards so far this fall for its news and feature coverage of issues in Canadian farming. FBC, an arm of Glacier FarmMedia, earned a total of 10 gold, silver and bronze awards on Oct. 1 from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation (CFWF),

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Belgian region wants more time to fix CETA

Belgian ‘Non’ blocks EU approval of CETA

Canada’s Onex to buy U.S. grocery chain Save-A-Lot

Belgian ‘Non’ clouds EU meeting to approve CETA

CETA hits resistance in Belgian fortress Wallonia

German court rejects bid to block Canada-EU trade deal

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

EU anti-globalization politician allowed to stay in Canada

FBC earns national, provincial honours for farm coverage

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