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Beef cattle, Livestock

JBS to help fund home purchases for Brooks staff

Company offering zero-interest loans for down payments

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One of the biggest beef packers operating in Canada is pledging $1.7 million for a one-year pilot program to help employees buy or upgrade homes. JBS Foods Canada, which operates Brazilian meat packer JBS’s plant at Brooks, Alta., on Tuesday announced the launch of what it calls the “Homebuyer Dream Fund,” providing zero-interest loans to
Trucking protests ignored the real issue — a chronic driver shortage.
News

Empty cabs plague Canada’s trucking sector

There’s just not enough drivers out there to meet the growing demand for trucking

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Dramatic protests, originally centred around vaccine mandates for truckers, may have grabbed a lot of recent headlines. But the real problem in trucking has been overlooked. There simply aren’t enough drivers out there, and there haven’t been for years. The trucking sector was already raising the alarm over trucker shortages prior to the pandemic. The
Protestors’ vehicles block the Ambassador Bridge on Feb. 8, 2022. If supply chains are the backbone of our economy, the border is its spinal cord.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Invoking the Emergencies Act also about Canada’s reputation

When so much of our economy crosses the border disruptions are poison

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In recent days, many Canadians watched in disbelief when protesters easily blocked many access points between the United States and Canada. For six painful days, this included the Ambassador Bridge, a key trade conduit between the two countries, forcing trucks to be rerouted towards Sarnia. Other border crossings were disrupted in Manitoba and Alberta. Many
Tyson Foods lifts mask mandate for some workers, but not at meat plants
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Tyson Foods lifts mask mandate for some workers, but not at meat plants

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Reuters – Tyson Foods lifted a mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees at some U.S. facilities on Feb. 15, but those at meat-packing plants must continue wearing masks for now. The meat processor joins major employers like Amazon.com and Walmart in relaxing mask requirements. Tyson said its policy applies to employees at facilities not inspected
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editorial: Farm face of protest unhelpful

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Like many Canadians watching the pandemic protests unfold across the country, it’s taken me some time to sort out how I feel about it all. Everyone loves a parade. No one likes the pandemic restrictions. We’d all like to be done with COVID-19. The question is, restrictions or not, whether it’s done with us. As
Photo of an RCMP vehicle attending the blockade at Emerson, Man. dated Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)
Livestock, Markets

Manitoba border blockade expected to end Wednesday

'Resolution' reached, Mounties say

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Another protest blockade of a key Canada-U.S. trade corridor is expected to wrap up by Wednesday. Manitoba RCMP on Tuesday reported they “are now confident that a resolution has been reached” with protestors who, since Thursday, have blockaded Highway 75 leading to the border crossing at Emerson, Man., about 100 km south of Winnipeg. The
An image created by Nexu Science Communication, together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus, the type of virus linked to COVID-19. (Nexu Science Communication via Reuters)
Other

Canada to ease travel requirements as COVID cases decline

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Updated — Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will ease entry for fully vaccinated international travelers starting Feb. 28 as COVID-19 cases decline, allowing a rapid antigen test for travelers instead of a molecular one, officials said Tuesday. Antigen tests are cheaper than a molecular test and can provide results within minutes. The new measures, which
RCMP on Feb. 14, 2022 reported seizing the guns, ammunition and other items shown here during a search of three trailers "associated to" a group involved with the Coutts, Alta. border blockade. (An earlier version of this caption incorrectly quoted RCMP as saying the trailers were at the blockade.) (Photo courtesy Alberta RCMP)
Markets

Alberta border blockade expected to disperse Tuesday

Decision comes amid arrests, reported violence at blockade

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Amid reports of violence involving a farm tractor and trucks — and seizures of weapons — the protest blockade that shut Alberta’s busiest U.S. trade corridor is reported to be winding down starting Tuesday. Several media outlets on Monday quoted organizers of the blockade at the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. as saying they
A man and a child ride away from a protest site at Windsor, Ont. on Feb. 12, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Osorio)
Markets

Windsor-Detroit trade corridor reopens after police clear protesters

Prairie premiers oppose use of Emergencies Act

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Windsor/Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — North America’s busiest trade link reopened for traffic late Sunday evening, ending a six-day blockade, the Canada Border Services Agency said, after Canadian police cleared the protesters fighting to end COVID-19 restrictions. Canadian police made several arrests on Sunday and cleared protesters and vehicles that occupied the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor,
A man reacts as protestors continue blocking access to the Ambassador Bridge at Windsor, Ont. on the evening of Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Osorio)
Markets

Farm and agrifood groups press for clear border crossings

Injunction granted to clear Ambassador Bridge blockade

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Groups representing Canada’s farm and agrifood sectors want to see an “immediate” end to multiple border blockades thrown up in recent weeks by protestors in three provinces — while the auto sector has secured a court order that one blockade be taken down. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association,

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