A truck at the U.S. – Canada border. PHOTO: FILE

Canada’s trade deficit narrows in March

Exports to U.S. dropped 6.6 per cent, almost compensated by exports to rest of the world

Canada's trade deficit narrowed to C$506 million in March, beating expectations as imports fell at a faster rate than the drop in exports, data showed on Tuesday.




PC leader Brian Pallister says a new economic development office in Brandon will cater to rural development if the party is re-elected to government.

Election 2019: Pallister promises rural economic development office

PCs say office would become new go-to resource for rural industry

Manitoba’s Progressive Con­ser­vatives say they want to streamline rural economic development and, to that end, they have promised a central office in Brandon if re-elected. The new economic development office became the latest promise on the PC campaign trail Aug. 29, during a media event in Brandon. “The office itself is not designed to just


EDAM recognizes the first group be to certified with its new Community Edge program during the group’s spring forum in Roblin in May.

Developing the economic developers

A new certification program aims to improve and standardize skills for those working to build the rural economy

It’s back to school for community economic development officers. The Economic Developers Association of Manitoba (EDAM) has launched its newly completed, eight-module certification program, dubbed Community Edge, and the first class has graduated, following the group’s spring forum in Roblin in mid-May. “EDAM developed a strategic plan in 2013 and recognized that professional development was

Keith Currie was acclaimed to a second term as OFA president at the organization’s annual meeting Nov. 20-21 in Toronto. (John Greig photo)

OFA pre-election policy targets broader economic development

Stable rural areas and thriving farms can help urbanites with some of their biggest challenges. That’s the message from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture going into next year’s provincial election. The OFA talked about how it is framing its election strategy at its annual meeting, which ran Monday and Tuesday in Toronto. “With the election