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Canadian mayors launch vision for stronger hometowns

Mayors and councillors are calling for national debate on municipal issues

By Lorraine Stevenson June 23, 2015

Mayors and municipal leaders, working with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), have unveiled a pre-election vision laying out the pressing needs of Canadian communities they want the next government to make a priority. Strengthening Canada’s Hometowns — A Roadmap for Strong Cities and Communities lays out a plan that would guide federal government in

Volunteers along with a number of cattle industry members participated in serving up Canadian beef to military families at CFB Shilo.

Local news

Steaks for Soldiers holds final event at CFB Shilo

It has been a big beefy thanks to Canadian Forces  from the country’s cattle producers

By Jennifer Paige May 21, 2015

After five years, 11 events and 17,000 steaks served, the Steaks for Soldiers campaign wrapped up with its final event May 9 in CFB Shilo. The Canadian Cattleman’s Association (CCA) first initiated the event in 2007 after the first troop rotation returned home from Afghanistan. The CCA sponsored 1,700 steaks to be served to the

Local news

‘Disappointing’ show of interest among women in Manitoba municipal elections

AMM tasked itself with trying to encourage more women to run after 2009 report

By Lorraine Stevenson October 10, 2014

Even if every female candidate running for office this month is elected in the upcoming October 22 municipal elections, women will remain a tiny minority of the leadership in local governments across Manitoba. About 17 per cent, or 267 of the 1,507 candidates hoping for a seat around town, village and RM council tables this

Crops

Small disasters wait under AAFC disaster relief program

By Alex Binkley December 10, 2013

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is good at delivering financial help to farmers caught in large-scale disasters but rather tardy in assisting in smaller incidents, says Auditor General Michel Ferguson. “Providing quick assistance to agricultural producers is a key goal of the Agri-Recovery program,” Ferguson says in his fall report to Parliament. Timeliness is important to

People want to genuinely love the place they live, a Calgary marketing strategist tells Manitoba municipal leaders.

Country Crossroads

How to kill your community

By Lorraine Stevenson December 4, 2013

A marketing strategist warns local leaders  of what comes from rejecting change and  acting ‘dumb’ so less is expected of them 

Revised, Dec. 13, 2013 — All small-town coffee shops should have a designated ‘be happy’ section, says Chris Fields. Coffee shop critics with all their “nattering and chittering” are part of what’s killing rural communities, says Fields, a senior marketing strategist with the Alberta-based Twist Marketing Firm. “Coffee shops are horrible places for that. They’re

AAFC’s Stephen Morgan Jones says private investment is necessary to fill the wheat variety research gap in Canada. photo: allan dawson

Cereals, Crops

AAFC official says private companies needed to fill wheat research gap

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2013

There’s a multimillion-dollar wheat research funding gap in Canada that the private sector needs to fill, says Stephen Morgan Jones, director general of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Prairie/Boreal Ecozone. It will require stronger plant breeders’ rights rules and partnerships with publicly funded researchers, he told the Grain Industry Symposium Nov. 20 organized by the

News

Rural Secretariat closure worries rural advocacy groups

By Lorraine Stevenson July 11, 2013

The federal Conservatives must rethink their decision to close down the Rural Secretariat or create something to replace it, says the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The last 13 remaining employees at the Rural Secretariat were recently given their notices, spelling the end of the 15-year-old agency, which had a staff of 92 just a year

Crops

CFGB supports move to revamp foreign aid

May 16, 2013

The Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) says now that it has seen the details, it is supporting a merger of the Canadian International Development Agency with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. “We are pleased that reducing poverty in developing countries is clearly specified as a responsibility of the minister for international development, and

The axe is falling again at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Union officials predict 400 job losses following Workforce Adjustment notices issued to almost 700 staff May 9. Beef research at the Brandon Research Centre is one of the casualties.

Beef cattle, News

Hundreds of jobs cut at Agriculture Canada

By Allan Dawson May 14, 2013

Farmers question the  federal government’s  commitment to publicly funded agricultural research

by Allan Dawson Almost 700 Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) employees across Canada, including 55 in Manitoba, have been notified their jobs are on the line. Their unions say the notifications are part of a plan to eliminate an estimated 400 jobs as the federal government tries to cut spending. The Brandon Research Station’s beef research

Crops, Opinion

Farmers leery of offending grain buyers

April 9, 2013

The following is an exchange between farm marketing consultant Brenda Tjaden-Lepp of FarmLink Marketing Solutions and Elwin Hermanson, chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission at the recent Canada Grains Council meeting in Winnipeg over how farmer and grain buyers determine fair value. Tjaden-Lepp: “It boils down to this party wants to sell high and

Daily Network News

Klassen: Feeder market closes year on soft tone

Pulse Weekly: Tariffs guide yellow peas in 2025

U.K. softens stance on farm tax after months of protests

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