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Change in command at Ag Canada

By Alex Binkley August 10, 2012

Agriculture Canada will be getting a new deputy minister in September when 28-year veteran Suzanne Vinet takes over from John Knubley. Vinet, currently president of the Economic Development Agency of Canada, started at Ag Canada in 1984 and worked her way up to assistant deputy minister for trade policy before leaving in 2007 for senior

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Single-desk supporters appeal to Supreme Court

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 10, 2012

The group Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding a Federal Court of Appeal ruling overturning a Dec. 6, 2011 ruling by Federal Justice Campbell. It will be joined in its bid to challenge the federal government’s decision to end the CWB’s single desk

Country Crossroads, News

Legal protection for municipal leaders revisited

By Lorraine Stevenson June 30, 2012

Councillors want same legal protections as MPs and MLAs Municipal politicians are welcoming a move that could result in them being given a form of parliamentary privilege. After a series of lawsuits against councils, the Association of Manitoba Municipalities recommended in 2009 that mayors, reeves and councillors be protected from being sued from comments they

Did you know?, News

Stolen tractor found at bottom of manure pile

By Daniel Winters June 16, 2012

A pile of poo wasn’t enough to conceal the crime, and now a pair of suspects charged with stealing a tractor worth $300,000 off a dealership lot near Stonewall are finding themselves in deep doo-doo. Acting on a Crime Stoppers tip, RCMP recovered the 2009 Case IH Steiger 485 last week underneath an enormous pile

Opinion

Check firearms licence expiry date

By Allan Dawson June 16, 2012

Thank you, Inky Mark. You saved me 80 bucks and probably a lot of grief. Your letter to the editor in last week’s Manitoba Co-operator prompted me to dig out my Firearm’s Licence to check the expiration date, which turns out to be next Feb. 28. After getting the licence in 2007 it was shoved

News

FDC now has 18,000 more feet to offer specialized services for food product development

By Lorraine Stevenson June 5, 2012

When Alphonsus Utioh decided to come to Manitoba and work at the Food Development Centre 20 years ago, the young chemical engineer was attracted by a chance to do research that would result in more than published papers. “I saw this as more practical. You could actually see what you do and work with people,

News

Gun dealers welcome the end of the long-gun registry, but overall reaction muted

By Daniel Winters June 5, 2012

The long-gun registry seems to have gone out with a whimper instead of a bang. Bill C-19 received royal assent on April 5, killing the long-gun registry in every province but Quebec (where a court battle over destroying registry records prompted a judge to issue an injunction keeping it temporarily alive). Longtime registry opponent

Cereals, News

Appeal Court to rule on legality of CWB changes

By Allan Dawson May 14, 2012

The Federal Court ruling that found Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz broke the Canadian Wheat Board Act last fall, will be heard by the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa May 23. If the ruling is upheld Stewart Wells, a former wheat board director and member of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB), expects

News, Weather

Dry, windy weather fans grass fires

By Allan Dawson May 3, 2012

April was a wild, windy and hot month across the province — and some of the heat wasn’t from sunshine. Volunteer fire departments have been busy dousing grassfires that have raced out of control, claiming one life and several properties. Despite the weekend rains, all rural residents, including farmers, are being urged to avoid lighting

News

Briefs May 3, 2012

May 3, 2012

Grass fire fatality An out-of-control grass fire claimed the life of a 78-year-old Portage la Prairie-area man April 26. RCMP say the victim was attempting to control a grass fire that had spread to a shed on his property. Firefighters brought in to contain the blaze located the deceased inside the shed. RCMP say there

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

Tag Archives Government

Change in command at Ag Canada

Single-desk supporters appeal to Supreme Court

Legal protection for municipal leaders revisited

Stolen tractor found at bottom of manure pile

Check firearms licence expiry date

FDC now has 18,000 more feet to offer specialized services for food product development

Gun dealers welcome the end of the long-gun registry, but overall reaction muted

Appeal Court to rule on legality of CWB changes

Dry, windy weather fans grass fires

Briefs May 3, 2012

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