Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War.
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Manitoba’s forced Japanese-Canadian farmers
Manitoba sugar beet farms drew labour from displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War
The forced Japanese-Canadian farmers of the Second World War
Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War
Striking Rogers Sugar workers reach tentative deal
The walk-out sparked sugar shortages and led Alberta sugar beet producers to call for more local investment
Rogers Sugar says it's reached a tentative deal with the union representing striking workers from its Vancouver refinery.
A return to Manitoba-grown sugar beets?
Alberta grower group says a national policy could reopen the door
Manitoba hasn’t been a sugar-producing province in over 20 years. There’s been nowhere to sell it. The sole Winnipeg refinery closed in early 1997. Owned by Rogers Sugar at the time of closing — the same company whose employees are currently on strike at its cane sugar plant in Vancouver — the Manitoba Sugar Company
Sugar beet growers seek to expand sector with domestic policy
It wouldn’t stop strikes, but it would recharge Canada’s sugar industry, says producer group
The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers want a national domestic sugar policy, which the organization says could lay the foundation for resurgence in the sector.
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