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Maple Leaf Foods earns $17.7M in Q3, sales rise as it works to spin off pork business

Maple Leaf Foods earns $17.7M in Q3, sales rise as it works to spin off pork business

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. continued to navigate weaker consumer demand in the third quarter as it looked ahead to the spinoff of its pork business in 2025.
Senate committee makes major changes to Bloc Québécois supply management bill

Senate committee makes major changes to Bloc Québécois supply management bill

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet accused senators of betraying their fellow Canadians to benefit Americans and other trade partners, after a Senate committee voted to add a major caveat to a Bloc supply management bill.
Scott Moe: The conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

Scott Moe: The conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

Scott Moe is a conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out — literally.
'Baffling': MP says Alberta minister made false claims about pandemic bill

'Baffling': MP says Alberta minister made false claims about pandemic bill

EDMONTON — A Liberal member of Parliament says he's baffled by the Alberta United Conservative government's response to his private member's bill about pandemic preparedness.
Canada on track to be world's third-largest wheat exporter in '24-25 crop year

Canada on track to be world's third-largest wheat exporter in '24-25 crop year

CALGARY — Canada is on track to be the world's third-largest wheat exporter for the second year in a row as crop production in the prairie provinces continues to increase. International data from the U.S.
Semi-trailer rollover kills 17 cattle on busy Calgary ring road

Semi-trailer rollover kills 17 cattle on busy Calgary ring road

CALGARY — A semi-truck carrying a load of cattle rolled over on a busy ring road in Calgary on Tuesday night. Police say the truck, carrying about 95 cattle, was in a single-vehicle crash on an off-ramp from Stoney Trail.
Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy

Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the environment.
Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

SHELLBROOK, Sask. — Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out — literally.
CDPQ increases stake in dairy company Saputo with $378M share purchase

CDPQ increases stake in dairy company Saputo with $378M share purchase

MONTREAL — The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has increased its stake in dairy company Saputo Inc. The Quebec investment manager says it has acquired 13.5 million shares at a price of $27.96 per share for a total of about $378 million.
Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

SHELLBROOK, Sask. — Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out — literally.