Hempco Food and Fiber is set to open new hemp foods processing facility in Nisku, Alberta, near the Edmonton International Airport. For several months, Hempco has been searching for a new location to expand its hemp seed food processing ...
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Canada-based Viterra has opened a new grain terminal at Ste. Agathe in Manitoba province, in a bid to expand its services for the farmers in the region. The new facility holds a capacity to store about 30,000t of grains. It also has 34 ...
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Vitalus Nutrition and Gay Lea Foods have entered into a joint venture to invest in a new dairy processing plant in Manitoba, Canada. The companies will process dairy ingredients and butter at the plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The joint ...
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Canada-based food manufacturing company Premium Brands has entered into agreement to acquire Montreal based C&C Packing and affiliate Premium Meat Packers for $146m, in a cash-and-share deal. The transaction, which is subject to ...
Tags: Premium Brands, C&C Packing, Aquisition, Premium Meat Packers
Australia’s top medical news program made some startling revelations this week. The most surprising finding is that there is a 45% higher mortality risk for people with Body Mass Index (BMI) of 23-25 than for people with a higher BMI. ...
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Enbridge said it is still eyeing a 2017 start date for the largest pipeline project in company history as oral testimony began in Canada Monday over the Line 3 replacement project. Two weeks of testimony from the First Nations to Canada's ...
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Specialty foods producer Premium Brands, through its subsidiary Hempler Foods Group, has acquired sausage brand Isernio's. Valued at around $12m, the acquisition will bring together two of the US Pacific Northwest's specialty packaged ...
Cabela’s Incorporated reported total revenue increased 14.0 percent to $827.1 million in the first quarter ended March 28 due primarily to the opening of new stores and associated growth at its credit card business. Cabela's Retail ...
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Costco Wholesale Canada has recalled Kirkland Signature brand roasted chicken salad over possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. According to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Costco has recalled two of its roasted chicken ...
Cabela’s Inc. announced its interest in opening a store in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Upon receiving final approval and permits from the city of Abbotsford and the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, ...
Molson Coors Canada will introduce its Mad Jack Premium Apple Lager across Canada at select beer retailers and stores in April. The lager was introduced in Ontario and Quebec in 2014. Molson Coors is set to expand the availability of ...
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Canadian establishment Maple Leaf Foods has announced plans to close its plant in Winnipeg on 31 December. The Winnipeg plant, which is one of three previously identified for closure next year, will be the sixth closure under a ...
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Right now, many elected officials in various places have been moving towards restriction or prohibitions of electronic cigarettes. However, not everyone in the public service sector believes that ecig use has no place in society. There are ...
Big Rock Brewery has introduced newest Brewmaster's Limited Edition, Winter Spice Ale, which is now available for a limited time. "We wanted to brew something that is fitting to the season and Winter Spice Ale is a proven winter favourite ...
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The Canadian Trucking Alliance asked politicians on Parliament Hill, who are looking into the safe transportation of goods by road, to consider a universal electronic logging device (ELD) mandate among other things. Incidents involving ...
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