FBC earns seven Canadian Farm Writers’ awards

Staff and contributors at Winnipeg ag publishing house Farm Business Communications, operators of this website, have brought home seven national awards for their work from the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF). The CFWF, which held its annual conference Oct. 2-5 in Charlottetown, presented a total of 42 awards in 14 categories at its banquet Saturday […] Read more

Sun Media set to sell Ontario Farmer

Long-running weekly ag journal Ontario Farmer is among the titles on the block in Sun Media’s planned sell-off of its English-language Canadian newspapers. Sun Media, Canada’s biggest newspaper publisher and an arm of Montreal media and telecom giant Quebecor, announced Monday it plans to sell all 175 of its English-language daily and weekly newspapers and specialty titles to […] Read more





Prime Minister Stephen Harper, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (right) announced the conclusion of free trade negotiations Friday in Ottawa. (Deb Ransom photo courtesy PMO)

Canada, EU wrap free trade talks

The ratification process can get underway on a Canada/European Union free trade deal now that negotiations have formally concluded, the federal government announced Friday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso released the negotiated text of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in […] Read more