Premier Scott Moe's right-of-center Saskatchewan Party is extending its hold on power in the province after winning a small majority in Monday's election, preliminary results showed on Tuesday.
Saskatchewan Party retains power in provincial election
U.S. grains: Soybeans ease after crude oil falls
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Monday as crude oil prices dipped and harvest pressure dragged down soy and corn prices, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb on fund buying, strong beef demand
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures rose on Monday on fund buying and strong demand for beef, even as the red meat has become more expensive to consumers, said analysts.
Brazil fines meat packers $64 million for buying cattle from deforested Amazon land
Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais (C$88.9 million) in fines on cattle ranches and meat packers, including the world's largest JBS SA, for raising or buying cattle on illegally deforested land in the Amazon.
McDonald’s rules out beef patties as source of E. coli outbreak
McDonald's on Sunday ruled out beef patties as a source of the E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder hamburgers, which has killed at least one person and sickened nearly 75 others.
U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans, corn drop on continued supply pressure
Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures fell on Friday, as hefty supply from a rapid U.S. harvest weighed heavily over contracts, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on positioning before USDA data release
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dipped slightly on Friday, while feeder cattle and lean hogs ticked up as traders squared positions prior to the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cattle on Feed report, after a choppy week of trading, analysts said.
Canada’s immigration cuts could hurt labour pool, industry groups say
Toronto | Reuters — Immigration cuts, meant to ease strained housing and social services, could hurt the country’s labor pool, some industry groups said yesterday. While Canada has long prided […] Read more
Putin to examine Black Sea shipping proposals from Turkey’s Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, had proposed reviving contacts on Black Sea shipping but that he had not yet had time to study the documents.
Canada’s immigration cuts could hurt labor pool, industry groups say
Immigration cuts, meant to ease strained housing and social services, could hurt the country's labor pool, some industry groups said yesterday.