The provincial government has proclaimed four sections of Bill 156, making it an offence to “stop, obstruct, hinder or otherwise interfere” with a vehicle transporting farm animals. Why it matters: Dueling protests between animal rights activists and supporters of truckers have become flash points after an activist was killed after she tried to block […] Read more
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Parts of animal trespass bill to go into force immediately
Continued blockading of trucks going to processing plants has become a safety hazard, says province
Transport company increases security after threats
Online harassment escalated after a protester was killed by a truck at a pork processing plant
Drivers are increasingly nervous delivering pigs to the Sofina Foods plant in Burlington after online threats against them have increased since the death of a protester at the plant. Tyler Jutzi of Brussels Transport says the company has had to take down its website and social media feeds after the “number of harassing and threatening […] Read more
Maple Leaf to shut southern Ontario turkey plant
Maple Leaf Foods plans to outsource all its fresh turkey processing to another company’s southern Ontario plant in 2018 after shutting its own operation. The company announced Tuesday it will close its plant at Thamesford, Ont., east of London, after phasing its production over the next 18 months into Sofina Foods’ plant at Mitchell, about […] Read more
Fletcher’s brand returns to Premium Brands
The Vancouver food processing firm formerly known as Fletcher’s Fine Foods is set to buy back the namesake brand it sold in 2004. Premium Brands, which rebranded in 2000 and sold its U.S.-based Fletcher’s Fine Foods bacon and sausage business to Sofina Foods, announced Monday it will buy the Fletcher’s U.S. business and assets for […] Read more
SW Ont. pork plant to morph into turkey processor
The vacant pork slaughterhouse formerly known as Great Lakes Specialty Meats is now expected to restart as a turkey processing plant by year’s end. Meat processor Sofina Foods bought the 78,000-square foot plant and property at Mitchell, Ont., about 60 km west of Kitchener, for $4.77 million last September, after Great Lakes entered receivership in June. […] Read more
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