TORONTO – Canadian egg farmers say they’ll meet restaurants’ growing interest in cage-free eggs even though conventional housing for hens will account for over fifty percent of production for at least eight more years. Egg Farmers of Canada announced Friday that it is members, representing more than 1,000 farms, will give over fifty percent of the eggs from hens in ...
Read More »Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc launching $10-million program to help farmers ensure safety of food
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., seeking to recover from an E. coli crisis that dragged down sales and profit, will start a course aimed at helping suppliers maintain food-safety standards. Chipotle is spending around $10 million to finance your time and effort, co-Chief Executive Officer Steve Ells said throughout a ending up in employees on Monday. The cash will be accustomed ...
Read More »Saskatchewan proposes getting laid-off oil workers to clean up abandoned wells
REGINA – The Saskatchewan government is proposing to possess gas and oil workers who’ve lost their jobs clean up abandoned wells. Premier Brad Wall says this program is needed stimulate employment within the oil-and-gas sector by accelerating cleanup of wells no longer capable of production. Wall says it would accelerate decommissioning and reclamation of just one,000 non-producing wells over the ...
Read More »Why investors need to read between the lines of rumour and news
Here’s an investing rule for you: Be skeptical of pearls of wisdom. Any “pearl” that can be summed up in six words or less might have the advantage of making life easier, but often that’s about it, and following these bits of the usual understanding too closely can be a recipe for disappointment. How to conquer rate of interest uncertainty ...
Read More »Fiat Chrysler gear shifters confuse drivers, leading to more than 100 crashes: U.S. safety agency
DETROIT — Electronic gear shifters on some newer Fiat Chrysler SUVs and cars are so confusing that drivers have exited the vehicles with the engines running even though they are still in gear, causing crashes and heavy injuries, U.S. safety investigators have determined. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles takes first sales crown in another record-setting year for Canadian auto sales Fiat Chrysler ...
Read More »Canadian Oil Sands overhauls leadership and board ahead of Suncor takeover, names Sandy Martin CEO
CALGARY – Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., on the point of being taken over by Suncor Energy, has overhauled its senior leadership team and board of directors. How falling oil prices and Notley’s Alberta worked against Canadian Oil Sands Ltd As oil prices continued to free fall, oilsands giants Suncor Energy Inc. and Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. were quietly ending an ...
Read More »AutoCanada’s stock slide is overdone, AltaCorp Capital analyst says
Investors are punishing AutoCanada Inc. because of its contact with Alberta, but the stock price decline is overdone and it might be time to buy shares from the dealership group, based on AltaCorp Capital. Analyst Chris Murray cut his price target on AutoCanada to $26 from $33 but upgraded the stock to outperform, citing an approaching inflection point. “The market ...
Read More »CoPower green bond gets jump from new exempt rules
It may not be the first of its kind following the recent unveiling of new rules allowing a broader group of investors to sign up within the exempt market. But it’s the first by CoPower, a Montreal-based online lender (which also comes with an office in Toronto) that’s focused on clean energy and which has just launched its first green bond ...
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