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Fresh off an Oct. 4 election victory, Premier Wab Kinew told the Manitoba Métis Federation something many had been waiting to hear for generations. “There are many specific priorities of the Métis people and Métis Nation and one of them is Ste. Madeleine,” Kinew told those gathered for the MMF’s annual …
Read More »Semi-trailer carrying farm equipment collides with overpass on Hwy 10 near Minnedosa – Winnipeg
By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted September 8, 2023 1:20 pm Updated September 8, 2023 1:30 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size An overpass on Highway 10 was roughed up after an impasse with some farm equipment Thursday. Mounties said no one was hurt. Around 11:30 a.m., …
Read More »Canada reviewing allegations Ontario farm wrongfully dismissed migrant workers
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 25, 2023 11:49 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government says it is investigating allegations that a farm in southwestern Ontario sent six Jamaican seasonal workers home earlier than planned after they protested their living and working conditions. …
Read More »30,000 baby chicks go missing from Ontario chicken farm: police
Around 30,000 15-day-old chicks have gone missing from a farm north of London, according to Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County. Police say the owner on Thursday after discovering that the chicks had been taken from the farm in South Huron sometime between 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 2:20 a.m. …
Read More »Temporary foreign workers rescued from abusive situation on P.E.I. farm
CBC News has learned details of why nine temporary foreign workers were released from their obligations to a P.E.I. farm business, and has spoken directly with two of those workers. The federal government granted the employees open work permits to enable them to escape an abusive situation, a program that …
Read More »Farm workers in cannabis grow-op raids often oblivious to criminal nature, OPP say
Illegal marijuana grow operations most often crop up on the Ontario Provincial Police’s radar in Essex County, and during raids, farm workers are “almost every time” completely unaware of the criminals behind the cannabis, police told CBC News. Organized crime entities use illegal cannabis grow operations as “easy, quick” cash that’s …
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