Saskatchewan to join Alberta in buying American booze, months after tariff war pause
Saskatchewan Liquor & Gaming spokesman David Morris says the action will allow the agency to sell existing inventories of U.S.-produced products as well as purchase new stock.
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Winnipeg Free Press
23 minutes ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba appeals to cross-border water commission as mega-barns set to be built in North Dakota
The Manitoba government wants a cross-border agency responsible for water issues to ensure Lake Winnipeg isn't bombarded by pollution from two industrial dairy farms proposed upstream in North Dakota. On Thursday, the office of Environment and Climate Change Minister Mike Moyes shared a letter he sent to the Canadian and American co-chairs of the International Red River Watershed Board, warning Manitoba 'is committed to taking strong action on many fronts to improve the health of the lake and its tributaries.' The letter raised concerns about what would happen with more than seven million kilograms of phosphorous and nitrogen expected to be produced annually by the 37,500 cows at the proposed farms. BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS A rally to oppose Riverview's mega-dairies that could threaten the Red River Watershed takes place on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Thursday. The rally was organized to bring attention to the environmental, public health, and animal welfare concerns from massive industrial facilities. 'When we heard about these really expansive dairy farms, we were quite concerned, which is why we brought it to the attention of the International Joint Commission,' the minister said in an interview Thursday. 'Communication and co-operation is paramount in terms of getting a good satisfactory result in cases like these,' Moyes said. 'But we want to be really clear that we care deeply about the lake and under no circumstances are we going to just let things that could jeopardize Lake Winnipeg take place.' Residents on both sides of the border held simultaneous rallies Thursday to protest the mega-barns. Wednesdays What's next in arts, life and pop culture. 'The two operations will quadruple the size of the herd in North Dakota, and are almost comparable to our entire herd in Manitoba,' said James Beddome, executive director of the non-profit Manitoba Eco-Network, prior to a midday rally attended by about 30 people in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building. 'It doesn't take a genius to figure out that that's going to have impacts in Lake Winnipeg,' he said. In North Dakota, demonstrators delivered a petition to Gov. Kelly Armstrong at the state capital in Bismarck, asking for a meeting to discuss their concerns. 'Water knows no boundaries, so it makes sense that people from North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba all work together to save this precious resource,' said Madeline Luke, agriculture committee volunteer for Dakota Resource Council. The two operations may be 'just the beginning of industrial agriculture in the Red River Valley,' Luke warned. Owned by Riverview Farms, the Richland County Abercrombie Dairy (12,500 cows) and the Traill County Herberg Dairy (25,000 cows) would threaten the Red River watershed, endanger Lake Winnipeg and the drinking water for thousands of people in communities along the Red River Valley, speakers on both sides of the border said. 'We don't care about those political boundaries, we care about what happens to our natural environment,' Vicki Burns, of the Save Lake Winnipeg Project, told the Winnipeg rally. The cross-border coalition called on all levels of government to protect public health, clean water, and future generations before any 'mega-dairies' move forward. 'Aside from the tremendous animal suffering, the amount of manure that is going to be collected in these mega-dairy barns is equal to about 52 Canadian-sized football fields at a depth of 20 feet every single year,' said Burns, the former executive director of the Winnipeg Humane Society. BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Manitoba Eco-Network Executive Director James Beddome speaks at the rally on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building, Thursday. Lake Winnipeg, the world's 10th-largest freshwater body, is already showing the impacts of high phosphorous levels from agricultural and urban runoff and sewage, with blue-green algae blooms containing toxins dangerous to humans and animals, Burns said. 'It's really important for our elected leaders, primarily the federal government, but also our provincial government, to pay attention to this, to ask the International Joint Commission to start getting involved,' Burns said. 'Once it gets going, it's going to be impossible to stop,' she said of the massive industrial barns. 'And Lake Winnipeg really cannot safely bear any more nutrients.' Moyes said Manitoba's concerns will be raised at the federal level next week at a meeting of the commission's International Red River Watershed Board. It reports on basin activities that affect transboundary river flows, water quality, and ecosystem health in the Red River and its tributaries. Convincing U.S. politicians that mega-barns are too risky will be a challenge under President Donald Trump who has rolled back environmental regulations, Beddome said. Jenny Schlect, Agweek Madeline Luke, ag committee volunteer for Dakota Resource Council, holds a jar containing cattle waste and water that she mixed to represent potential contamination from large-scale dairy operations during a rally in Bismarck, N.D. Thursday. 'We're less confident of our ability to influence, but doing nothing is not an option, either.' — with files from Jenny Schlect, Agweek Carol SandersLegislature reporter Carol Sanders is a reporter at the Free Press legislature bureau. The former general assignment reporter and copy editor joined the paper in 1997. Read more about Carol. Every piece of reporting Carol produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Globe and Mail
an hour ago
- Globe and Mail
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe plans trade mission to China on canola
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is heading to China to discuss market access for Canadian canola – and he wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to join him. The premier says his trade mission will focus on market access for the province's most important export to China, but his powers to convince Beijing to drop a preliminary 75.8 per cent duty on canola are limited. 'It isn't going to be Premier Moe and President Xi that stand up and say we've come to a trade deal here and everything is good moving forward,' Mr. Moe told a press conference on Thursday afternoon from the University of Saskatchewan. 'It is going to be the Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Carney, and President Xi that ultimately are going to speak on behalf of the countries.' Mr. Moe did not provide an exact date for the trip, but said he hoped to travel to China in the next few weeks. The Prime Minister's Office declined to comment. The premier, federal agricultural officials and a number of provincial ministers spoke with industry groups throughout the morning. Federal agriculture minister Heath MacDonald joined the meetings digitally. In the press conference, Parliamentary Secretary Kody Blois stressed the 'nuanced' nature of the trade dispute, which has put Canadian canola squarely in the center of a two front trade war with its largest markets: China and the U.S. Ottawa wants certainty from China before making concessions on canola tariffs, minister says Beijing's announcement last Tuesday came towards the end of a year-long anti-dumping probe. China's Ministry of Commerce said Canada's canola sector had benefited from extensive government subsidies and preferential policies that distorted markets. Many in Canada's canola industry, however, say China's action is instead a political response to Canadian tariffs in other sectors. The move came shortly after Ottawa imposed steel tariffs on China as a way to protect Canada's industry after the U.S. imposed steel duties on this country in July. Previously, Ottawa's decision last year to impose 100-per-cent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, and 25-per-cent duties on steel and aluminum, resulted in Beijing imposing 100-per-retaliatory tariffs on canola meal and oil in March. More to come. With a report from Ian Bailey.
Cision Canada
2 hours ago
- Cision Canada
Lockout escalates as Titan Tool & Die moves raw materials to U.S.
WINDSOR, ON, Aug. 21, 2025 /CNW/ - Titan Tool & Die has escalated its lockout of 25 workers by hauling the last remaining raw materials out of its Windsor plant. Union representatives witnessed the removal today and believe the materials are being moved to the United States. "This company is trying to pull a fast one on our members, our union and the entire Windsor community, hiding the betrayal of its workforce behind the smokescreen of a lockout," said Unifor National President Lana Payne. "First, they emptied the plant, then they locked out our members, and now they're loading up the last of the raw material. Titan Tool & Die's owner knows if Canadians knew what they're up to, the outrage would be fierce." The union alleges that the company continues to try and quietly shift production across the border to its American facility s to avoid the likely public and political backlash that would follow if it admitted to moving good union jobs to the U.S. "What cuts the deepest is not the fact that Titan locked our members out, or the trucks removing the last of plant's raw materials, it's that Titan refuses to look our members in the eyes and admit what they're doing," said Local 195 President Emile Nabbout. "They've fed off the skill and loyalty of our members for decades, and now they think they can just suck this place dry and move on. Our members see through the lies, and we're not about to let this company drain the life out of Windsor on its way across the border." Unifor continues to call on Titan Tool & Die to come clean about its plans for the future of the Windsor plant and immediately resume negotiations and bargain a fair deal for workers that secures jobs and production in Canada. Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 320,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.
