The Retail Council of Canada provides a helpful graphic of the minimum wage rates by province, as of October 1, 2022. Ontario’s rate moves to $15.50 per hour while Manitoba’s moves to $13.50. Three Atlantic provinces also increased wage rates.
One of the 15 winners of the Homegrown Challenge’s $50,000 seed funding, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre and collaborators are developing a long-cane raspberry production system. The goal is to produce a high-yielding, energy-efficient,…
The Canadian loonie is flailing. At 72.9 cents against the U.S, dollar, it’s the lowest level in two years on September 27, 2022. It’s good news for exporters of Canadian-grown produce but bad news for those growers importing agronomic inputs and…
Nova Scotia’s apple growers were spared the worst effects of the record-breaking storm as it roared through the northeastern parts of the province on September 24, 2022. But Prince Edward Island was directly in the path with major power outages and…
Harvest for fresh cranberries is currently underway in British Columbia, while harvest for the processed market – juices, sauces and sweetened dried cranberries – will start the first of October.
