Food

Highly contagious variant could stress Canadian food production, farm groups say

Outbreaks at Alberta meat-packing plants in 2020 sickened hundreds and killed 4

Jan 9, 2022 8:50 AM Read more >

More Salmonella illness cases in Western Canada linked to frozen kernel corn brand

People have reported getting ill in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario

Dec 26, 2021 11:35 AM Read more >

$30 million top-up coming to Canada’s emergency food fund

Fund will provide more money to the charities to help Canadians access needed food

Dec 22, 2021 12:30 PM Read more >

Canadian families will pay an extra $966 for groceries in 2022, report says

Jump in B.C. and Alberta expected to be higher than average

Dec 9, 2021 8:30 AM Read more >

South Korea to launch task force on banning dog meat

Restaurants that serve dog meat are dwindling in the country, while pet popularity climbs

Nov 25, 2021 11:30 AM Read more >

Floods another blow for restaurants in B.C. Interior, operators and advocates say

Latest in 20 months of struggles through the COVID-19 pandemic and a summer of wildfire smoke

Nov 19, 2021 11:30 AM Read more >

Robots hit the streets as demand for food delivery grows

Knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas, robots are now navigating college campuses

Nov 3, 2021 3:00 PM Read more >

Fears of rising baguette prices pose crunch for the French

Bread crunch has been linked to a 30% worldwide increase in the price of wheat since September

Oct 27, 2021 2:30 PM Read more >

One million chickens euthanized during labour dispute at Quebec slaughterhouse

Premier says waste amounts to 13 per cent of the province’s chicken production thrown in the garbage

Jun 18, 2021 10:00 AM Read more >

17% of food production globally wasted: UN report

That amounts to 1.03 billion tons of food going to waste each year

Mar 4, 2021 5:06 PM Read more >