LifeWild about eating gameIn most provinces it’s illegal to sell the most local of meats. Jacob Richler says it’s time to rewrite the rules
CanadaFood for thought on CFIA and tainted beef: Maybe the system actually works?XL Foods’ bad beef has affected only 15 people, and all are alive and well
OttawaThe Commons: Gerry Ritz did not inspect that ground beefThe Scene. Shortly before the farce was laid bare before the House yesterday, Stephen Harper stood and offered an important...
Ottawa’It’s just chaos’Over the weekend XL Foods laid off 2,000 workers, thus bringing a halt to inspections at the plant. XL Foods then announced that...
OttawaWhat went wrong at XL Foods?Workers at the XL Foods plant were apparently aware of problems. Questions are being asked about how long it took CFIA to shut...
OttawaThe quiet cutsLast week, Environment Canada declared 60 scientists and researchers to be surplus. Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency...
OttawaLiveblogging the Agriculture Committee – We join this three way stare-down between the union, the government and the opposition already in progressUPDATE: Hey, look, it’s yesterday’s government talking points in convenient press release format! Instead of placeholder text, an...
OttawaLiveblogging the Agriculture committee - Good things grow in Ontario, and we’re hoping it stays that way.NOTE TO READERS: It turns out that I was - well, let’s just call it what it was: wrong, wrong, wrong, at least as far as my...