Tag: CBC News
1.6 Million Cast Vote in B.C. HST Referendum
VANCOUVER — More than 1.6-million registered voters have mailed in their ballot and had their say in B.C.’s Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) referendum. Don...
P.E.I. Lobster Landings Down
P.E.I. — Fisheries Minister Neil LeClair recently reported spring lobster landings off Prince Edward Island are down almost 14 per cent from last year,...
Strawberries Reach Peak in P.E.I.
TORONTO — Prince Edward Island chefs have good reason to crank out more strawberry shortcakes this season as farmers fight to catch up with...
Tourism Charlottetown Denies Favouring Restaurateur
CHARLOTTETOWN — Tourism Charlottetown has denied giving preferential treatment to restaurant owner Kevin Murphy, CBC News reports. The controversy began when the city tourism...
Japanese Company Eyes P.E.I.
CHARLOTTETOWN — Representatives from Japan-based Kisco Foods have deemed P.E.I. the possible home of a processing plant, CBC News reports. Kisco has been purchasing...
Feeling Blue
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The slow start to summer is affecting more than B.C. residents’ moods, as news comes that the province’s lucrative blueberry season...
Old Church Has Watery Rebirth
WALTON, N.S. — Onlookers in Walton, N.S., were treated to a bit of a show when a century-old church was ferried down the Minas...
Snow Crab Prices Jump
FREDERICTON — Snow crab fishermen are expecting a good year following a 50-per-cent increase in price per pound, CBC News reports. Jean Lanteigne, the...
Grade-A Prices
CHARLOTTETOWN — P.E.I. beef producers are seeing some of the highest prices in years, CBC News reports. Members of the P.E.I. Cattle Producers Association...
N.B Operators and Consumers Feel Pinch
MONCTON, N.B. — Soaring food prices have started to impact foodservice outlets in New Brunswick. According to a recent CBC News story, operators are...
