Sheldon Birnie

Bye Bye, Mondragón

dawn — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:56:56 +0000

Winnipeggers lose community space after 18 years

WINNIPEG—After a remarkable 18 years in business, the anarchist collective Mondragón has shut its doors for good, leaving vegan food enthusiasts hungry and radical Winnipeggers and visiting out-of-towners without a rallying space to call home.

Deli Meat Raid Sparks Real-Life Manitoba Food Fight, Highlights Regulatory Void

Miles Howe — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:18:43 +0000

The quest for a better prosciutto leads to one family's showdown with provincial health inspectors.

WINNIPEG—Small scale producers in Manitoba are facing challenges in developing specialty meat products for market.

Carving the Prairie Commons

correybaldwin — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:15:47 +0000

Ranchers divided on federal divestment from community pasturelands

WINNIPEG—Prairie community pastures and grasslands amounting to one and a half times the size of Prince Edward Island may soon be privatized, and ranchers’ reactions are mixed.

Subminimum on the Prairies

SandraCuffe — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:12:10 +0000

Minimum wage for workers with disabilities an ongoing struggle

WINNIPEG—Provisions to the labour code that allow employers to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage have somehow persisted until 2013 in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and are finally to be removed. But they’re still on the books in Alberta.

Has the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act Gone Stale?

dawn — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:55:13 +0000

Criticisms levelled at western Canadian crown corporation focus on fish waste, inability to compete

WINNIPEG—With the recent demise of the Canadian Wheat Board as a single-desk buyer and marketer of western Canadian grain products, some say that the western inland fishery should be next.