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Competition Bureau Seeks to Block Nortera Deal for Green Giant and Le Sieur Brands

The Competition Bureau is seeking to block Nortera Foods’ proposed deal to buy the Green Giant and Le Sieur brands of canned and frozen vegetables in Canada from U.S.-based B&G Foods. Nortera is already Canada’s dominant processor of certain canned and frozen vegetables under the Del Monte and Arctic Gardens brands, the bureau said. It has also been the exclusive producer of Green Giant and Le Sieur in Canada for 30 years and announced in October 2025 a deal to buy the brands. The agency said the deal to combine Nortera with its only major national brand competitor in an already highly concentrated market would lead to higher prices, fewer choices and less competition in the wholesale grocery supply.

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Alberta Premier Calls on Ottawa to Respect Province’s Dual-Practice Health Care System

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the federal government should respect the province’s jurisdiction over health care, after the federal health minister raised concerns about the legality of Alberta’s upcoming dual-practice health-care expansion. “Let me be clear: the administration and delivery of health care is an area of provincial jurisdiction, not federal,” Smith said in a [...]

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Wildfire Near Summerland, BC, Remains Active as Residents Return

Most evacuation orders have been lifted in Summerland, B.C., but wildfire officials say the destructive Bald Range blaze remains active and more growth is expected. While the eastern face of the fire facing the community has calmed enough to allow residents to return, the BC Wildfire Service says crews have been working along the Princeton-Summerland Road corridor and the fire’s southwestern flank. The service says that flank is challenging due to the fire behaviour and the difficult terrain. The fire, which has destroyed or damaged about 150 structures, is still classified as burning out of control and is about 227 square kilometres in size.

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