Mar 11, 2010 - Calgary pub owner named CRFA chair

Gerard Curran, owner of the James Joyce Irish Pub in Calgary, took the chair reins at the CRFA’s annual general meeting, held in March during the annual CRFA Show in Toronto.

Feb 25, 2010 - Earnings up at Tim Hortons

The coffee and doughnut chain made $91 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, a 32 per cent increase from the $69 the company earned the year before.

Feb 16, 2010 - ElBulli to close

Ferran Adrià, regarded as the owner of the world’s best restaurant, elBulli, has decided to close the restaurant permanently, after just one more season.

Feb 8, 2010 - Monitoring leads to call for clampdown on bad fats

Health Canada said it is considering what to do, after announcing the results of a fourth round of monitoring the level of trans fats in Canada’s food supply, which took place in the fall of 2008 and early 2009.

Feb 8, 2010 - Goverment watching for acrylamide levels in fried food

The federal government is monitoring acrylamide in Canadian food after putting the substance on a list of possibly harmful substances, and is considering allowing the addition of a chemical to manufactured food that eliminates acrylamide.