69 h. ago U.S. billionaire to hold live press conference about ostrich cull at B.C. farm

Billionaire U.S. philanthropist and animal rights advocate John Catsimatidis and Katie Pasitney, daughter of the co-owner and spokesperson will be speaking.

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3 d. ago Edgewood, B.C. woman allegedly attacked by ostrich farm protester

'I had gas poured all over me, face, hands, shoes, coat. I got my flip phone out and he ran away. Called a few friends to call 911 for me,' said Wood.

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3 d. ago Professor would be ’surprised’ if top court takes B.C. ostrich farm case

A law professor at the University of Ottawa says he would be surprised if the Supreme Court of Canada decides to hear the case of a British Columbia farm fighting to save its ostriches from being culled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Paul Daly, the university’s research chair in administrative law and governance, said […]

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8 d. ago Edgewood residents stay silent on ostrich farm controversy over safety fears, ‘very volatile’

“I think there’s general sympathy for the birds but not for the farm itself due to their inability to be forthright and honest from the get-go,” Randy Donselaar said.

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8 d. ago Food agency will remain on B.C. ostrich farm while Supreme Court decides whether to allow farmers’ appeal

The SCC usually takes one to three months to decide whether it will grant “leave to appeal”

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8 d. ago Food safety agency staying on at B.C. ostrich farm, warns against violent threats from supporters

The SCC usually takes one to three months to decide whether it will grant ‘leave to appeal’

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1 week ago The Supreme Court has issued a stay of cull order aimed at a B.C. ostrich farm. What happens now?

The stay should not be taken as an indication that the country’s highest court will grant the appeal or decide in the farmer’s favour if it does

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1 week ago The Supreme Court of Canada grants stay on ostrich cull, farm’s lawyer says

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been on the farm in northeastern B.C. for days preparing for the cull of nearly 400 birds.

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1 week ago Interim stay of cull order turns despair to joy on B.C. ostrich farm

“They’re safe today! They live today!” said Katie Pasitney, whose mother is a co-owner of the farm

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1 week ago Two people arrested at B.C. ostrich farm facing cull over avian flu

RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Esperson, had been overnight.

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1 week ago Two people arrested at B.C. ostrich farm where birds to be killed over avian flu

RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Esperson, had been overnight.

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1 week ago Wall of hay bales constructed around B.C. ostriches ahead of CFIA cull

RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Espersen, had been overnight

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1 week ago Ostrich cull looms at B.C. farm as owners told they must leave on Tuesday

The unnamed CFIA official says they have control of the property and there would be 'consequences' if the farmers did not leave voluntarily overnight or on Tuesday.

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1 week ago CFIA says B.C. ostrich farmers must leave by Tuesday or face arrest

The owners of an ostrich farm, whose flock is subject to a cull order, must leave today or face removal by police called in by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. RCMP and CFIA officials arrived Monday and served a warrant on the farm in southeastern British Columbia, where the owners have been fighting the cull […]

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1 week ago Ostrich farmers hope for ‘miracle’ as CFIA moves to cull flock over avian flu

A last stand to try and save 400 ostriches from an ordered cull is unfolding along a dusty gravel road near the tiny community of Edgewood in southeastern British Columbia. Yellow tape has been strung around the ostriches’ pen, where the co-owner of the farm and her daughter, Katie Pasitney, are staying put after police […]

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1 week ago RCMP escort CFIA officials to execute search warrant at B.C. ostrich farm

This comes after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency applied for a search warrant and ordered the cull of 400 ostriches following an avian flu outbreak on the farm.

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1 week ago B.C. ostrich cull: Convoy of police and other vehicles outside farm, says advocate

A live video posted on Facebook shows the vehicles driving along the road heading toward the farm

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1 week ago B.C. ostrich cull: RCMP escort CFIA to execute search warrant on farm

A spokeswoman for the farm says a convoy of police vehicles and waste disposal trucks is outside the property in Edgewood

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2 w. ago ’VERY LOW ODDS:’ Court expert says B.C. ostrich case will struggle to get hearing

An expert on the Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia ostrich farm faces an uphill battle “with very low odds” to get a hearing to stop the cull of about 400 birds. Emmett Macfarlane, a political-science professor at the University of Waterloo, has written a book on Canada’s highest court and says the […]

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3 w. ago B.C. ostrich farm will ask Supreme Court to stop the cull of 400 birds

The farm remains hopeful that it will get another chance to make its case.

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