Quebec's strategic maple syrup reserve running dry amid high demand

Québec Maple Syrup Producers President says government support will be needed

Nova ScotiaWhether it's seeking to support Canadian or people looking for alternative sweeteners to refined sugar, Canadian maple syrup is seeing a bump in exports. Hutchinson Acres in Nova Scotia is seeing an uptick in activity recently. Some producers are seeing an increased demand for maple syrup overseasColin North · CBC News · Posted: Sep 11, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 11Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Hutchinson Acres is seeing more orders than usual for their maple syrup products. (Colin North/CBC)A quintessential Canadian product is finding its way to more store shelves and breakfast tables around the world. Canadian maple syrup exports are trending upward, generating $844.2 million in 2025, up 17.2 per cent over the previous year, according to Statistics Canada. Hutchinson Acres in Aylesford, N. S., is the province’s largest producer of maple syrup. It’s been seeing more frequent orders from its international customers, as well as an uptick in domestic sales.

Published: October 19, 2026 at 2:57p.m. EDTLourenco Goncalves, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Cleveland-Cliffs, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the Stelco layoffs and steel tariffs. The chief executive of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. says Stelco has posted its strongest quarterly results since the Ohio-based company acquired the steelmaker two years ago, even as it moves ahead with up to 500 layoffs at its Ontario operations. Lourenco Goncalves says Stelco became a “positive contributor” to Cleveland-Cliffs’ third-quarter results for the period ended Sept. 30 amid a sharp improvement in Canada’s hot-rolled steel market. However, he says more needs to be done by the Canadian government to correct “a clearly oversupplied market for galvanized steel in Canada.”Latest updates on company news hereGoncalves says without a clear plan from Ottawa aimed at improving market conditions for galvanized steel, the company made the “difficult but necessary” decision to indefinitely idle its galvanizing lines at Stelco. He says laid off workers will be called back as soon as the current situation improves.

Published: October 19, 2026 at 2:40p.m. EDTSAN FRANCISCO — A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device in a conference room to glean company details had been “mere days” away from absconding to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, federal prosecutors said in new court filings. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, was also fired from his job at the ChatGPT maker, according to a government memo filed Sunday. His wife and young son left the country the day after his arrest on a one-way ticket booked and paid for by a Saudi military official, prosecutors said in the filing. “Ultimately, the defendant has little incentive to remain in the United States to see this case through,” federal prosecutors wrote. “He has ample resources —including his significant compensation from a decade of high-tech employment in the Bay Area and at least two bank accounts in Saudi Arabia — and what appears to be considerable support from a foreign government.”Prosecutors also noted Saudi Arabia has no extradition treaty with the U. S. as they seek to detain Alfozan until trial. A judge will consider the request Monday in federal court in San Francisco.

Published: October 19, 2026 at 1:59p.m. EDTOTTAWA — A federal union is speaking out against cuts to the federal translation bureau and is accusing the Carney government of hypocrisy as Ottawa defends French language standards in trade talks with the U. S. The translation bureau is a federal government service under Public Services and Procurement Canada that provides translation and interpretation services to departments and private clients. A government document containing highlights of the translation bureau’s business plan for 2025 to 2030 says the bureau plans to drop 339 employees through natural attrition over five years to ensure its financial viability. Attrition is the gradual reduction of positions through retirements and resignations. The document says the plan reflects “an overall drop” in demand for traditional translation services.