CIIE window of opportunity: Canadian businessman

STORY: CIIE window of opportunity: Canadian businessman DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Ottawa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Shanghai 2. various of CIIE 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RUSS RIMMER, CEO of Avalon Dairy 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RUSS RIMMER, CEO of Avalon Dairy STORYLINE: A Canadian businessman has said the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) is a window of opportunity, providing insights into Chinese consumers. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RUSS RIMMER, CEO of Avalon Dairy "Avalon has attended the CIIE for two years. We had great experiences, just love the city of Shanghai, the people. The CIIE is a window of opportunity for us, so we're very much looking forward to getting back to Shanghai. It's a window into the Chinese opportunity, because it introduces us to every level of supply chain. It introduces us to consumers and we had a lineup of about 100 yards long filled with people (who) wanted to come to the booth and try our milk, try our yog

Avian flu hits U.S. West from wilderness to grocery

STORY: Avian flu hits U.S. West from wilderness to grocery DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: DENVER, U.S. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Canadian Geese in Stearns Lake near Broomfield, Colorado STORYLINE: Egg shortages and skyrocketing prices at grocery stores continue to impact American consumers as a result of the historic avian flu that is spreading rapidly among wild birds and has triggered the killing of millions of poultry. "We have never seen anything like the enormity of this outbreak," Michael Tincher with the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (RMRP) told The Colorado Sun newspaper on Monday. RMRP is a group of a dozen scientists who work toward protecting and saving wild birds of prey. Colorado's worst-ever avian flu outbreak has now resulted in nearly 6.4 million poultry deaths and is increasingly crossing over into wild birds and killing bald eagles and other precious raptors, the newspaper reported, adding "wildlife watchers call the event 'the stuff of bad dreams.'" L