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CTV News
7 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Massey-Harris/Ferguson tractor collection up for auction
Don Ellingson sits on the first Massey-Harris tractor he purchased from his brother to start his collection. Now, his 91 tractors are up for auction. Don Ellingson has 91 Massey-Harris and Massey-Ferguson tractors at his Springbank acreage northwest of Calgary that he's putting up for auction. It's the first time he's had his collection all at one location after he moved 43 home in April that were on loan to Pioneer Acres of Alberta in Irricana. 'It's time,' he said. 'My health is starting to fail me, being an old mechanic, and it's time to sell the acreage and move to somewhere where somebody else can cut the grass and shovel the snow.' He has a passion for fixing things and started collecting the iconic Canadian brand in 1990. At one time, Ellingson's collection was up to 107 tractors. Some have been fully restored, while others are in various stages of disrepair, but they all play a role in Alberta's farm history. 'I'm a little bit sad that I have to lose them,' he said. 'The hardest tractor for me to sell is the first tractor that I bought from my brother (Darrel) that I still have sitting out in the field.' Ellingson says the Massey part of the name comes from Vincent Massey, who was the 18th Governor-General of Canada. The Harris name has ties to the art world and the Group of Seven, something that piqued the interest of Beth Ellingson, Don's wife, who was an art teacher for 32 years. 'One of the Group of Seven was Lawren Harris,' she said. 'I never realized until many years later that Lawren Harris was a member of the Harris family, who had a farm implements company, and then lo and behold, Don starts collecting Massey-Harris tractors, and so it just kind of seemed like our worlds were converging.' Beth and Don have travelled all over Western Canada and the northern U.S. attending antique tractor pull events over the years, where they were also tractor shopping. The couple celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary at the beginning of July, and Beth says she's received some interesting gifts over the years. 'It was our 15th wedding anniversary, being married in July, you know, holidays and such,' she said. 'We went to an auction that was in Manitoba, and I got a tractor as a gift for our anniversary.' Don says Massey was a worldwide company in the 1930s, and 50 years later it was bigger than John Deere and Case IH because of that global footprint. He says even today there are factories in the U.S. and France, and the brand is still popular in Europe. The auction is attracting interest from all over the world. 'Australia, London, all the tractors will sell worldwide, and the reproduction parts that I sell will sell mostly in Western Canada,' he said. 'Eighty to 85 per cent run, and the other ones, some of them don't run, but some of them will be lawn art because if they have steel wheels, they look good on the corner of the fence, and the tires don't go flat.' Beth says each tractor has a story behind it because they were part of farm families in Western Canada. 'It is a big part of our history here in Alberta and the whole agriculture scene,' she said. 'These monsters were breaking the soil and earning a living for generations of farm families.' Don says many of the tractors should sell for around $1,500, but some of the restored machines could fetch as much as US$10,000. 'It's on online auction, and the viewing goes from July 14 to 18,' he said. 'The lots start closing at (8 a.m.) on (July 19) and close one after another, so they figure it'll be 7 or 8 (p.m.) before they're all closed.' You can learn more about the auction at
Bloomberg
30-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
UK's G7-Topping Growth Confirmed Before Taxes and Tariffs Hit
The UK economy grew strongly in the first quarter of the year, official data confirmed Monday, before the Labour government's tax hikes and extra US tariffs came into effect. The Office for National Statistics said UK gross domestic product rose 0.7% in the first three months of the year, unrevised from the first estimate published in May. It was the strongest quarterly performance in a year and made Britain the fastest-growing of the Group-of-Seven economies.
Bloomberg
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
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Asharq Al-Awsat
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
G7 Statement Expresses Support for Israel, Calls Iran Source of Instability
The Group of Seven nations expressed support for Israel and labeled its rival Iran as a source of instability in the Middle East, in a statement issued late on Monday that called for peace and stability in the region. The air war between Iran and Israel, which began on Friday when Israel attacked Iran with air strikes, has raised alarms in a region that had already been on edge since the start of Israel's military assault on Gaza in October 2023.
Washington Post
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
The Latest: Trump attends G7 summit amid his trade war with US allies
President Donald Trump has arrived for the G7, or Group of Seven , summit in Canada, a country he's suggested should be annexed, as he wages a trade war with America's longstanding allies. If there's a shared mission at this year's G7 summit, which begins Monday in the Rocky Mountains, it's a desire to minimize any fireworks at a moment of combustible tensions.
