WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct 5 (Reuters) - ICE canola futures rose on Friday, boosted by snowy weather that was delaying the Western Canadian harvest, a soybean rally and moderate speculative buying.
* 20 percent of canola in the Canadian province Alberta was harvested as of Oct. 2. GRO/ALB
* Canola prices gained despite a pickup in farmer deliveries that was generating hedge selling on the market, a trader said.
* November canola RSX8 gained $2.30 at $501.30 per tonne.
* The November-January spread RSX8-F9 traded 3,594 times between $4.80 and $5.70, premium January.
* Chicago November soybeans SX8 rose on higher soymeal prices and expected U.S. harvest delays. The Canadian dollar CAD= was trading at 1.2949 to the greenback, or 77.23 U.S. cents at 12:44 p.m. CDT (1744 GMT).
* ICE canola will be closed for a Canadian Thanksgiving holiday on Monday.