News Items tag as: Alberta wine boycott

Constitutional battles now brewing over wine boycott
February 21, 2018 - 3:00 PM
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PENTICTON - The legal battle challenging Alberta’s right to stop the flow of B.C. wine into the province is building on several fronts as stakeholders and a constitutional rights group consider a court challenge to the boycott.
It's not just British Columbians suffering from Alberta's wine ban
February 20, 2018 - 5:30 PM
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PENTICTON - British Columbia wineries aren’t the only ones paying the price for pipeline politics in the wake of an Alberta boycott of B.C. wines earlier this month — it's also Albertans struggling and not just because they don't have our wine.
Effects of Alberta's B.C wine boycott already being felt by local wineries
February 13, 2018 - 6:30 PM
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PENTICTON - It hasn’t taken long for the Alberta wine boycott to have an affect on B.C. wineries.
B.C. wine boycott will have an immediate and negative effect on Okanagan wineries: Industry spokesperson
February 07, 2018 - 3:00 PM
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PENTICTON - Okanagan Valley grape growers will feel the effects of Alberta’s decision to boycott B.C. wines, say local industry representatives.
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What to do with those Oregon grape berries
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Drug possession is a crime in Oregon once again as law rolling back decriminalization takes effect
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic-controlled Legislat

Need for tradespeople just as high as demand for housing in Thompson-Okanagan
The demand for skilled tradespeople in the Thompson-Okanagan region is growing but not due to a lack of interest from young people. The need for housing construction in the region is skyrocketing and according to the trades program administ

Constitutional battles now brewing over wine boycott