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Okanagan apple growers consider marketing commission to sell their fruit
March 07, 2024 - 5:00 PM
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While Okanagan apple growers didn't experience the same kind of killing damage that January’s cold snap dealt to grapes and soft fruit, the industry has been struggling for years with low prices.
BC cherry growers launch anti-dumping action against U.S. fruit
July 10, 2023 - 8:30 AM
BC residents are urged to buy fresh, locally grown cherries rather than older fruit still being imported from the U.S.
New plan for Okanagan tree fruits takes aim at backyard farmers
November 15, 2021 - 6:00 AM
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A new plan to “stabilize” the tree fruit industry could include a new taxing regime for wealthy homeowners who buy up agricultural land and get tax breaks.
Demand for foreign farm workers in Okanagan expected to increase
January 20, 2021 - 11:00 AM
B.C.'s contingent of temporary foreign workers are starting to return to area farms, and this year there are plans in place to ensure that their arrival will be safer.
Okanagan apple industry expecting shortage of pickers
September 08, 2020 - 6:40 AM
With fewer workers arriving through the seasonal agricultural worker program, the apple industry is bracing for an impact.
'Desperate for workers': Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms need help
August 08, 2020 - 11:31 AM
Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms are abandoning crops due to a lack of workers, the BC Fruit Growers Association said in a press release issued Friday, Aug. 7.
Okanagan farmers defend treatment of migrant workers under COVID-19
August 04, 2020 - 7:00 AM
The firing of two Mexican workers in West Kelowna for, allegedly, talking to a worker’s rights advocate, has the Okanagan farming community on the defensive.
Okanagan fruit growers need locals to help bring in the harvest
June 16, 2020 - 5:00 PM
The good news for Okanagan fruit growers struggling to find labour, is the cherry crop will likely be smaller and ready for picking later this summer than it has been the past two years.
Federal COVID-19 aid for agriculture 'profoundly underwhelming': B.C. fruit growers
May 05, 2020 - 11:58 AM
The future of a safe, secure food supply is at risk, members B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association said today in response to the federal financial support package to agriculture.
Farm workers from Mexico, Quebec begin arriving in Okanagan
April 30, 2020 - 6:30 PM
Some temporary foreign workers from Mexico have finished their quarantine period in Vancouver and are heading to the Okanagan at the same time Quebecois workers wait to get into their campground near Oliver.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th
Why it's so hard to find locally grown celery in Okanagan, Kamloops
Celery is crunchy, delicious and a main staple in kitchens all over the world, but it’s particularly difficult for Thompson-Okanagan residents to source locally. In response to President Donald Trump’s trade tariff threats, Vern
Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi
Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says new cabinet will act with 'urgency and determination'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney shook up his cabinet Tuesday by moving some key players involved in Canada-U.S. rel
May 13, 2025 6:14 PM
Judge calls Okanagan fentanyl dealer a 'parasite'
A judge called a West Kelowna fentanyl dealer a "parasite" who gave his customers the wherewithal to
May 13, 2025 6:00 PM
Federal judge says cull of 400 ostriches at B.C. farm hit by avian flu can proceed
A Federal Court judge has denied a bid to prevent the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from culling 400 ostriches on a B
May 13, 2025 5:03 PM
Minister denies daycare funding for B.C. legislature, saying area is well served
VICTORIA - Plans by the British Columbia legislative assembly to open a child-care facility remain up in the air after
May 13, 2025 4:32 PM
Live updates: Trump receives lavish royal welcome to Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia for the first leg of his three-nation visit to the Middle East this week. His
May 13, 2025 4:01 PM
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