News Items tag as: high cost of vegetables

Home gardening movement gaining ground as price of fruits and vegetables soar
February 01, 2016 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The dollar’s continued slide has hit many Thompson-Okanagan residents in the pocketbook as they do their weekly grocery shopping, as fresh fruits and vegetables hit new high prices in the region.
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ALBAS: New facts emerge on Trans Mountain pipeline costs and timeline
OPINION In my weekly MP reports I often close with a question related to the subject of the report. I do this for a number of different reasons, most importantly because I want to know what my constituents think. On so

Church-flipping: chapels reborn as cabarets, cheese plants and rock-star shrines
Night peering through the stained-glass windows, the dancer preens like a burlesque black swan at what was once the
August 19, 2018 10:30 AM
Evacuation alert rescinded for Gottfriedsen Mountain wildfire
The wildfire no longer threatens life and properties in the area. Yesterday afternoon the Thompson-Nicola REgi
August 19, 2018 9:44 AM
Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage
MECCA, Saudi Arabia - More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi
August 19, 2018 9:30 AM
B.C. resource and tourism industries braced as wildfires rip through forests
Tourists are still filling golf courses and shops in Kimberley, B.C., but the smoke-filled city's unique SunMine
August 19, 2018 8:30 AM
Quebec liquor board employees to hold second one-day strike on Wednesday
MONTREAL - Quebec liquor board employees say they will hold a second one-day strike on Wednesday — a day befor
August 19, 2018 7:00 AM

Home gardening movement gaining ground as price of fruits and vegetables soar