News Items tag as: Ministry of Agriculture

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather
January 30, 2025 - 11:00 AM
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The Okanagan tree fruit industry was hit hard by extreme weather last year and the provincial government is providing $5 million to help orchardists prepare for future extreme cold weather events.
Officials scramble for a solution for Okanagan farmers after BC Tree Fruits collapse
August 02, 2024 - 7:00 PM
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Government officials are scrambling for a solution now that Okanagan farmers need a new way to get their harvest to market.
Record sales reported in 2019 for B.C. wineries
September 16, 2020 - 11:30 AM
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B.C. is reporting a record number of sales last year for the province's food and beverage processors.

In 2019, sales were up $700 million to a record $10.5 billion., according to a Ministry of Agriculture news release.
Spy in the sky contract on hold after farmers protest
November 19, 2019 - 8:30 PM

A decision by the Ministry of Agriculture to use radar satellite-based technology to monitor and regulate activities on agricultural land didn’t apparently didn't sit well with the province's farmers.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

$5M in provincial funding to protect Okanagan’s tree fruit from extreme weather