News Items tag as: temporary farm worker program

COVID-19 raising costs of bringing foreign workers to Okanagan
February 27, 2021 - 6:00 PM

With commercial flights cancelled between Mexico and Canada, Okanagan fruit growers are having to pay higher charter air fares and take the risk of the workers not being able to fly because of COVID-19.
Essential Okanagan farm workers should have the same rights as citizens: activist group
September 17, 2020 - 6:00 PM

Despite being called temporary foreign workers, the thousands of people who are essential to getting the Okanagan fruit crop harvested each year are neither of those things.
You can help these Mexican workers fired from a West Kelowna nursery
August 19, 2020 - 7:30 PM

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to try to replace the income lost by two temporary foreign workers who say they were fired after meeting with members of a worker advocacy group.
Province takes steps to provide more campsites for temporary farmworkers
June 25, 2020 - 3:15 PM

A search is on in the Okanagan for suitable locations for additional campsites to provide accommodation for seasonal farm labour.
Mexican farm workers destined for Okanagan begin landing in Vancouver tomorrow
April 14, 2020 - 3:00 PM

A charter plane with about 150 Mexican farm workers will land at Vancouver International Airport tomorrow and some will come to the Okanagan after undergoing a mandatory 14-day isolation period.
Foreign workers for Okanagan farms, orchards still aren't allowed to travel to Canada
March 19, 2020 - 12:45 PM

Okanagan farms and orchards were expecting big news last night and thought they got it when the federal government said it would allow temporary foreign workers to continue working in Canada, despite border closures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Time for change in thinking on temporary farm worker housing, Kelowna council says
July 15, 2016 - 8:30 AM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - The four Central Okanagan municipalities and the regional district are moving to harmonize their policy and regulations on temporary farm worker housing.
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News Items tag as: temporary farm worker program

COVID-19 raising costs of bringing foreign workers to Okanagan

Essential Okanagan farm workers should have the same rights as citizens: activist group

You can help these Mexican workers fired from a West Kelowna nursery

Province takes steps to provide more campsites for temporary farmworkers

Mexican farm workers destined for Okanagan begin landing in Vancouver tomorrow

Foreign workers for Okanagan farms, orchards still aren't allowed to travel to Canada

Time for change in thinking on temporary farm worker housing, Kelowna council says

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