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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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What to do with those Oregon grape berries
Sometimes the most ordinary, unremarkable looking plants growing in our forests and neighbourhoods can have some surprising characteristics. Oregon grape is found growing in wet and dry areas throughout the Thompson-Okanagan with its signat
Cayman Islands to ask voters whether to ease marijuana laws
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands plans to hold a referendum on whether to turn possession of small amounts of marijuana into a minor offense. Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said there is widespread support among legisla
Central Okanagan has quietest real estate month since 2012
In the Central Okanagan, there was half the number of single-family homes sold in September compared to the 10-year average. A report from Rennie Intelligence paints a bleak picture of the Central Okanagan real estate market showing a 21% d
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Italian family believes painting found in a dump in 1960s is a Picasso and seeks authentication
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Did this happen to me also? Korean adoptees question their past and ask how to find their families
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