News Items tag as: Missing migrant workers

Migrant workers safe and with families in Mexico after going missing in the Okanagan
November 26, 2015 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - Four temporary foreign workers who went missing in the Okanagan this past summer are back home in Mexico, the country’s consulate confirmed today, Nov. 26.
Mexican workers who disappeared from Okanagan farm in June located
November 25, 2015 - 11:03 AM

VERNON - Four Mexican men working at a Vernon orchard who disappeared back in June have all been located, police say.
Whereabouts of missing workers from Vernon remain a mystery
August 26, 2015 - 5:22 PM

VERNON - Two months after going missing, four migrant workers last seen in the Okanagan still have not been located.
Migrant workers still missing from Okanagan farm a month later
July 28, 2015 - 3:01 PM

VERNON - Four migrant workers from Mexico have still not been found a month after an Okanagan farm owner reported the men missing.
RCMP investigating disappearance of migrant workers from Vernon orchard
July 20, 2015 - 11:13 AM

VERNON - Police are on the lookout for a group migrant workers from Mexico who went missing from a Vernon orchard in June.
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The science and art of making mead at Vernon's Planet Bee
Mead has been gaining in popularity as an alcoholic beverage but also as a craft and career. Planet Bee in Vernon is a case in point. James Nowek, co-owner of Planet Bee honey farm, makes mead right on the premises from honey harvested from

Nebraska will vote on pro-pot measures despite some invalid signatures
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures,

Don’t pay till 2025: Okanagan developers entice renters with freebies
While many people across the Okanagan struggle to find affordable housing those able — or willing — to splash out on rent will find multiple special offers trying to entice them to sign a lease. From a few months of free rent to

Migrant workers safe and with families in Mexico after going missing in the Okanagan