News Items tag as: B.C. Cherry Association

Millions in replant money for Okanagan fruit growers only a small part of the solution
March 16, 2024 - 6:00 AM
iNwine

This week’s announcement that the province is kicking $70 million more into agricultural replant programs is welcome news, especially for the wine industry.
Helicopter season starting in effort to save Okanagan cherry crop
June 21, 2023 - 9:00 AM

With early season cherries ripening and much needed rain falling that means helicopters are taking to the air.
B.C. cherry growers celebrate as access granted to lucrative South Korean market
August 12, 2022 - 1:53 PM
iNwine

Canadian cherries have been granted market access to South Korea by Canada's market access secretariat, according to the B.C. Cherry Association.
Why Okanagan cherry growers are turning to helicopters to save their crops
June 22, 2018 - 12:11 PM

OKANAGAN - Some Okanagan cherry growers had to take expensive measures to rescue their crops after a downpour this week.
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JONESIE: Kamloops mayor could learn from Kelowna's mayor about wielding power
OPINION Kamloops City Councillors should consider themselves lucky. They have a bit of a bully for a mayor, but one who doesn’t know how to use his power properly. Reid Hamer-Jackson should have found time at the Southern In

From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn't legalize it for rec

More real estate listings and lower prices in Kamloops, Okanagan
A recent real estate report has good news for home buyers in the southern Interior. There are more houses on the market and lower prices around Kamloops and the Okanagan. The Association of Interior Realtors released its report for April to

Millions in replant money for Okanagan fruit growers only a small part of the solution