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Court orders BC Tree Fruits to sell all assets, growers fear imported fruit take-overThe B.C Tree Fruits co-op owes more than $53 million to secured creditors, including $50 million to CIBC, according to court documents.CanadaAug 28
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B.C. fruit growers cite ‘productive meeting’ with province after co-op collapseBC Tree Fruits, a member-owned cooperative that helps fruit growers get their product to market, abruptly closed in late July.PoliticsAug 8
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Financial support for farmers announced as BC Tree Fruits files for creditor protectionThe province will enhance its AgriStability program to raise the AgriStability compensation rate to 90 per cent and double the compensation cap for farmers for the program year.CanadaAug 13
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Farmers, province meet to discuss challenges in wake of BC Tree Fruits closureFruit growers in B.C. are scrambling and provincial politicians are hounding the government to provide immediate assistance following the collapse of the BC Tree Fruits co-op.EconomyAug 9
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‘Not good news’: Farmers stunned as BC Tree Fruits announces surprise closureBC Tree Fruits Collective announced its sudden closure on Friday, sending its member farmers scrambling to find new ways to get their produce to market.ConsumerJul 26
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RCMP interviews ‘currently underway’ in Ford government Greenbelt probeThe RCMP's investigation was triggered after two watchdog reports last summer into the Ford government's decision to remove 7,400 acres of protected land from the Greenbelt.PoliticsAug 9
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Support lining up for B.C. fruit growers in wake of co-op closureMore needs to be said about the people who called the cooperative their workplace for so many years, union officials said.ConsumerAug 2
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Okanagan farmers pleading for provincial help in wake of BC Tree Fruits closureThe sudden closure of B.C. Tree Fruits last week has farmers scrambling to find routes to market. Some may be forced to abandon their crops, one grower says.CanadaJul 31
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Questions aplenty from orchardists following sudden closure of BC Tree FruitsOne Okanagan farmer thinks that in the wake of Friday’s news regarding BC Tree Fruits that ‘there’s going to be a shift in the industry.’CanadaJul 27
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Notable quotes from the 2024 Paris OlympicsHere are some notable quotes from the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 28, 2024:SportsJul 28
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Federal government rescinds approval for Dartmouth Cove infill projectThis comes after two years of work on the project with developer Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd.EnvironmentJun 20
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30% of Jasper structures destroyed by wildfire, critical infrastructure saved: Parks CanadaOfficials noted that all critical infrastructure in the townsite was successfully protected.FireJul 26
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Crossbow killing suspect in hospital as U.K. mulls tighter lawsA man suspected of killing the wife and daughters of a BBC radio sports commentator with a crossbow was being treated in a hospital Thursday after being found injured.CrimeJul 11
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Jasper wildfire: Up to 50% of townsite may have been destroyedAs flames raged through Jasper, officials said they believe between 30 and 50 per cent of the townsite may have been lost to the wildfire.FireJul 25
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‘Poop Zamboni’: Vancouver rolls out new tool in war on goose droppingsVancouver officials shared images Thursday of the city's new "goose pooper scooper," a tractor-pulled trailer designed to clear goose droppings from grass surfaces in local parks.CanadaJun 14
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‘Bring the temperature down’: Tensions rise over new Abbotsford homeless campSome people who were living in an encampment on BC Hydro land on Gladys Road have erected tents and a trailer in Babich Park as a protest after being evicted from the former site.PoliticsJun 28
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‘6-year-old is gone’: Boy struck, killed by Ontario school bus picking up kidsYork Regional Police say a six-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus picking up children for school in Kleinburg, Ont., on Wednesday morning.CanadaJun 19
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Vacant, burned houses in Winnipeg ‘a menace’: community members, advocatesFour houses in the 200 block of Powers Street in Winnipeg all burned within five days recently. Community advocates and members are all concerned about the implications.FireJun 21
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‘Within their rights’: Why Ontario officers can dodge police watchdog in investigationsThe SIU said it has designated two subject officers in the case regarding the April 29 crash in Whitby that killed four, including an infant and their grandparents.CanadaJun 14
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Okanagan growers protest against their own cooperative, demanding transparencyThe protesters are demanding more transparency and accountability from their own cooperative.CanadaMay 29