BC Tree Fruits
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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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Farmers gather in Kelowna to protest BC Tree Fruits closureProtesters braved wet conditions Friday in Kelowna with the message: Save BC Tree Fruit. They are calling on the government to help reverse the co-operative’s closure last month.CanadaAug 16
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BC Tree Fruits protest planned for Friday morning in KelownaA protest in Kelowna over the closure of BC Tree Fruits will start at 8 a.m. on Friday morning at the intersection of Bernard Avenue and Abbott Street.CanadaAug 15
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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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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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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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BC United Party calling for audit of BC Tree Fruits’ closureParty leader Kevin Falcon talked about the bind that Okanagan fruit growers are in because of BC Tree Fruits’ surprising announcement last week.CanadaAug 1
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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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