Okanagan Farm Workers

• Farmers urge B.C. to open campgrounds for fruit pickers amid COVID-19

  The Ministry of Agriculture is in consultations with municipalities across the South Okanagan to establish six designated sites, but no decisions have been made as harvest gets underway.

  Economy

  Jun 24, 2020
  
• Fruit pickers coming to B.C. need subsidized housing to curb COVID-19 outbreak: advocate

  In the coming weeks, up to 1,500 domestic farm workers, many of whom hail from Quebec, will flood into the south Okanagan.

  Economy

  Apr 27, 2020
  
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• More Okanagan fruit growers to be blocked from hiring Mexican workers

  The Mexican government plans to block more Okanagan fruit growers from employing Mexican workers through the seasonal agricultural worker program due to allegations of poor living conditions.

  Economy

  Nov 16, 2017