A B.C. Fruit Growers' Association survey shows more than 67 per cent of farmers have reduced fruit production as a result of uncertainties and risks created by COVID-19. The survey paints a bleak picture of the pandemic's impacts on an already struggling fruit industry, and the real threat to food security in B.C. as producers are forced to cut crops to stay afloat. “We knew things would be bad coming into the growing season this year, but these numbers are extremely troubling even to those of us in the industry,” said Pinder Dhaliwal, president of the BCFGA. “These numbers should worry anyone concerned about where their food will be coming from this fall, and how much it’s going to cost.” The fruit industry says they were already facing stiff headwinds entering the 2020 growing …
by Mike Monaghan
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Tomorrow is Canada Day
Oliver Parks and Recreation in partnership with the Oliver Fire Department are offering a free “drive-through breakfast” at the Community Centre parking lot July 1st 8:30-10:30am Egg sandwiches, hashbrowns, juice and coffee will served while supplies last. Attendees must stay in their vehicles at all times and staff and volunteers will be following COVID-19 safety protocols. Prizes will be given for “best dressed” car! …
Big little announcement
ODN is about to take a bit of a summer holiday - July and August This has been an interesting year so far - six months to go until 2021 How will this affect you? Not much... but your expectations may be higher than I can meet at the moment So ODN will be here today and every day - but all of the work may be done at a slower pace. …
A little sun each day
by Pat Whalley
KILL OR CURE Those of you who have followed stories of my childhood, growing up with my grandma, have heard some of the horror stories of my gran’s cures for all ailments. In today’s world, grandma’s cures would be thought of as odd and a bit eccentric, two hundred years ago she would probably have been accused of witchcraft. |My gran had a cure for whatever ailed you and I often felt that her philosophy was that the worst it tasted, smelled or stung, the better for the patient. I had childhood asthma, probably because the upstairs bedrooms never got warm and always had a damp feeling. I had a permanent wheeze and when it got bad, I often had to sit up all night as I couldn’t breath lying down. Gran treated my “weak chest” as it was called then by wrapping me in various layers of …
Grads 2020 – great work for 12 years
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Quest Column
A rare occurrence It is not often that I find myself in agreement with Prime Minister Trudeau but in his decision to not get on board with a prisoner exchange involving Meng Wanzhou - he is right. To yield to what the Chinese government has now admitted to being hostage diplomacy would put every Canadian that travels anywhere outside of Canada in grave peril in the future. Should we as a country ever have gotten involved in this: Some legal experts believe that our legal system left us no choice but that is irrelevant now. We are in this, and it will have to take its course or we undermine our legal system both at home and in the eyes of the world. To change this for political reasons now would come with a cost. What can we do inside our legal system? What comes to mind though is that …