SURREY – The BC Farm Industry Review Board received a formal noise complaint on April 20 against a blueberry farm in south Surrey. According to reports in the Peace Arch News, the couple who initiated the complaint had moved to Morgan Creek from Vancouver in March and were kept awake several nights in a row …
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Province makes appointments
A new year means a new lease on life for many government appointees, and new responsibilities for others. The turn of the year saw Joe Deuling appointed December 31 to the Agricultural Land Commission. The following day, Robert Haywood-Farmer had his appointment renewed. Both men serve on the commission’s Interior panel. However, the system of …
FIRB poised to set live BC chicken prices – again
ABBOTSFORD – People often say a good deal is one that neither side likes. If that is true, the BC Chicken Marketing Board’s latest pricing formula must be a great deal. Introduced in mid-June, the formula determines prices from period A151 (beginning July 8, 2018) to period A156 (ending June 8, 2019). Both the Primary …