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B.C. independent music news
Trees’ Water Street location is seeking solo performers for Saturday night bookings through September. The coffee house’s Granville outlet presents three acts a night, Thursday and Friday. Victoria...
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INDEX – At the farmgate farm profiles
INDEX for Farmgate’s At the farmgate farm profiles Dairy Farm House Natural Cheeses, Agassiz – Cow’s and goat’s milk cheeses (soft, unripened, ripened and firm), plus homo milk, yogurt and butter (sold...
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Feature – Kiwi fruit in the Fraser Valley
Some said it wasn’t possible. Kiwi fruit? Not in B.C. But Macedonian immigrant George Petkov is proving them wrong, with an eight-acre Abbotsford farm that produced 45,000 kilograms this year. It’s...
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Farm photo of the week (Jan. 12, 2014) – Fresh lemons in the dead of winter
Like sunshine on a cloudy day. This picture of Bob and Verna Duncan’s lemon tree is only a few days old. The owners of Fruit Trees and More in Sidney (on Vancouver Island) enjoy fresh lemons year round...
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News – B.C.’s bigleaf maple syrup producers struggle through a sour season
It’s been a sour year for one of B.C.’s sweetest niche markets. A dry fall and cold February contributed to one of the worst bigleaf maple syrup seasons in 10 years, said producer Gary Backlund. A hot...
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Photos – B.C. birch syrup tapping
Slightly later than usual, birch syrup tapping has begun in B.C.’s Cariboo region. “It’s been a late spring, but things are going well,” said Laura Entzminger, the farmer behind Sweet Tree Ventures in...
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Letters: Political bullies, mudslinging, Doug Routley, transit vote,...
Public is sick of politicians, supporters who bully, reader says NDP MLA Doug Routley and NDP Internet troll Peter Kelly should grow up or maybe take some anger management courses. If children behaved...
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