Insights and Stories on British Columbia

B.C. farmers granted late entry for AgriStability

Mar. 17, 2023 at 5:55 am CDT

With bird flu outbreaks and last spring’s weather woes in mind, farmers and ranchers in British Columbia are now spotted until the end of June to enrol in AgriStability. The province and the federal ag department on Tuesday announced they’ve agreed on a late participation option for the 2022 program […]

Avian flu pops back up in New Brunswick

Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:27 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Former Mission, B.C. mayor named province’s ag minister

Dec. 8, 2022 at 11:24 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Bird flu pressure bears down on B.C. farms

Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:02 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Drought-stricken B.C. bracing for floods when rains return

Oct. 13, 2022 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Nia Williams

B.C. to back Indigenous food system projects

Sep. 26, 2022 at 3:22 am CDT

A new British Columbia program will provide up to $80,000 each for projects in agriculture, food processing or other sectors to improve food security in that province’s Indigenous communities. The province on Wednesday rolled out a new Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Partnership Program, which is set up to take […]

By Dave Bedard

Avian flu circles back in Western Canada

Sep. 15, 2022 at 2:05 pm CDT

A relatively quiet summer for highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada has turned for the worse, with outbreaks on commercial poultry farms in all four western provinces in the past week alone. Cases of high-path avian flu in domestic birds in Canada confirmed and reported by the Canadian Food Inspection […]

By Dave Bedard

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:31 pm CDT

Canada’s seven-year-old free trade pact with South Korea already provides for reduced tariffs on cherries from British Columbia — a commodity that’s just been approved for export to Korea for the first time starting this month. Canadian agriculture and food safety officials announced Aug. 10 that talks with Seoul on […]

By Dave Bedard

B.C. orders poultry indoors as avian flu arrives

Apr. 14, 2022 at 8:37 pm CDT

British Columbia officials are ordering all commercial poultry operations to move their birds indoors after the arrival of avian flu in a flock in that province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday it confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on Wednesday in a commercial poultry flock in the Regional […]

By Dave Bedard

B.C. doubling seat count at Saskatchewan vet college

Apr. 6, 2022 at 1:42 am CDT

The interprovincial cost-sharing agreement supporting the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) will now allow for twice as many students from British Columbia. The B.C. government and the U of S on Monday announced the province will now put up almost $10.7 million to double the number […]

By Dave Bedard

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