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Local resident Kathy Grieve spun a prize wheel as part of a community celebration event in 100 Mile House on Aug. 12 for Overwaitea Foods, the parent company of Save-On-Foods, celebrating 100 years of business in British Columbia.
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Drought impacts tax deferral deficit is for the province to convince federal Agriculture Minister Longtime Buffalo Gerry Ritz to extend Creek rancher Ted the deferral to include Pincott and others Area G, so he, and othin Cariboo Regional ers ranching there, can District (CRD) Area also benefit. H are among those left “I think the option high and dry should be without curavailable provrent eligibility ince-wide.” for a drought The area tax-deferral rancher irriprogram. gates his fields The federal to combat government’s drought and put TED recent deciup enough feed, PINCOTT sion to grant but as is the case tax deferrals in most of the to British Columbia’s province, his yields are livestock producers still down this year. in regions affected by “The crops are down drought offers help to because of the extreme ranchers in about 100 hot weather. The ones electoral areas around we’re irrigating are still the province, including down 20 per cent; the five (of 12) in the CRD. ones we aren’t irrigatHowever, Pincott ing are down, some of says what he needs them, up to 50 per cent.” Carole Rooney Free Press
However, he points out tax deferral offers short-term help, while what is really needed is cash – and cattle – on hand for future operations. This deferral does not help the ranchers attempting to hold on
to their current herds, Pincott notes. He explains the cost per animal will also likely drop with increased stock availability, and once herds are reduced, the producers will need to replace those animals
at some point. To defer income, the breeding herd must have been reduced by at least 15 per cent, and then eligible producers can request a deferral of 30 to 90 per cent from net sales income when filing their 2015
income tax returns. Pincott says the producers who have been buying feed rather than putting up their own are “getting hit really hard” by increased costs. Continued on A5
Chicken wings recalled
A recall has been issued for various store-packaged, cooked chicken wings sold at Canada Safeway stores, including in the 100 Mile House store, because they may contain the toxin produced by staphylococcus bacteria. People are warned not to consume the recalled products that were sold in Safeway locations across Western Canada and in Ontario. Issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) after being triggered by the manufacturer, the recall affects Party
Pack Chicken Wings Hot Salt N Pepper, PPK Wings Mix flavours Hot, Pinty’s Wings Salt and Pepper Hot, and Pinty’s Wings Salt and Pepper Cold, sold up to and including Aug. 14. Safeway Canada spokesperson Betty Kellsey confirms these wings were sold at the 100 Mile House store, and anyone who has any of the affected product on hand should bring it back to Safeway or throw it out. “Customers that do still have it are most welcome and encouraged to return it to the Safeway
store for a full refund, or we [can] replace the product.” The CFIA is verifying recalled products are removed from the marketplace and is conducting a food safety investigation that may lead to the recall of other products. No associated illnesses have yet been reported. If other high-risk foods are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings at www.inspec tion.gc.ca, linked under Latest Recalls (which also offers more information on this recall).