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October 14, 2015
Inside FIREFIGHTERS
in Lake Country were called to a residence on Glenmore Road near Chase Road on Sunday, Oct. 4, where a fire was reported burning out of control. Three fire trucks responded and firefighters knocked the blaze down in about an hour, but not before two out-buildings were destroyed. Lake Country fire chief Steve Windsor said the blaze started in a nearby vehicle that the property owner was working on and spread to two garages and a nearby log pile before it was could be extinguished.
Hard of hearing advocate gets the message at all-candidates meeting. ...............................
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RCMP remind all drivers to take all valuables out of your car and lock the doors wherever you park it. Thieves have been busy in Lake Country targeting vehicles to steal credit cards, cash, wallets, portable computers and other electronics. ...............................
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Agriculture, connection with Lake Country KEVIN PARNELL Questions surrounding the agriculture community, how to best market Okanagan fruit and vegetables and the candidates relationship with Lake Country were front and centre last week as the Lake Country Chamber of Commerce held a federal election all-candidates forum. Along with the other
topics such as the economy (see story page A3), candidates Ron Cannan of the Conservatives, Norah Bowman of the NDP and Stephen Fuhr of the Liberals were quizzed on a variety of topics close to the hearts of Lake Country residents including help for the agriculture industry. The candidates were asked about any new
plans for the agriculture industry in the party platforms. Conservative Ron Cannan said his party will continue to look into more technology advancements that could help the industry and try to break down inter-provincial trade barriers to make Okanagan fruit widely available across Canada. “We partnered with
the province to change the processing at the Packinghouse to a brine so that if there is a spill they can just clean it up instead of having to evacuate the plant,” he said. “We will continue to work with technology and innovation to make sure we have the best supply available and to partner with the province on replanting programs.”
Norah Bowman of the NDP said her party would bring in pay first legislation to ensure growers are paid first when they sell products to the USA as opposed to what happens now when a buyer may go broke before paying the local supplier. She also said they want to work on increasing the amount of fruit being planted.
“We have some of the best quality soft fruits in the world so we’re going to make some investment in infrastructure and research so that we have a strong industry,” she said, adding they will introduce a program called from farm to fork to increase the access to farm fresh food.
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