FLETCHER: NDP’s manufactured farmland crisis dies on the vine
B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham has launched the second phase of her remake of an NDP icon,...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 22, 2019
B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham has launched the second phase of her remake of an NDP icon,...
by Merritt Herald | Mar 13, 2019
B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham has unveiled the second stage of her reorganization...
by Merritt Herald | Feb 7, 2018
The B.C. government aims to revitalize the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), the tribunal...
by Merritt Herald | Sep 5, 2017
Agricultural Land Reserve ‘zone two’ on the way out Getting rid of the two-zone Agricultural Land...
by Merritt Herald | Aug 28, 2014
The month-long Agricultural Land Commission consultation closed Aug. 22, and the B.C. government...
by Merritt Herald | Aug 19, 2014
Dear Editor, Re: Farm changes a great leap forward (B.C. Views, Aug. 14). Tom Fletcher’s opinions...
by Merritt Herald | Aug 14, 2014
VICTORIA – The B.C. government’s intentions for the Agricultural Land Reserve have been clarified...
by Merritt Herald | Aug 5, 2014
VICTORIA – Since commercial production of wine or cider is allowed on farmland, why not a brewery,...
by Merritt Herald | Jun 5, 2014
VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal government’s bill to divide the Agricultural Land Reserve into two...
by Merritt Herald | May 15, 2014
VICTORIA – The NDP’s holy war against changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve got nastier last...
by Merritt Herald | Apr 3, 2014
VICTORIA – East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett has done what I reported last November he...