B.C. farmers ‘white knuckling’ their way through extreme cold after floods, heat dome
January 4, 2022 Amy Smart - THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – Richard Bosma’s cows had been home for less than a week after an evacuation due to flooding in Abbotsford, B.C., before temperatures plummeted on his farm. Bosma, who credits his faith with helping him remain resilient in a…
Maritime farmers ship hay to drought-stricken Prairies
August 18, 2021 Amanda Stephenson - THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY – Farmers in the Maritimes are pitching in to help their drought-stricken Prairie counterparts facing a “devastating” situation. On his farm in the Annapolis valley north of Halifax on Tuesday, Tim Marsh was busy baling hay that will ship…
Why B.C.’s tax collector tried to burn Mutual Fire for an extra $4.5 million
April 9, 2021 by Greg MeckbachBritish Columbia’s income tax commissioner must re-visit a decision to bill Mutual Fire Insurance Company of British Columbia an extra $4.5 million in premium taxes and interest from the 2012 and 2013 taxation years. Mutual Fire appealed the ruling by…
What this season’s crop claims look like so far
August 20, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSThe Canadian Crop Hail Association says more than 10,000 damage claims have been received by its member companies so far this season. The association says in a release that at the mid-point of the year, Saskatchewan farmers filed 6,900 claims…