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No word yet for orchardists

April 5, 2010 By Vernon Morning Star

March 28, 2010, Vernon, BC
– It may be some time before cash-strapped orchardists find out if government
assistance is available.

The B.C. Fruit Growers
Association has been told by Agriculture Minister Steve Thomson that he is
consulting with the provincial bureaucracy to see if a request for $10 million
is possible.