Recent History – 1999 Nov. 4, 1999 Patsy Nagel, Contributing Writer The annual 4-H Awards Night was held October 29, 1999 in the Elks Hall in Dawson Creek. A delicious pot luck smorg started the evening in great style following the singing of O Canada, and the reciting of the 4-H pledge and grace. Bonnie… Read More

Recent History – 1999 Nov. 25, 1999 By Kate O’Neil, for the Peace River Block News Wheat yields were good in the Peace this year, but the protein levels averaged on the low side. “Typically it was 10 per cent up to 15.4 per cent,” said Kelly Kassian, Agricore manager in Fort St. John, “75… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Jan. 5, 2000, by Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff A search for solutions to the farm income crisis will bring two Reform Party MPs to the B.C. Peace. Prince George-Peace River MP Jay Hill and Reform Party agriculture critic Gerry Ritz (Battlefords-Lloydminster) will host a public meeting next Wednesday evening, Jan. 12…. Read More

Recent History – 2000 Jan. 13, 2000 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff At least as many angry words as constructive solutions were offered up when about 80 farmers showed up at Farmington Hall Wednesday night to give their views on the state of agriculture in the Peace. But Reform Party agriculture critic Gerry Ritz… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Jan. 20, 2000 Brian Haddow’s successful canola fields are no longer a secret. Results from the Dawson Creek grower’s trial are now in print as part of Proven Seed’s 1999 Local Performance Check Results Book. The Results Book is the most comprehensive seed performance publication in western Canada, combining strip trial… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Feb. 23, 2000 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff User groups at the exhibition grounds believe they’ve overcome enough of their differences to resurrect the goal of bringing an agriplex to Dawson Creek. The first step was taken Monday night when 18 representatives from the stables and arena association, the rope… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Feb. 2, 2000 By Cees Mond, Daily News Staff Following some pictures and a few handshakes, B.C. grain farmer Nick Parsons climbed onto his combine and took off on a six-week odyssey Tuesday. Parsons, 52, started what he, two weeks ago, said he’d do if the government wouldn’t take the Western… Read More

BN08-45: GRAIN FARMERS ASK OTTAWA FOR TRANSPORT REFORMS Feb. 11, 2000 DAWSON CREEK — A coalition of more than 50 western Canadian farmers and industry representatives got together in Ottawa Monday, to stress the importance of transport reforms on the future of the grain industry. The coalition is urging the government to live up to… Read More

Recent History – 2000 March 2, 2000 By Maurice Fines and Raymond Verboven DAWSON CREEK — In recent years the development of new Argentine canola varieties has increased the choices available to farmers. The wider range of varieties makes the decision-making process more difficult — or does it? In the BC Peace River region, new… Read More

Recent History – 2000 March 14, 2000 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Grain farmers will have two new ways to sell their product this coming crop year. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) board of directors gave the green light earlier this month to allowing fixed price contracts and basis contracts as an alternative to… Read More