PENTICTON –Promoting the Okanagan’s agricultural sector through local purchasing needs to be a priority under the government’s jobs plan, said leader Adrian Dix today. “Okanagan municipalities and growers agree that the Premier can boost the Okanagan’s agriculture and food processing …
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