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A non-conforming motocross track built near Summerland in 2016 has been raising the ire of neighbours ever since. It was built on Agricultural Land Reserve land without any applications for rezoning. Neighbours complained to the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the Agricultural Land Commission repeatedly about the noisy, non-farm use of the land. On April...

Large scale cannabis production facilities are popping up all over British Columbia, including several in the Okanagan. In Lumby, a major grow facility is being proposed on land that is in the Agricultural Land Reserve. Some credits, however, say agricultural land is no place to grow pot on an industrial scale.

A Langley family says their plans to live on the same land have been scuttled by changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve. Aaron McArthur reports.

A proposed multi-storey seniors housing development is getting a lot of pushback from Summerland residents. It’s not on ALR land but the property is zoned by the town for agriculture. Along with wanting to preserve the land, some of those who live nearby are listing off a slew of other concerns, in hopes council will...

A proposal to remove land near Okanagan Lake from the Agricultural Land Reserve has divided West Kelowna city council. The owners of the 2.59 ha. property, near the intersection of Gellatley Road and Boucherie Road, say it is too small to be a viable farm.

At issue is an East Kelowna property owner’s application to start hauling gravel off his property, which is in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

B.C.’s NDP government has announced a couple of major moves including restricting the size of mansions and monster homes on the Agricultural Land Reserve. Richard Zussman reports.

People renting travel trailers on a rural property in Kelowna have to find new homes. The property is in the Agricultural Land Reserve, and not zoned for multi-unit housing.

A huge house being built on agricultural land in Richmond is raising concerns about whether the government is doing enough to protect the agricultural land reserve. Jill Bennett reports.

A plan to have almost 90 hectares of produtive Surrey land added to the Agricultural Land Reserve has hit a snag, despite a vote by city council this week backing the idea. As Jennifer Palma reports, local First Nations say no one asked them.

Vancouver Island farmers are banding together to take on the Agricultural Land Commission over changes they say are eroding their rights. Kylie Stanton reports.

Support it or hate it, there’s no doubt the Agricultural Land Reserve has had an impact on the Okanagan. Thousands of hectares of property that could have been developed remain as farm land as a result of the reserve, but the system has its critics. Now the NDP government has announced a review of the...

A Vancouver Island couple say they’re being forced to open a brewery, if they want their farm to remain on the Agricultural Land Reserve. Kylie Stanton reports.

A Richmond mega mansion built on a former farm on the Agricultural Land Reserve has been listed on travel websites as a fancy guesthouse but as Grace Ke reports, the owners say they’re not behind the illegal short-term rental listing.

A group of Metro Vancouver farmers is coming together to fight the B.C. government’s plan to limit the size of so-called ‘mega-mansions’ on farmland with a bill designed to protect the Agricultural Land Reserve. Paul Johnson explains.

Thirty-two farmers, elected officials, planners, and organizations in food and farming came together to discuss the sustainability of farming and preserving agricultural land in Peterborough and the surrounding areas.

South Surrey residents are pushing back against a plan to take a historic golf course out of the Agricultural Land Reserve to build housing. In exchange, the owners are offering to turn part of Peace Portal into a park. Aaron McArthur has more on what has neighbours “teed off”.