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Vaughn Palmer: Agriculture minister teaches master class in communication

Opinion: While the jury is out on how well the government responded to flooding, Lana Popham has used her connections to tell stories good and bad of farmers resilience

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Flood damage could cost farmers hundreds of millions of dollars, B C Agriculture Council says

Flood damage could cost farmers hundreds of millions of dollars, B C Agriculture Council says
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Ongoing flood crisis creates concern for farmers mental health

"I m trying to stay positive, but I m not sure I can stay totally positive," said Abbotsford chicken farmer Dave Martens. "I ll try not be too negative."

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With 40,000 chickens dead, Sumas Prairie farmer braces for a difficult rebuild

Dave Martens, a chicken farmer whose farm is in the flooded Sumas Prairie, says he's lost tens of thousands of birds in the floods and all of it could have been avoided.

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56 Counties: Hill County

Listen • 29:01 / Dave Martens (left), Dr. Lindsey Brandt-Bennett Hill County sits right in the middle of what we call the Hi-Line, the long stretch of small towns that are sprinkled along Highway 2 from Glacier Park to North Dakota. Like most of the towns along the Hi-Line, Havre came to be because of the railroad, and because the only passenger line in Montana still runs along the Hi-Line, the railroad remains a viable source of jobs in Hill County. But my guests this month, both of whom left Havre for a time before returning, also give us a glimpse of some of the more surprising activities Havre has to offer.

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