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The sudden non-COVID-19 death of Hi-Berry Farm’s Mexican seasonal worker Jose Antonio Coronado, 42, in Port Elgin last month is fuelling a GoFundMe campaign that generated $15,768 in donations for his family in its first 24 hours.
Coronado, sole support for an extended family of eight, died unexpectedly of natural causes April 21 in Port Elgin, two days short of the end of a mandatory two-week quarantine period before starting work at Hi-Berry Farm for his sixth season.
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A GoFundMe has been established for the family of a seasonal farm worker from Mexico who died while in isolation in Saugeen Shores last month.
And in less than three days, the fundraiser for Jose Antonio Coronado’s family back in Mexico had raised more than double its original goal of $10,000.
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Elaine MacNeil, one of the organizers of the fundraiser, said on Friday after the fundraiser passed the $20,000 mark that the response has been emotional and overwhelming.
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Hi-Berry Farm, the popular fresh fruit and vegetable farm/store on Highway 21 between Port Elgin and Southampton will almost triple its retail floor space if no one challenges Town of Saugeen Shores Committee of Adjustment (C. of A.) zoning bylaw variances allowing the expansion to the business that is co-owned by the mayor
During a Jan. 18 C. of A. Zoom meeting Bruce County planner Daniel Kingsbury said Hi-Berry’s variance applications meet the standard four variance criteria.
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