B.C.'s changing climate has had a tremendous impact on its wine industry in the past few years. Colder winters and hotter summers are hard on the vines, and the increasingly pervasive wildfire smoke can damage the grapes.
Surrey council is supporting the agricultural future of a large parcel of highly fertile farmland that was threatened by future development in the fast-growing city. But First Nations in the area say the protection is an unwelcome complication to land claims talks.