Current News
About Propane Cannons

Current News

• Gov't Guidelines Now Limit Cannon Use ......details

• FIRB Ruling May Muzzle Cannon Noise ......details

• Winemaker has a ball as birds flee .............details

  . . . . . . . . . . . . News from 2009 . . . . . . . . . . .

• Cannon Guidelines Toughened Up ..............details

• County blueberry growers add to bird-fighting arsenal .....................................................details

• A glut of blueberries, what a shame! ...........details

• Vineyards Turn to Falcons..................details

• Cloverdale Group visits City Hall .................details

• Our Cloverdale Protest, Neighbours Fed Up
  with Excessive Cannon Use! ......................details

• Surrey Group Joins Ban the Cannons .........details

• Justification for cannons fading ...................details

• The Farm Practices Protection Act, antiquated legislation protecting ludicrous practices .........dtls

• Osoyoos Wishes to Ban Propane Cannons
  From the Herald & Osoyoos Times .............details

• Yet Another Alternative to Propane Cannons
  The American Kestral ................................details

• Another Alternative to Propane Cannons
  Helium Filled Kites, ie. Helikites .................details

• The FVRD/MAL Study finds that propane
  cannons are ineffective ..............................details

• The BCFIRB Disappoints: ..........................details

• Abbotsford Council Asks the FIRB to Ban
  Propane Cannons .....................................details

• The Blueberry Growers Latest Noise Device:
  Frost Fans ...............................................details

• Governments should provide some assistance,
  then ban cannons .................Abby. News Editorial

• Blueberry cannon complaints heard ............details

• Farm Industry Review Board asks for public
  input on propane cannon use.......................details

• Farm Industry Review Board to study propane
  cannon regulations.....................................details

  . . . . . . . . . . . . News from 2008 . . . . . . . . . . .

• New Rules to Quiet Farm Propane Cannons
  from the Maple Ridge Times .......................details

• Propane Cannon Guideline Changes in the
  Fraser Valley for 2008 ...............................details

• Results of a Mtg. with growers & Ministry staff
  to agree to concessions for 2008 ................details

• A Motion to Phase Out Propane Cannons,
  Presented in the BC Legislature ...............details

• A New Cannon Group is Starting Washington State:
  Whatcom Creative Scarecrows .................details

• Bird-control Battle Hits a Wall at Canadian border:
  Whatcom Starling Control Negated ............details

• Washington Growers Take Action vs Starlings:
  Whatcom/Skagit Growers Trap Starlings ....details

• Okanagan Fruit Growers Take Action vs Starlings:
  Starling Control Takes Flight .....................details

• MLA Randy Hawes Opposes Propane Cannons:
  Quality of Rural Life Also Scared Away......details

• Fraser Valley Regional District Opposes Cannons:
  FVRD Recommends a Phase-Out ASAP...details

• The Bradner Communities Propane Cannon Protest:
  Bradner's Propane Cannon Protest ..........details

• News From Previous Years: ....................details

• Blueberry Growers Blast Senior's Care Facility
• The Dark Side of Blueberries
• Berry Cannon Rules Have Changed
• The Respect is Gone
• Who Really Was Here First?
• Can't Compare Cows to Cannons
• Cannon Rules Are A Farce
• Ban the Blueberry Cannons
• War Zone in Cloverdale
• Noise pollution can impact health
• Utter Disregard for Neighbour's Quality of Life
• Everyone has a Right to Peace & Quiet
• Wakened by cannon fire at 6 a.m.
• How Very Absurd
• It's a war in the fields
• Y'a Think Cannons Aren't That Bad?
• Noise is Noise
• We'll eat blueberries when cannons are banned
• Blueberry Grower says "Screw You"!
• Our Home has Become Unliveable
• Unabated Blasts
• Something Needs to be Done.
• It's Like Living in Bagdad!
• Peaceful No More!
• This Horrendous Issue
• 130 Decibel Implement of Torture
• There is no balance, no common sense
• Cannon ban, only solution that makes sense
• Problems with Propane Cannons in the UK
• Urges working for silent farming solutions
• Just introduced to these obnoxious devices
• A Good Cause
• Randy Hawes is "Right On!"
• Right to Farm Abuses Neighbours
• Concerned About Buying Real Estate
• Ban Cannons, Please
• Wants to Join Ban the Cannons
• Nets are the silent solution
• Ban the Cannons Supporters
• Three cheers for Randy Hawes
• We need a total ban on cannons
• Rural Residents Are Beyond Frustrated
• An acute problem in Cloverdale

• Netting pays for itself on fields 10 acres or less.........B.C. Min. of Agriculture
  
  
• The optimum distance from a cannon is 600 metres .......B.C. Min. of Agriculture
  
  
• Provincial Government's should strictly regulate harmful farming practices ...details
  
  
• Propane Cannons have Limited Effectiveness .......Transport Canada
  
  
• A new standard by which to measure pollution, the standard of "normal"..... details
  
  
• It doesn't affect me, it's not that bad... dtls