B.C. cherry gangsters

The B.C. cherry market is over 19,000 tonnes from 5100 acres. That is $80m+ worth of annual business and roughly $15k per acre. A mature cherry tree can produce 100 kg. Yields vary from 3 to 5 tons per acre. A high-density orchard may consist of 340 trees per acre. In 2022 the 24% tariff on Canadian cherries exported to South Korea was dropped. South Korea imported $208m of cherries in 2021.

Bir Sandher of Sandher Fruit Packers increased cherry acreage to 1,300 acres with another 358 on the way and 650 more planned.

Sandher's record with the MoE and other regulators is horrific. De facto KTF chief Arshdeep Singh Gill is a close personal friend and confidant to Bir Sandher.

Andre Bailey of Global Fruit claims Sandher Fruit as his primary supplier and boasts of having half of the cherry market. Stable includes Northern Cherries, and Okanagan Fruit Packers.

Manjinder and Hardeep Khela own Northern Cherries and are connected to Khalistan Tiger Force. Jagdeep Singh Gill and brother Rajinder Singh Gill own Okanagan Sunshine Fruit Packers. De-facto Khalistan Tiger Force leader Arshdeep Singh Gill is a nephew to Preet Sarbjit Singh Gill.

Preet 'Peter' Sarbjit Singh Gill boinked Jillian Guess. "Gillian Guess daintily dabbed her tear-filled eyes with a tissue as she told a court yesterday of the betrayal she felt when her former lover publicly denied their affair and even insulted her. Ms. Guess, 44, was convicted of obstruction of justice for that affair with Peter Gill, which occurred while she was a juror at his 1995 first-degree murder trial."

The cherry industry will be under duress this year due to January's deep freeze. Volumes will be sharply reduced. In some areas there will be no cherries. In other areas growers will likely burn off the entire crop to avoid costs like labor and pesticides.