B.C. orchards, wineries 'just hoping for the best' as another COVID summer approaches Although people had high hopes for a better new year, some fruit and wine producers in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley say they’re facing the same challenges as in 2020. And with a third wave of COVID-19 sweeping the country, new travel restrictions in B.C. and stay-at-home orders in Ontario could throw another wrench in this year’s harvest. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Apr 22, 2021 5:47 PM ET | Last Updated: April 22 Orchardist Sukhdeep Brar inspects cherries on his Summerland, B.C., property last year. The pandemic caused a shortage of agricultural workers in B.C. in 2020, and Brar says it persists.(Tina Lovgreen/CBC)