Pemberton Festival ready for music fans

By Sean Patrick Sullivan, THE CANADIAN PRESS Chris Martin, right, and Jonny Buckland of the band Coldplay will perform at the Pemberton Festival. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Pizzello VANCOUVER - In addition to the usual assortment of items not permitted at concerts - alcohol, audio recorders, pets - security guards at this weekend's Pemberton Festival might be frisking attendees for something different: root vegetables. The Pemberton valley produces 60 per cent of British Columbia's potato crop, and farmers in the lush, green region north of Vancouver make a living by shipping their prized, virus-free seed to potato farms across North America. But with 40,000 music fans set to descend on the picturesque village of Pemberton, organizers are telling them to leave their potatoes - and with them any potential viruses that could... [read full story]