Author of the article: Chris Montanini
Publishing date: May 05, 2021 • May 5, 2021 • 2 minute read • Stratford District secondary school teacher Chrstine Ritsma among the many plants students grew in the school’s greenhouse earlier this year. Plants are available online for pickup this week. Proceeds from the sale will go towards next year’s class. Cory Smith/Stratford Beacon Herald jpg, SF
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Student green thumbs at Stratford District secondary school are offering their work to the public this week in a plant sale that will benefit next year’s crop of aspiring horticulturalists, environmentalists and green engineers.
About 20 students in the relatively new green industries program got their hands dirty in the school’s greenhouse earlier this year before classes moved back online in April. The results of their work – a variety of reasonably priced annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs, to name a few – are available to order on
Ian Dunn, interim president and CEO, OFIA.
When a world-wide pandemic was declared just over a year ago, there was rampant speculation about how it would impact the global economy. Now, as vaccinations ramp up, the focus is shifting to economic recovery.
Appropriately, the theme of the Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA)’s 2021 convention, which took place online on February 24, was sustaining economic recovery.
Ian Dunn, interim president and CEO of OFIA, kicked off the four-hour long conference by announcing $54 million from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry for the public access roads fund. He then outlined how forestry is well-positioned to lay the foundations for economic recovery in Ontario.
Author of the article: Julia McKay
Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021 • February 14, 2021 • 4 minute read Students in the 2020-21 Creative Arts HMHS Focus Program. Photo by Creative Arts HMHS Focus Program
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KINGSTON While the artwork in the 2020-21 Visual Paradise final show is the culmination of the work of 25 students in the Creative Arts Focus Program as is usually the case, the format in which it’s being showcased is different.
In previous non-COVID years, the focus program would normally hold an in-person, gallery-style show for the public to see the students’ artwork. But that is not able to happen this year, and the artwork is being displayed entirely online.
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Author of the article: Julia McKay
Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021 • February 14, 2021 • 4 minute read Students in the 2020-21 Creative Arts HMHS Focus Program. Photo by Creative Arts HMHS Focus Program
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KINGSTON While the artwork in the 2020-21 Visual Paradise final show is the culmination of the work of 25 students in the Creative Arts Focus Program as is usually the case, the format in which it’s being showcased is different.
In previous non-COVID years, the focus program would normally hold an in-person, gallery-style show for the public to see the students’ artwork. But that is not able to happen this year, and the artwork is being displayed entirely online.