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Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has announced the appointment of Perry Wilson as vice-president of operations in Ontario, following the retirement of his predecessor John Geurtjens.
Wilson has over 15 years of experience leading a variety of teams at FCC, in a province with one of the most diverse and dynamic agriculture and food industries in Canada.
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Before his latest appointment, Wilson was the senior director of FCC’s London district in Ontario. He grew up on a hog farm in Oxford County, near Uniondale, and graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Guelph’s Advanced Agriculture Leadership Program. He now lives near Denfield in Middlesex County and will lead the Ontario team of 170 employees from FCC’s London office.
But with northern Canada warming about three times as fast as the rest of the world, climate change threatens the permanence of vast stretches of this frozen ground and the ecosystems and communities it supports. For the people living in the subarctic Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, the changes have been stark. “Our Elders definitely noticed a real change in how things look,” Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief Gladys Norwegian told The Narwhal in an interview. “They don’t have to be scientists to know, they just feel it and see it.” While the impacts are felt most acutely in the North, permafrost thaw has implications for the global climate as well.
SASKATOON – A team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask), and others from around the world, are partnering with artists to launch a new online exhibit of art and science that . . .
KITCHENER Officials reported another 46 COVID-19 enforcement actions in Waterloo Region. Regional Chair Karen Redman said 42 were handed out between April 22 and 28, while the other four were from the previous reporting period. Vivo Pizza + Pasta in Waterloo was given a $1,130 fine for not complying with mask use. Bylaw officers issued six tickets in Cambridge, seven in Kitchener and three in Waterloo, all for gatherings at private residences. All those tickets were for $880. Waterloo bylaw officers handed out nine other tickets, including three summons to appear in court for failing to comply with the stay-at-home order and six summons to appear in court for failing to comply with gathering provisions. Any fines will be determined by the courts, according to Redman.