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Going Green
Start tripping through seed catalogues!
By Gary Magwood
History has a tendency to repeat itself. This applies to the current revival of urban or community gardens, stories about which appear almost daily in newspapers and feature in virtually every alternative magazine, even stories about citizens being harassed for ignoring local by-laws by digging up lawns and back gardens to turn into vegetable growing plots or fighting to keep a half dozen chickens in the backyard. Read more
TWO BILLION TREES AND COUNTING: THE LEGACY OF EDMUND ZAVITZ by John Bacher. Published by Dundurn Books.
2011 was the International Year of the Forest and our Spring 2011 issue included the feature article WHEN A TREE FALLS – discussing forestry – including a local perspective. Below are local forester Jan Smigielski's comments and insights about an important new book Two Billion Trees and Counting: The Legacy of Edmund Zavitz (1875-1968). Known as Ontario's "Father of Reforestation, climate change makes Zavitz's ideas even more pressing today than they were in his lifetime. If you view trees as one of our most valuable resources you will find this post very interesting. Read more
Stirling Hockey Club
Champions Section "B” J.A.H.A.
Season 1905-1906Front: A.M.S. Foley, A.G. Ritchie, S McCuaig, H.V. Russell
Centre: F.H. Benson, J.F Julian, J. Pilon, Captain, W.L. Watson, F.W. Hamilton
Back: Geo. C. Fletcher, Sec. Treas., F.E. Ritchie, J. Quinn, Coach, P.N. Foley, H.A. Watson, President.
Photo courtesy: Cindy Brandt
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