Tag: Training
Youth impress judges during 4-H beef show at Owen Sound fair
In what was arguably the deepest class of the Grey County 4-H Beef Showdown, it was going to take a flawless showing to come out on top as junior showperson. Jaiden Stull of Markdale and her yearling heifer Maddy did just that during the show at the 173rd Owen Sound Fall Fair on Friday. “It […]
Reconnecting with water by traditional Anishinaabe canoeing
A recent grant aims to support waterway navigation training and cultural reconnection to Anishinaabe canoeing for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Read the full story by […]
Pilot program to send Huron paramedics, mental health workers to homeless encampments
HURON – A new pilot program launching in Huron County is aiming to confront the growing rates of homelessness in the county head on. The Community Paramedic Homelessness Outreach program is set to launch Wednesday, Sept. 10, and will see Huron County paramedics and Huron housing and homelessness services staff working alongside a Canadian Mental […]
BeGrainSafe Week kicked off fall demonstration program
There were 27 fatalities due to asphyxiation from grain or soil on Canadian farms between 2011 and 2020
Mooz the dog helps scientists study threatened turtles
By Rachel Lewis
The Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians’ Natural Resources Department has been working to conserve the threatened wood turtle. Their top team member is Mooz, a 9-year-old labradoodle who has been helping his owner, Bill Parsons, find wood turtles for the past five years.
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