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GREEN CANDIDATE SAYS TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN news@eap.on.ca
Thaila Riden is a farmer at heart and thinks the Green Party can best re- present the interests of a rural riding like Glengarry-Prescott-Russell at Queen’s Park. “I am very aware that, geographically, 80 per cent of the riding is agricultural,” said Riden, during an interview at The Grand #BSO IJT GBNJMZ GBSN JO&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ 5PXOTIJQi*XBOU UPCFBCMF UPTQFBL UP and for the farmers.” Riden, 40, has lived in the Prescott County BSFBBMNPTUBMMPGIJTMJGF)JTGBNJMZNPWFE to the area when he was six and he attended IJHITDIPPMBU7BOLMFFL$PMMFHJBUF *OTUJ - tute. After graduation he went to Ottawa to attend Carleton University where he earned BCBDIFMPSTEFHSFFJOMBXBOEBCBDIFMPST degree in integrated science, with a focus on genetics. )JTNBJOJOUFSFTUJTJOBHSJDVMUVSFCVUIF UIJOLTIBWFBUMFBTUBQBSBMFHBMFRVJWBMFOU FYQFSUJTFJOMBXJTBCFOFàU)FXPSLTBUUIF )BSNPOZ(BSEFOTNBSLFUHBSEFOJO%BMLFJUI and is in the process of transforming the family farm into a large-scale community garden site open to any community groups, school classes, or individuals who want to set up a community garden project. «It was never a dream of mine to get into politics,» he said, regarding his decision UPCFDPNF UIF(SFFO1BSUZDBOEJEBUF GPS Glengarry-Prescott-Russell in the June 2
Thaila Riden est le nouveau candidat du Parti vert pour Glengarry-Presott-Russell. Agriculteur dans l’âme, il souhaite que le gouvernement provincial accorde plus d’attention aux problèmes auxquels est confrontée une circonscription rurale, notamment la protection des terres agricoles, un meilleur service à large bande, des logements plus abordables et des services de santé solides. -photo Gregg Chamberlain
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that turning some of his unused farmland over to other groups to start community HBSEFOTXPVMECFBHPPEXBZUPIFMQTPNF local families deal with their food needs. 5IFMPDBMGPPECBOLXBTPOFPGUIFàSTU UPUBLF3JEFOVQPOIJTPGGFSPGDPNNVOJUZ garden space. There are now six garden plots tended CZGPPECBOLWPMVOUFFSTUPHSPXGSFTIQSP - EVDF GPS MBUFSEJTUSJCVUJPOBUIBSWFTU UJNF UPGPPECBOLDMJFOUT4FWFSBMPUIFSHSPVQT and individuals have adopted garden plots at The Grand Barn, for a total of 20 small community gardens. After getting the community garden QSPKFDU TUBSUFE 3JEFO CFDBNF JOWPMWFE XJUI&DP&BTU UIFSFHJPOBMOPOQSPàUHSPVQ dedicated to fostering awareness of climate DIBOHFBOEMPCCZJOHMPDBMNVOJDJQBMJUJFTBOE regional governments to create and enforce their own action plans to address potential DMJNBUFDIBOHFJTTVFTJO&BTUFSO0OUBSJP %VSJOHPOFNFFUJOHPG&DP&BTUUIFSFXBT EJTDVTTJPOBCPVU UIFVQDPNJOHQSPWJODJBM
EARTH DAY SPIRIT
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Cameron Boulianne joined others in collecting litter at the High Falls Conservation Area in Casselman on Earth Day, April 22. -photo Gregg Chamberlain
Un concert-bénéfice du Carlos Marcelo Martinez Orquestra aura lieu à l’église Sainte-Euphémie de Casselman le 1 er mai afin de lever des fonds pour venir en aide à l’Ukraine. Carlos Marcelo
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The Carlos Marcelo Martinez Orquestra will be holding a concert fundraiser at the Sainte-Euphémie church in Casselman on May 1 to raise money for supporting Ukraine
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Le 22 avril était le Jour de la Terre et les élèves de Prescott-Russell sont sortis pour ramasser des déchets afin de montrer leur soutien et leur préoccupation pour l’environnement. -photo Gregg Chamberlain
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