4,000 mile journey

4,000 mile journey

›› Phyllis Ferguson, Steve Miller, & Linda Passeri Why did we make a 4,000 mile ­journey from Springfield, Missouri USA to ­Fernwood? We came because your soul pole project is the biggest that we found anywhere in the world. We wanted to learn how to put one on...
Boulevard gardening goes mainstream

Boulevard gardening goes mainstream

›› Alysha Punnett “Isn’t it illegal?” “I heard you’ll get fined.” “We would love to grow food on our boulevard, but won’t the City remove it?” Does this sound familiar? I smile as Mike Large pedals his bike up to the Compost Education ­Centre’s...
New Executive Director at Oaklands Community Centre

New Executive Director at Oaklands Community Centre

It was a summer of growth at Oaklands Community Centre ›› Ben Clark It was a summer of growth at ­Oaklands Community Centre. In June, we ­welcomed a new Executive Director, Traci Fontana-Wegelin, to our organization. Traci came to us after spending several years with...