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Moe Gauthier, from Small Potatoes Farms, selling his colourful vegetables at the Pleasant Valley Community Market. The Market in Steelhead Park is winding down for the season, with Friday, September 25 being its last appearance this year. However, a Winter Market will be hosted at the Houston Public Library starting Thursday, September 24 from 2-6 p.m. The Houston Community Garden will be harvesting their garden on Thursday, September 17 with a final BBQ celebration. Everyone is welcome!
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The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) estimates that the forest products industry will be hiring 60,000 new workers across Canada in the next five years. “One of the reasons we need workers is because many of the baby boomers in the current workforce are retiring,” explained Susan Murray, VicePresident of Public Relations for FPAC. “But there are other important reasons as well – unlike the energy, mining and many other industries, the forest products industry is growing in size.” According to the federal government, in 2014, the value of Canada’s forest prod-
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uct exports increased by 9.8 per cent over 2013, rising to $30.8 billion from $28.4 billion. Furthermore the industry has been shaping up to a dynamic new face. The industry’s traditional products
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sometimes. And then adult [literacy] is more focused on the adults,” Ells said. “The Food
Houston Link to Learning works in partnership with the Northwest Community College, where it is housed. They run many programs in the facility. “We couldn’t do it without the partnership, we wouldn’t get the funding without the partnership,” Ells said. “We definitely want to celebrate that we’ve got the funding and that we’re offering literacy program for everybody.”
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to be offering lots of adult and family literacy programming throughout the year,” Ells said. “Including things like Food Skills for Families programs, Nobody’s Perfect Parenting. We’re already doing the community garden and that will continue for a month.” “We’ll have some adult and family literacy drop-in programming and some Family Nights.”
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“We have funding for adult and family literacy.”
Skills for Families, although it’s food skills for families, that is one that focuses a lot on the adults and teaching healthy eating, and basic budgeting and food skills. Whereas some of our dropins are more familyoriented with the kids and kids’ activities as well included.” They are currently in the planning stages for their future programs, but teased some details. “We are going
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receiving this grant from the Ministry of Advanced Education for some years, so this is great.” Among the $55,691, $28,484 and $27,207 will go towards the Houston Link to Learning’s family and adult programs, respectively. “Family literacy is anything from adults working on their own, adults and children together, parenting and children on their own
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Houston Link to Learning has just received two grants totalling at $55,691 that will fund its programs. A B.C. government press release revealed Houston received the largest chunk of the $204,691 grant among the Nechako Lakes municipalities named. The press release said the grant aimed to “provide residents with
the literacy skills they need to participate in B.C.’s growing economy.” “We’re a non-profit literacy organization and this grant is from the Ministry of Advanced Education,” Houston Link to Learning manager Marian Ells said. “We’ve been fortunate enough to receive funding in two categories for adult literacy and family literacy.” “We’ve been
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