Cadet Jonathan Jaspers earned the Lord Strathcona medal for excellence in dress

Cadet Jonathan Jaspers earned the Lord Strathcona medal for excellence in dress

Army Cadets march wraps up season

The Houston and Burns Lake Army Cadet Corps wrapped up their season with a parade and awards at the Houston Community Hall Saturday.

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Scott Richmond will be starting as the new vice principal for HSS and TSE. (Submitted/Houston Today)
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A Pacific Salmon Foundation grant of $3,000 is going towards the tree plantations. (Cindy Verbeek photo/Houston Today)
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Houston Christian School students and volunteers help with the tree planting

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A Heffley Creek peacock caught not one - but two - lifts on a logging truck this month. (Photo submitted)
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The Calgary skyline is seen on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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BC Green Party leader and Cowichan Valley MLA Sonia Furstenau introduced a petition to the provincial legislature on Thursday calling for the end of old-growth logging in the province. (File photo)
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B.C. Premier John Horgan leaves his office for a news conference in the legislature rose garden, June 3, 2020. (B.C. government photo)
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A vial containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is shown at a vaccination site in Marcq en Baroeul, outside Lille, northern France, Saturday, March 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michel Spingler
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