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LO members serving on Chapter boards and Sector Groups gathered at the Association’s home office on Dec. 6, to discuss ways to improve the nine Chapters and ten Sector Groups under the Landscape Ontario umbrella.

The 33rd annual Canadian Greenhouse Conference, held Oct. 3-4 at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, featured two days of education sessions and a trade show with over 300 booths.

The provincial government will pay 85 per cent of the apprenticeship training program for employees registered for 2013 horticultural winter apprenticeship training.

The landscape industry is experiencing one of the worst summers of drought in history.

A biologist says the City of Ottawa might have inadvertently created a major environmental problem dealing with the emerald ash borer.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed in early July the presence of the emerald ash borer in Bruce County.

Landscape Ontario is investigating the the possibility of developing its own group insurance program.

The federal government’s amendments to Employment Insurance will take effect in early 2013.

A recent decision issued by the Ontario Court of Appeal appears to have raised the cost of terminating employees.

A few weeks after the FedDev announcement, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre announced more high-tech research to help the industry.