Ontario 4-H Foundation trustee, Bill Zwambag, left, and canoe builder, Ron McRae, right, presented raffle winner Danny Jefferies with the 15 foot handcrafted cedar canoe at the Idlerton Fair on Sept. 28, 2025. The raffle raised $14,580 for the Ontario 4-H Foundation's Stanley Knapp Resource Development Endowment Fund.

Ontario 4-H canoe raffle raises funds and awareness

Handmade canoe a labour of love and recognition for 4-H founder

Ontario 4-H Foundations raised $14,580 for the Stanley Knapp Resource Development Endowment Fund with a handmade cedar canoe raffle, which was drawn at the Ilderton Fair.











Nevin McDougall, left, of ARIO, listens at the OMAFA announcement of new funding for ARIO on Oct. 7. Also shown are Trevor Jones, Ontario's minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, centre, and Rene Van Acker, president of the University of Guelph. Photo: Diana Martin

OMAFA research funding includes boost for poultry centre

The province is spending $41 million to upgrade agriculture research instrastructure

OMAFA announced $41 million in funding for Agriculture Research and Innovation Ontario’s infrastructure on Oct. 7, including new funds for the Poultry Research Centre at the Elora Research Station.