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Fundraising on track for $3.4M ball diamond complex

A $3.4-million project to build four identical baseball diamonds at a complex in Rocky View County in Alberta is on track to meet its fundraising goals, the municipality's policies and procedures committee has been told. The goal is to open the facility in the fall of 2019.


Wrongly jailed MLB groundskeeper gets his job back

A 48-year-old man has been given his old job back as a Chicago White Sox groundskeeper after having spent the past 23 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit.


Horses replace machinery to haul infected ash trees from city park

In an effort to lighten its footprint in sensitive wetlands and marshy areas in Montreal's Mount Royal Park, the city has gone back to a practice of yesteryear to remove trees infected by the emerald ash borer. Two Belgian draught horses are being used this week to haul infected trees from the woods, negating the possibility of gasoline or oil spills related to machinery.


Effective dollar spot protection in unique chemical class

Syngenta's Secure® fungicide is a multi-site contact fungicide, in a unique chemical class, for golf courses. It contains the active ingredient, fluazinam, and is the only registered fungicide for turf in FRAC group 29. It has no known resistance and as a multi-site contact, it has low risk of developing resistance.
 
 
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Golf maintenance worker earns life saving citation

A 22-year-old golf course maintenance employee from Colwood, B.C. has been honoured for his bravery in saving the life of a woman from the edge of a frigid waterfall on Vancouver Island. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette presented Janson Chapman with a medal at a ceremony Wednesday at British Columbia's government house. » Read More
 
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21st annual Snow & Ice Conference

June 26-29, 2018
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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