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VIDEO: 4-Hers assemble for global gathering

By Alexis Stockford
Reporter

Reading Time: < 1 minute

Published: July 13, 2017
News, News & Opinion

For the first event of its kind to be held in Canada, 4-H delegates from around the world are in Ottawa July 11-14 attending the 2017 Global 4-H Summit. Topics will range from leadership to sustainable agriculture, science, health and environmentalism. Follow Manitoba Co-operator reporter Alexis Stockford on Twitter for quick updates from the summit.

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Alexis Stockford

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Alexis Stockford is a journalist and photographer with the Manitoba Co-operator. She previously reported with the Morden Times and was news editor of campus newspaper, The Omega, at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC. She grew up on a mixed farm near Miami, Man.

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