Waterloo-Oxford (W-O) District Secondary School’s drama program is set to take audiences into a dystopian world this weekend with its spring production, Awoken: Rise of the Supers.

April 22 is Earth Day, and the Downtown Stratford Business Improvement Area (BIA) and community members are working together to freshen up the city after a long winter.

Ontario soybean farmers are watching global trade negotiations closely as uncertainty around exports — particularly to China — adds to price pressure in a market already facing strong global crop supplies. Brazil is expected to have a record soybean harvest in 2026, a development that analysts say will weigh on prices worldwide.