Former Courtright haunt of Al Capone being demolished
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Cyndi Rayson, Ben Harper, and Mustafa Arif show their medals from the Canada-Wide Science Fair.
St Philip’s student wins big at national fair
June 13, 2025
The Independent
Ben Harper made a splash at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton taking home a bronze medal.
The Grade 8 student from St. Philip’s in Petrolia presented his climate-focused project called A Wavy Problem – Navigating the Surges of Climate Change last week and won a bronze medal in his division.
The Petrolia student tested six different offshore wave defenses, which could reduce shoreline erosion, with a device he created which simulated the same wave.
Harper says while his findings won’t stop the rising sea levels, it could help design moveable structures to help deflect storm surges in the future.
Harper was one of 390 students at the event. And he wasn’t the only Lambton County winner.
Mustafa Arif, a Grade 9 student at Northern, received a silver medal for his AI based project and Cyndi Rayson, a Grade 9 student at St. Pat’s, received a bronze medal for her project The Cost of Colour which looked at the use of dye in food.
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