Students from L'École secondaire catholique Le Relais and Glengarry District High School in Alexandria were among the thousands who staged demonstrations Wednesday in province-wide protests against the Ontario government's education cutbacks.
More than 100 Le Relais students and about 65 GDHS students walked out of classes for about an hour.
Days before Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the scrapping of the Green Ontario program, environmentally friendly retrofits were confirmed for the Alexandria Non-Profit Corporation apartments and Marie de la Ferre Apartments in Cornwall.
Of the $100,000 approved, $23,000 will be spent on the Alexandria units.
The Green Energy Fund, financed by cap-and-trade program money, is being shut down.
Qualifying homeowners can still get rebates if the work is completed by the end of August, and the rebate application is submitted by the end of September.
