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Houle-Johnson was recently awarded a Blyth Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, worth about $150,000.

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For the past two years the 19-year-old from LB次元官网网址橝ssomption, Que., has been studying at Lester B. Pearson College in Metchosin.

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Houle-Johnson is one of three Canadian winners for the year.

reporter@goldstreamgazette.com