Even in the frantic news cycle of late, you may have seen reports of the wildfires in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.
Scientists blame climate change for the increase in wildfires.… [Read More]
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Canada’s not only putting explicit health-harm warnings on cigarette packages, but printing them on each cigarette’s rolling paper too–in English and in French. I suppose if you’re going to suck in nicotine and tobacco particulates, ya might as well huff that fine, fine, toxic burnt ink residue too.… [Read More]
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Something in the air…
There’s a lot in the air these days. Unfortunately, a lot of what’s in the air is smoke, pollen, and other scary things.
The wildfires in Canada are in the headlines around the world, although somewhat surprisingly, a lot of the stories seem to take a folksy “ah, whoops, it’s like bad weather” perspective.… [Read More]
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Flowers and Ashes
The spring is coming on hard with temperatures waggling all over the place, even on the same day; cold and icy one minute, summery and 70s the next. The daffodils are dead but the little violets and vincas are beaming purple and prolific dandelion blossoms punctuate the greenbelts with brilliant yellow polka dots (in MTL there’s a movement to leave dandelions untouched when they’re flowering to feed pollinators.… [Read More]