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Plant stocks in groups

Plant stocks in groups

A very dear friend was telling me about how she throws evening scented stocks seeds here and there in her garden, filling in little empty garden spaces with this easy-growing annual that will perfume the air with sweet aroma in the evenings.
Editorial - Cartoon

Editorial - Cartoon

Daddy, can you fix it?

Daddy, can you fix it?

Every so often, when I'm walking alone and the wind is right, I smell the fragrance of my father's workshop.
A new kind of NIMBY: Nature in my backyard

A new kind of NIMBY: Nature in my backyard

On reading about the growing resistance to a mega-quarry being proposed for southern Ontario, I had an epiphany about the media's use of the term NIMBY, for "not in my backyard.
Miami Heat NBA heels

Miami Heat NBA heels

Twenty years ago, I used to watch professional wrestling and it was very clear who you were supposed to cheer for and who you were supposed to despise. It's 2011 and the NBA has developed its own heel: the Miami Heat.
Stop tax-on-tax

Stop tax-on-tax

Marking its 13th annual Gas Tax Honesty Day, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is renewing its call for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stop the practice of charging H/GST on top of provincial and federal gas taxes - the tax-on-tax.
Link's puzzling rural quest

Link's puzzling rural quest

One of the more puzzling aspects of the provincial NDP's strategy has been its leader Dwain Lingenfelter's emphasis on rural Saskatchewan.
Letter to the Editor - Farmers gagged

Letter to the Editor - Farmers gagged

Dear Editor: It is very obvious that neither Agriculture Minister, Gerry Ritz or Prime Minister, Stephen Harper intend to allow Western grain producers to decide for themselves through a fair, honest vote whether they want the Canadian Wheat Board to
Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon

Greenhouse advice

Greenhouse advice

I once saw a poster that showed a lovely little flower growing through a crack in a concrete sidewalk. The caption read "Beautiful things are seldom easy.
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