by Jamie Proctor | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured
Welcome to the second column featuring the animals of Speaking of Wildlife, various native species that can’t possibly be released into nature. Today we’ll be examining one of the centre’s most unique and certainly most distinguished inhabitants: the Virginia opossum,...
by Hillary Handy | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured
I can’t stop talking about Bruno. Both in reference to the film Encanto along with the elephant-in-the-room that is COVID-19. I had managed to evade a positive test result for two years now, but alas, there’s only so much you can do before it catches you. This isn’t...
by Hillary Handy | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured
Foraging Through the Seasons There’s something super satisfying about growing and harvesting your own food. While I don’t have a green thumb myself, I can appreciate when the Earth offers us delicious delights that we come across in our adventures. As we enter another...
by Laura Proctor | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured
Mailman: “Beautiful day.”Elwood P. Dowd: “Oh, every day’s a beautiful day.”—Harvey, 1950 In the movie “Harvey”, James Stewart plays Elwood P. Dowd, who believes that he has a six-foot-tall rabbit friend named Harvey, though no one else can see him. Everyone including...
by Gail McIlroy | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured
It Takes A Village (continued) Chemo Cancer and Coping Three weeks ago I ended my chemo treatments, and although totally drained I felt a sense of relief to have this part of the plan behind me. The staff at Soldiers Memorial Hospital are still close to my heart....
by Amy Miller-Gourley | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured
Part 2 Part 1 left off with the intrepid group of travellers heading north from South Africa towards Namibia. Cape Town to McDougall’s Bay, SA The overland truckers riding the Beast and motor bikes split up outside Cape Town. Unbeknownst to the truckers, and before...
