I remember being so upset that I had to wear a coat over the witch costume that my mother made me. No room for underneaths 🧙

Yes, folks on fixed income, and those whose wages are outpaced by rent increases, very vulnerable to being forced out of their homes. So sad/ironic since tax increases can be used to keep people housed.

Yikes!! That’s way above the annual guideline for raising rent in Ontario. If municipal taxes have supersized that increase then other landlords are going to do the same.

I am so sorry 😣

Thanks, Dylan. These pictures are very instructive. I’m not sure why contractors are not required to sweep up the debris, and to install barriers to prevent carryover into stormwater drains. Environmental protection should be a mandatory requirement. We can do so much better than this!

It’s been a spectacular week for seeing warblers in backyard gardens and parks, Jackie. Imagine they’re loving the fruit trees you planted!

Sorry, bit misleading, and you’re right, those are ospreys in the first photo with the article and the osprey is the official bird of the City of Kawartha Lakes!

Great guess, Mary, but Peterborough’s city bird is the Great Blue Heron!