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There are now more than 30 species of non-native earthworms in Canada

The winter season ends officially for ranchers when most of the cattle are turned out on spring and summer pasture. It is an uplifting time signifying a change of pace. Winter is long, however mild, or severe, just because most of us feed cattle, an almost daily chore.

Lions’ receiver has breakthrough game in Regina

It’s lilac time. My favourite time of year aroma-wise. I usually spend as much time as I can outdoors enjoying the lilacs, but this year’s high- hazard smoky air put a crimp on that. Unbeknownst to many city residents, the lilac is Williams Lake’s official flower, adopted by a city council some years ago. Subsequent councils haven’t bothered with it.

Cariboo-Chilcotin is also getting ready to hold numerous stampedes and rodeos

My wife purchased the Power of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, a relatively small book (271 pages), from the local book store after hearing about it on a CBC radio program. The main theme of the book is described in the extended title “ How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them.” In his previous book “The Hidden Life of Trees” the author describes the social networks of trees and how they communicate.

This column is an imaginary correspondence between Maddie the Motorist and Patty the Pedestrian.

Researchers found 400,000 caches of wood spanning a 51-kilometre area

In addition to the frustrations, there were also many encouraging moments this session.

On May 10, at 1:55 p.m, many Canadians had the be-jeepers scared out of them when their cell phones let fly with an ear-shattering screech. Some of us didn’t know, or remember, that it was a test, a heads-up warning from Canada’s Emergency Alert System. It was very effective in getting attention.