As crisp smoke filled the air, turning the sky around her sleepy hometown, Fox Creek, Alberta, a blood orange line, Nicole Clarke said she felt a sense of terror. With no time to collect family photographs, she grabbed her two young children, hopped into her pickup truck, and sped away,…
A new start after 60: I embraced being single and became an international pet-sitter | Life and style
When Bernadine Swale’s marriage ended after 36 years, when she was 57, her first instinct – once she had recovered from the shock – was that she couldn’t manage alone. “The standard, cookie-cutter way you have to be in your 60s is man and woman, and you travel together,” he…
Thunder Bay residents taking pets to Minnesota veterinary clinic
A local veterinary clinic says a shortage of vets and vet technicians has created an overwhelming workload in the city THUNDER BAY — Some pet owners in the Thunder Bay area are traveling to animal clinics south of the border or a few hours away because they can’t get appointments…
Christmas Dog Photography Gift Voucher Offer, Aberdeen Only.
It’s that time of the year again so I suppose we can expect to see Easter eggs on the shelves soon enough… In the meantime, Hairy Dog is running a special offer – a serious £20 discount on Christmas gift vouchers. Usually £ 70, gift vouchers are now just £50…
Chinese women have no time for pet haters
Over lunch at a hotel on the edge of an industrial city in the middle of China, with roars coming from a wedding in the next room, two women were telling me about their cats. One had been given a stray kitten only a few weeks old which had grown…
First inspections of the spring
In sunny Cornwall I’ve just done my first inspections for 2021 inside the hives. It’s been warm enough for some people to walk around in just t-shirts and for me to wear a t-shirt and cardigan, so it was time. Good news: both colonies are alive and queen-right. Bad news:…
Pet palliative care program ‘the perfect fit’ for first foster
A new program from the PEI Humane Society has brought a lot of happiness to the first Islanders participating in it. The Palliative Care Foster Program, which sends older animals home with families to be cared for in their last months, started in March. The society has dozens of families…
‘krazy House’ Review: An Unfunny Sitcom Satire
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