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Climate change could sap life from maple syrup industry
It’s a crisp spring morning at Rolling Ridge Maple Farm, and Jay Robson is demonstrating how he gets maple sap out of a tree. Wearing rubber boots and coveralls, Robson points to a piece of tube running from a maple tree. “For gathering sap, we are on a pipeline and tubing system under a vacuum…
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Heard it through the grapevine: Motown’s back
It’s a bitterly cold Saturday night, but inside the club Call the Office, the air is thick and warm as people pop in to hear the funk and soul sounds of Motown. The Supremes’ Stop! In the Name of Love fills the room as a group of women break into the song’s signature dance moves.…
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Bringing up baby: dads seek parental leave
In the morning, Mylon Ollila spends time with his newborn son Sébastien, who sleeps against his chest while he watches television. Being a father is something Ollila finds hard to put into words. “I feel like I’m finally a man,” he said. Ollila, 27, who lives in Timmins and works as a policy analyst at the…