Montreal Simon: The Apocalypse and the Monarch Tree
So I'm sitting on a bench down by the swan pond this evening, staring at the signs of The Apocalypse. Two little trees that have surrendered to the Canadian winter. Already. And I'm screaming at them,...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Harperland: The Horror and the Beauty
One of the worst things about living in Stephen Harper's monstrous Canada, is having to spend so much time writing about the crimes of the Con regime.The vile acts, the ugliness, the cruelty, the...
View ArticleBigCityLib Strikes Back: Are Genetically Modified Crops Killing The Monarch...
Indirectly, it seems: The vast majority of monarchs that arrive in Mexico grew up eating milkweed in the United States and Canada, according to Karen Oberhauser, professor at the University of...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: The Con Regime and the Honey Bee Apocalypse
In the garden of a waterfront theatre not far from where I live, there is a little band of bees. They've been there for years, and time and the elements have taken their toll. Their colours have faded...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: More Threats, Thanks To Our Heedlessness
Out of sight, out of mind seems the attitude of far too many in today’s world; as the following amply demonstrates, such attitudes have far-reaching consequences: Unfortunately, closer to home, the...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Could The Monarch Butterfly Be Making a Comeback?
I remember wading ashore six years ago, at a place called Gibraltar Point on the Toronto Islands, and coming across an amazing sight.Thousands of monarch butterflies clustered on a couple of trees...
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