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April Overall

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Plastic on the Poles

  • December 5, 2022
  • by April Overall
Microplastics have now been found in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Where do we go from here? Microplastics can be defined as tiny plastic particles up to five millimetres in…
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Feeling Stressed? Avoid Burnout With a Healthy Dose of Nature

  • November 10, 2022
  • by April Overall
A 2021 Statistics Canada survey found that 25 per cent of Canadians are dealing with high levels of stress on nearly a daily basis. Approximately half of Canadians believe their…
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16 Things You Might Be Forgetting to do for Your Garden

  • October 17, 2022
  • by April Overall
You’ve turned off the water outside. You’ve made brush piles with all the fallen leaves. Your garden’s fully prepared for the winter, right? Well…pretty close! But there are a few…
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5 Animals That Light Up the Night!

  • October 17, 2022
  • by April Overall
Hundreds of wild species have proven to glow in the dark. Pretty incredible party trick, right? But how in the heck do they do it? And why? Biofluorescence First, we’ll…
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7 Ways to Make Your Backyard a Haven for Small Mammals This Fall

  • September 14, 2022
  • by April Overall
Everybody needs a safe space they call home – even small mammals. We’ve got seven things that you might already have in your backyard that will make your space their…
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Why are Our Birds Vanishing?

  • September 14, 2022
  • by April Overall
Can you imagine waking up without birdsong? Not just for a season but for a lifetime? That just might become our new reality if we don’t do something. The world,…
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6 Tips to Keep Cats Away From the Wildlife in Your Backyard

  • August 17, 2022
  • by April Overall
Cats. Canadians have welcomed these little fluffballs into their homes for hundreds of years. They’re so cute, it might be hard to wrap your head around just how dangerous they…
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6 Native Plants That are Hardest to Kill

  • July 13, 2022
  • by April Overall
If you’re new to gardening or have happened to make multiple house plants kick the bucket, this story is for you! We’ve got six native plants that are next to…
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3 Animals That Walked Alongside the Dinosaurs That Are Still on Earth Today!

  • July 12, 2022
  • by April Overall
Dinosaurs first roamed the Earth 230 million years ago until the jarring extinction event that took them out 164 million years later. This mass extinction event wiped out 75 per…
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Are Trees More Beneficial to Wildlife When They’re Dead?

  • July 12, 2022
  • by April Overall
Trees do so much for our planet. They filter water, remove harmful carbon from the atmosphere, shelter and feed wild species, and so much more. Moreover, they can do the…
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