Heather McLaren

This is Heather’s son - letting folks know Heather passed away peacefully on March 25. dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituari…

This is great and very informative.

@TheHealthyGem Jaquie Kennedy

First Lady Inauguration Gowns. Guess Which Lady Wore The $46K Dress?

@Devin_Heroux Thank you Devin.

American and International curling 🥌 fans. I've asked Curling Canada about their streaming plans for the Scotties and Brier. I'm told they're working on it and will keep me updated on those plans. When I hear more, you'll hear more.

@drewwpg He’s putting everything he has into his game every game and he’s humble on top of that. My favourite Jet for several years.

@jgdyck Or the Moms where there is no Dad.

Shoutout to all the dads with toys to put together, software to install, etc. on behalf of Kris Kringle. It’s go time! #ChristmasEve

@YHZweatherguy Merry Christmas Jim and Andra. The fog lifted here today. Saw blue sky after more than a few cloudy ones.

Woke up to a White Christmas... fog! Some black ice with the fog mostly W half NS. Otherwise sun-cloud mix & mild aftns today & Boxing Day. Some mixed precip edges in on Wed then fills in on Thurs. Line between rain S & messy ice/snow N near Fredericton-Charlottetown-Sydney???

@JennArndt Legendary

@saraorlesky He gives his all and then some for his team. Love him 💕

Josh Morrissey spoke to the media this morning for the first time since taking a puck to the face Monday vs MTL. He thinks it probably looks worse than it actually is and luckily didn’t lose any teeth/break any bones.

@drewwpg Looks lovely.

@JennArndt Easton’s

@drewwpg Your dinner in NJ spurred on this question I’m guessing.

@NHLJets @MichelobULTRACA I’ll go with Iafollo.

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@drewwpg Or on your curling broom.

@Niigaanwewidam @WinnipegNews Thank you for this information. It is very informative for me, a non-indigenous person who is committed to truth and reconciliation.

Tomorrow’s @WinnipegNews front page - meet MB’s new Neechi Premier

@drewwpg I’m assuming you are addressing this to the leader of the PCs and not your mother.

@northendmc Yes

This is a test. Can you see this?

12 Reasons Why Cities Need More Trees: 1. Temperature Control One large tree is equivalent to 10 air conditioning units, and the shade they provide can reduce street temperature by more than 30%. 2. Noise Reduction Trees can reduce loudness by up to 50%. In urban areas filled with the sound of cars, construction, sirens, aeroplanes, and music, trees are essentially the best way to block noise and keep cities — along with the homes and workplaces in them — quieter. 3. Air Purity Trees remove an astonishing amount of harmful pollutants and toxins from the air. In urban areas air quality is often disastrously bad — with severe consequences for our health. Trees make the air we breathe much cleaner. 4. Oxygen And, while absorbing all those pollutants, trees also put more oxygen back into the urban environment. Oxygen levels are significantly lower in cities compared to the countryside; trees help to solve that problem. 5. Water Management Trees do more than just shelter us and our buildings from rain — which is, in fact, extremely important. They also absorb huge quantities of water, reduce run-off, neutralise the severity of flooding, and make flooding more unlikely altogether. Not to forget that their roots absorb pollutants and prevent them from feeding back into a city's water supply. 6. Psychological Health Studies have proven what we instinctively know to be true: that human beings are significantly happier when surrounded by nature rather than sterile urban environments. Our emotions, behaviour, and thoughts are shaped by the places we spend time — and trees have a profoundly positive effect on our psychology. The consequential benefits of being happier and more peaceful — as individuals and as a society — are immense. 7. Physical Health Beyond all the other ways in which trees improve air quality and the urban environment, much to the benefit of our health, they also encourage people to go outside. Cycling, running, and walking are all more common in urban areas with plenty of trees. A knock-on effect of people spending more time outdoors is also social integration and stronger communities. 8. Privacy A simple point, but not inconsequential, is that trees provide privacy. 9. Economics The total economic benefit of urban trees is hard to calculate. There are costs, of course, including the repair of infrastructure damaged by roots and maintaining the trees themselves. But the total economic benefit — a consequence of everything else in this list and more — far outweighs the expenditure. Trees make cities wealthier. 10. Wildlife Trees are miniature cities all of their own, serving as a habitat for hundreds of different species, including birds and mammals and insects. 11. Light Pollution Trees don't only block the light shining down, therefore keeping us and our cities cooler — they also disrupt light shining up, from street lighting, cars, houses, and billboards. Skies are clearer in cities with more trees. 12. Aesthetics And, finally, trees are beautiful. They break up the potential monotony of urban environments — the sharp geometry, the greyscale roads and buildings, the endless rows of cars — with their trunks, boughs, canopies, and flowers. Just think: the gold and red of falling leaves in autumn, the white and pink blossom of spring, the vast green canopies of summer, and the branches lined with hoar-frost in winter. Every single tree is a myriad of intricacy and texture, of colour and scent, of dappled light on the pavement, mottled bark, knotted roots, of clustered leaves and delicate petals and stern boughs. Few streets would not be improved by the kaleidoscopic aesthetic delights of a tree, not to mention the many different species of tree, all over the world, whether willow, oak, lime, cherry, aspen, maple, birch, horse chestnut, dogwood, hornbeam, ash, sycamore... the list goes on. There are some drawbacks to urban trees, most of them context-specific, and they are not — of course — universally appropriate. But it seems fair to say that many cities would benefit from at least a few more trees here and there.

@drewwpg I just stocked up in NJ.