A Provincial Deposit – Return Program for Cigarettes A well structured program can protect the environment and overcome the deficiencies of public ashtray programs. Cigarette butts are the leading source of litter, both by number and weight, both in Canada and worldwide, where billions are littered daily. They are unsightly, non-biodegradable and toxic to the environment. They are increasing getting the attention that they deserve as an environmental concern. Awareness

The Stuart Highway runs 2720 km all the way from Australia's south coast near Adelaide to its north coast at Darwin, bisecting the continent It is named after John McDouall Stuart, the first explorer to cross the continent in 1862, on his 6th try, approximating his route. Stuart is not to be confused with Charles Sturt, South Australia's other g

A Conversation/Interview with my Zaida regarding antisemitism in his life prior to coming to Canada.

We had instantly fallen in love with the 10th floor Penang condo! We were now thrilled to have arrived back at it a couple of days earlier, and it had begun to feel like a second home to us. It was May 2023 and our third stay there, all in a little over a year, since Malaysia's harsh COVID restrictions had finally been relaxed in the spring of 2022.

"Why El Salvador?", the surprisingly friendly U.S. immigration officer at Vancouver's airport asked us. "The chance to not get murdered, their homicide rate is down 98 percent!", I replied. Actually, we had been interested in it in theory since a spectacular brief high above fly-over of some of its volcanoes on departing Nicaragua in 2015.

This past January, right around the time when Canada’s tobacco settlement was being finalized, our country held its sadly necessary 49th annual aspirationally-named National Non-Smoking Week. Back in 1964, when the US Surgeon General, Luther Terry, released his report making crystal-clear the immense dangers of smoking, his intent was that the findings would lead to the end of the tobacco industry.