Canada Today: Burning Schoolhouses, Vanishing Ice and Urban Birds
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has written a terrific profile of Brenda Milner, who discovered the seat of memory in the brain, laying the foundation for cognitive neuroscience.
While Canada Day has more or less taken over in terms of fireworks, during my childhood Victoria Day was also Firecracker Day.
But if you know someone who still chants "the 24th of May is the queen’s birthday, if we don’t have a holiday, we’ll
all run away," or you hold festivities to honor Victoria’s rule and not just her name, please let me know.
If you’re doing the same, I hope you don’t find any burst pipes, broken windows, signs of overwintering wildlife — a red squirrel pulled out fiberglass
insulation from our kitchen range to make a cozy home a couple of years ago — upturned docks or anything else that comes with owning a summer retreat.
And if you are among the die-hards who keep the Victoria Day fireworks tradition,
I hope your show concludes with the spectacular display of a Burning Schoolhouse.
The New York Times regularly reports on the effects of climate change in Canada’s Arctic region.