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rom over-grown fish to biting parrots, a surplus tiger to a black bear cub, unwanted pets and orphaned animals were something I had to deal with through all my three career positions. I was able to accept certain of these animals at my institutions, but often they were sent to other facilities in Canada or the United States. These kind of telephone calls were an unwelcome distraction from my regular duties because they often came with the proviso that the animal would be put down if I proved unsuccessful in placing them. Suddenly being responsible for an animal’s survival placed a heavy responsibility on me, and I had to drop whatever I was doing and start a barrage of phone calls to colleagues. A big green iguana I will always remember, because it taught me an important lesson. Its history was the usual story of a person making
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Photo credit: Rob Gillespie a snap decision to purchase a small cute pet, only to find out later, as it grew, that they no longer wished to continue providing for its care. And so it was, I accepted an adult iguana – a native of the American tropics. This 1.2-mch-long reptile
I thought would make an excellent interpretive animal, since I was able to handle it and to show it to school classes. Not having a suitable enclosure at the Museum at the time, I took the iguana home u 17 ‘The iguana’s lesson’
Keeping your bedroom allergy proof bedroom should be a place of sanctuary and relief. It is the last place you want to be allergic to, yet it’s typically the dirtiest room in the house which makes it the most allergenic space in your home If your bedroom is causing you to sneeze or wheeze, it’s time to make some changes to eliminate allergens and manage asthma triggers. We spend a third of our lives sleeping, yet sheets and bedding are not washed often enough, allowing a tremendous buildup of dust mites, pet hair, mold, and other allergens. Ask the average consumer when they last washed
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or replaced their pillows, and the typical honest answer is six years ago. Décor is another big contributor to the issue since people often decorate bedrooms in a way that makes them difficult to clean. Carpets harbour all sorts of allergens so dispense with carpets if you can and if not, be sure to vacuum thoroughly and often. It is no surprise, then, that more than one-third of the people polled in a recent study said that they suffer more allergy symptoms in their bedrooms than in any other room in their homes.
I am a senior. I am feeling isolated, my health is declining but I want to stay at home.
Give the gift of companionship to your loved one this holiday season.
For people with allergies and asthma, hypoallergenic pillows are a must. Many experience respiratory issues during the night due to lower cortisol levels and a reaction to dust mites living on the dander in a down feather pillow. Pillows are a breeding ground for dust mites, the microscopic bugs that live in all homes and feed on the flakes of skin that slough off the bodies of humans and other living things. You cannot be fully rid of dust mites, but you can take steps to greatly reduce their numbers in your home. u 10 ‘Allergy proofing'
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ne Hundred years ago in late December 1920, in the small south-west Manitoba town of Minto, Kathleen Lylie McPhee was born. It was December 19, close to the longest night of the year. New parents William and Stella McPhee were thrilled to start a family. The following year they moved to Wellwood, Manitoba to be closer to Stella’s family (Freeborn) where William worked on the family farm. Growing up in Wellwood, on HWY 5 between Carberry and Neepawa, in the 20’s and 30’s was a challenge, as the depression deepened in rural Manitoba. They made the best of it making do with the simple pleasures along with sports like hockey, speed skating and curling in the winter and track and field and baseball in the summer. When Kathleen (Kae) was 14, she met the u 4 ‘Kae Nordman'
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