With February's arrival this weekend, it will turn another page on the winter season while marking a pattern shift in southern Ontario, with plenty of opportunities for more messy weather.
The smell of romance is in the air β skunk mating season has begun in Calgary. It's possible Calgarians' noses have already informed them of that news. The black and white animals are starting to crawl out of their dens more often, in search of partners to make babies with.
That means male skunks are spraying their competition, while female skunks are spraying the males they aren't interested in. Jordan Rustad brings a pair of binoculars to her eyes and scouts the branches of trees in Regina's Victoria Park for birds. Rustad says birding isn't just an activity for warmer weather. Some birds stay in Canada over the winter. Ten birding backpack kits β complete with binoculars and bird guides β are available at all Regina public library branches through a partnership with Birds Canada, a national organization dedicated to bird conservation.
The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to form a coalition government after an election next month, and could deepen political instability in Europe's biggest economy.
The move that broke the taboo in a country scarred by its Nazi past was election frontrunner Friedrich Merz's decision to push a resolution calling for a crackdown on irregular migration through parliament on Wednesday with the help of the far-righ. A Regina-based doctor is taking the Saskatchewan Health Authority SHA to court, accusing the organization and some its employees of intimidation, breach of contract, conspiracy and defamation.
