Either Haagen-Dazs or Ben & Jerry's have always been my picks for a nice ice cream. Now obviously, they are US-owned, so I haven't been buying them. Though Ben and Jerry are truly lovely people that do deserve support in general.

Anyway, this got me down the road of looking up Canadian ice cream brands. Some I knew and they were perfectly fine. But for whatever reason, I only tried Kawartha a couple weeks ago.

Holy shit, y'all! Kawartha is truly top tier ice cream!

#Canada #Kawartha #ElbowsUp

‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

#Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the #climate warms

“Conditions are really dry, there’s no rain in sight, the risk is extremely high in #NovaScotia,” the province’s premier, Tim Houston, told reporters. “I’m happy to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to protect people, to protect property and try to just get through this #FireSeason and really just pray for rain.”

Fires have even erupted in #Ontario’s #Kawartha Lakes region, a collection of rural communities less than 100 miles (160km) north of #Toronto that are a popular summer destination for residents of Canada’s largest city.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/new-canada-wildfires-locations

#ClimateCrisis
#Pyrocene
#ExtremeWeather
#Wildfires

‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warms

The Guardian

HKPR District Health Unit Investigating First Measles Case in the City of Kawartha Lakes - June 5 2025

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit has received confirmation of a positive measles case within the City of Kawartha Lakes. The resident is an adult, fully vaccinated, with exposure originating from close contact with a previously confirmed measles case from another region.

https://www.hkpr.on.ca/news-and-alerts/posts/media-release-hkpr-district-health-unit-investigating-first-measles-case-in-the-city-of-kawartha-lakes/

#Measles #Ontario #Kawartha #KawarthaLakes #OnObHKPR #OnObHKNP

Health Unit Investigating First Measles Case in Kawartha Lakes

HKPR District Health Unit
The #Kawartha #Wildlife Centre had to close their doors earlier this year, but are raising funds to try to re-open as soon as they can in 2024. They aren't my closest #WildlifeRescue, but I added them to my end-of-year donations because we need as many facilities like this as we can get in #Ontario and across #Canada. Wherever you are, please consider at least a one-time donation now or in the new year to get them up and running again. https://www.kawarthawildlifecentre.ca/
Kawartha Wildlife Centre

Kawartha Wildlife Centre is a charitable wildlife rehabilitation organization located in the heart of the Kawarthas. Our goal is to rescue, rehabilitate and release sick, orphaned and injured native Ontario wildlife.

Keep Kawartha Wild

@CdnCurmudgeon Fun fact: the wife of recently-resigned MPP Kaleed Rasheed worked for #Flato CEO Shakir Rehmatullah, the #greenbeltscandal developer who joined Rasheed in Las Vegas. Rehmatullah was also one of the developers who attended the Ford Family wedding last fall.

#DougFord #Ontario #onpoli #kawartha

Wear your mask. #dlws

Smoke smell & particulates in the air are not good in TO right now, we are just on the edge of air quality alerts this morning. Much of Ontario worse. Will get worse during the day, then a bit better, then worse tomorrow. This image is the current https://firesmoke.ca forecast for Thursday morning.

Another good air quality map site: https://aqicn.org/city/toronto/

#Toronto #ScarbTO #EastYork #Belleville #Markham #Peterborough #Oshawa #Kawartha #Pembroke #Ontario #AirQuality

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