I’m currently in Cape Breton for a gathering to inter the ashes of some beloved family members. Along the route to get here, the ongoing drought in Eastern Canada was very apparent. The vegetation was faded and dry. There were big electronic banners across the Trans-Canada Highway through Nova Scotia announcing the total burn ban in effect with a $25,000 fine for violations. Article content

Drought conditions in Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Valley are considered severe right now. My good friend Bob Dobson reports that he has never seen the level of the Snake River, adjacent to his fifth-generation family farm near Cobden, so low. Many of the Snake’s tributary creeks are dry. Other people are sharing similar observations. Article content

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