Kudzu takes root in Canada

Ruh-roh! Looks like kudzu has finally come to Canada. How bad is it? You can actually watch it grow: The patch of kudzu vine was found on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie in Leamington, Ont., a farming community about 30 kilometres southeast of Windsor. It measures 120 metres by 50 metres and is “pretty well […]

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Hilo, on the Big Island

May be going here for NoXmas. Sounds awesome. Say goodbye to the scenic drive, hello to museums and thrift shopping for hula girl lamps and Hawaiian shirts, right? Wrong. Forty minutes later, the sky was azure, the sun ferocious. The small, old-fashioned city of Hilo is on the east coast of the Big Island of […]

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