Dan Harper, the photographer responsible for the spectacularly popular time lapse of the Living Maple Leaf at Portage & Main on Canada Day

Should restaurants ditch plastic straws? Whitley Schamber is the organizer of Plastic Free Peg, and has gotten nearly 40 restaurants to lose the plastic straws for the month of July, instead supplying a compostable straw upon request

They want to move to Canada, but Canada won't have them - Kate & Claire Everward are sisters who work together in Israel. Claire is a suspense author, Kate is her publicist & manager. They want to immigrate to Canada with their 72-year-old mother, but the Canadian government says they don't measure up on the points system. They all speak English, and are all self-employed, so what's the problem?

Heartwarming story of a dog who saves a cat in New Brunswick, which leads to a chat about pet names and the trend to giving them human names

Zookeeper For A Day contest on at Assiniboine Park Zoo for kids 12 and under -- Katherine Abella, Promotions & Sponsorship Specialist, Assiniboine Park Conservancy

Theory of a Deadman ticket giveaway, then more on pet names

Will the new Transit station at Investors Group Field make a difference? Will it convince you to go to a game if you were previously not a fan of going?

Richard Cloutier & Julie Buckingham tee up THE NEWS