My hometown can't handle snow

The community paper back in my hometown, the Comox Valley Record, has posted some pictures in its Facebook group of the community's recent snowfall. A minor dusting by TDot standards, I assure you. But this photo in particular caught my eye:

Yes, that's right, they pile the snow in the middle of the street and cut holes for left-hand turns where appropriate. Been doing it that way for years. Craziest dammed thing I've seen. They probably don't have the budget for full-blown removal and remediation, and most often it melts by lunchtime anyways. But when it does stick around, and pile up, it makes driving interesting, to say the least.

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Could this reunite Paul and Linda?

I read in the Vancouver Sun that my hometown in B.C. is being over-run with harbour seals, and the local Blame Seals First crowd complain the protected seals are eating all the salmon. Meanwhile, the seal huggers say humans are to blame for any decline in fish stocks, not cuddly wuddly seals.

Frankly, I remember what happened when the residents of Springfield went easy on the dolphins. I don't want to see that happen in Courtenay, seals taking over the city. Get tough on seals, says I!

Harbour seal cull needed
It's necessary to protect summer chinook run on Puntledge River, sport fish advisory board says
Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, March 26, 2007
Sport fishermen are calling for a renewed cull of harbour seals near Courtenay on Vancouver Island just as research shows the species has increased 10-fold as a result of protection in local waters.

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