Wildfires: fight or flight? Are referendums bad for democracy? The lost art of parallel parking.
Is there merit in staying and protecting your house from wildfire, instead of fleeing? Plus, a recent transit referendum in Metro Vancouver has people pondering the value of direct democracy, and Globe and Mail automotive columnist Peter Cheney makes a defence of the lost art of parallel parking.
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With wildfires raging around western Canada, residents have been forced out of their homes. But is there merit in staying, and protecting your house? Plus, a recent transit referendum in Metro Vancouver has people pondering the value of direct democracy, and Globe and Mail automotive columnist Peter Cheney makes a defence of the lost art of parallel parking.