Tag: Wildlife

What’s the deal with Australia’s bushfires?

Bushfires aren’t uncommon in Australia—in fact, the country experiences a natural “fire season” every year during the Australian summer. However, the past few months have been much worse than normal, as the intense fires have burned millions of hectares of land and destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists...

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Free parks in 2017 isn’t a cause for celebration

Free admission to Canada’s national parks is a step in the right direction, but still a walk in the dark.  To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, admission for all visitors to national parks will be free in 2017. The plan is meant to promote Canada’s national parks, some of which have less than...

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Not all zoos are birds of a feather

We’ve all seen a PETA video on Facebook documenting the cruelty that animals sometimes face at the hands of zoos. It makes sense to be angry about their treatment. But these videos aren’t representative of all zoos. In the face of climate change and extinction of species we can’t let them overshadow...

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Striking hard and changing colours

For Dean Povinsky, of Toronto-based band Wildlife, Kingston is familiar ground. As a Queen’s alumnus, he knows all about the Limestone City music scene and can look back to a number of great shows. “I definitely spent a lot of time at the Toucan,” Povinsky, BFA ’05, said. “That was probably my favourite...

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Leaving the wild

Wildlife lead singer Dean Povinsky has moved on from his days of playing in grungy basements of the Queen’s Student Ghetto. “The ceilings weren’t tall enough and there was half a flood in the corner,” Povinsky, BFA’05, said. “It was places where human beings weren’t supposed to be.” After graduating...

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Into the depths of Wildlife

Dean Povinsky wasn’t about to let surgery keep his band, Wildlife, from their most extensive cross-country tour to date. The guitarist and lead singer tore his Achilles tendon on stage during a July performance in Ottawa and has since undergone two surgeries. He said members of the band were all moving...

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