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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Flying Air Canada… If you’re lucky

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Jeff Scott 1 Comment Air Canada, Air Canada Express, Air Canada Rouge, airport expansion, City of Kingston, connecting flights, flying out of Kingston, international flights, Jeff Scott, Kingston, Kingston airport, Norman Rogers Airport

I have always been proud of Air Canada. Whenever I see their jets on the runway or in the air,

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – ‘Legislated Stupidity’

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments bus drivers, children, driving, Kingston, legislation, mirrors, Ontario, rules, school buses, student safety, students, view, windshield

Laws and policies are made with the best of intentions and for the safety of all, and are often

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The precarious rise of Dixie

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments Atlanta, democrats, Dixie, drought, global warming, Jeff Scott, Miami, North Carolina, population growth, republicans, the Civil War, the South, the southern states, urbanization, Virginia, Washington, water

Being a Civil War buff, I have often ventured into the Heart of Dixie with an historian’s eye. The American

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The battery revolution is finally here

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments battery-powered tools, chainsaws, emissions, exhaust, gas-powered tools, gasoline, Kingston, lawn maintenance, lawn mowers, yard work

Summer is finally here. It is so nice to have a good cup of coffee out on the deck

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The news that still needs to be told

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments Bill Nye, climate change, environment, global warming, hurricanes, Jeff Scott, jetstreams, Kingston, sea level, storms, The Science Guy, water levels, weather

Bill Nye, ‘The Science Guy,’ did a stint on John Oliver’s late night show Last Week Tonight to talk

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Increasing the speed limit to 110 km/h

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Jeff Scott 2 Comments 400 series of highways, increased speed limit, Kingston, Ontario, policing, safety, speed limits

The Ontario Government is going to raise the speed limit on our freeways from 100 km/h to 110. At

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Hawaii as the new green oasis

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Jeff Scott 1 Comment electric hybrid planes, electric vehicles, fuel consumption, geothermal energy, green energy, Hawaii, Jeff Scott, Kilauea, Maui, Mokulele Airlines, oil dependency, solar energy, steam, volcano, wind energy

Hawaii is a spectacular chain of islands with beautiful beaches, mountains, and exotic flowers. This is why one and a

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – China and trade

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments African swine fever, America, Canada, canola, China, Huawei, international trade, Kingston, North Korea, pigs, South Korea, soy beans, tarrifs, THAAD anti-missiles, trade, United States

China is having a fight with Canada. We detained Meng Wanzhou for the Americans, because they want her to

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Monarchs in paradise

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments asclepias plants, Asian Milkweed, butterflies, cardiac glycosides, caterpillars, endangered species, Hawaii, insects, Jeff Scott, Kingston, migration, milkweed, monarch butterflies

This winter, in a garden in Hawaii, I was checking out all of the exotic plants, when I was

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – The effects of road salt

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments

Winter has finally left us – left us with piles of sand, salt and dirt on our roads, parking lots

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – Canada Goose and the new fashion victims

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments Canada Goose, coats, comfort, fashion, functional clothing, international, Lake Nipigon, luxury fashion, Nipigon Nylons, outdoor wear, parkas, Winter

The late 70s was definitely a difficult time for this gangly and pimply teenager, who had no fashion sense