Emily Latimer

1 week ago | cottagelife.com | Emily Latimer

It may look pretty, but the emerald ash borer is a killer. These insects kill ash trees by gobbling up their nutrients. First, as larvae, when the bugs hatch and burrow between the inner bark and the sapwood, forming S-shaped lines, and then, as adults, when they eat ash tree leaves. The beetle, which is native to Eastern Asia, has already killed hundreds of millions of trees across North America. Late spring is when the emerald ash borer (EAB) emerges from trees and lays eggs.

1 week ago | theglobeandmail.com | Emily Latimer

2 weeks ago | canadianbusiness.com | Emily Latimer

When summer rolls around, Marché SecondLife—a Quebec-based company that rescues imperfect fruits and vegetables and packages them into affordable produce boxes—knows to prepare. As customers go on vacation and daily routines shift with the warming weather, the company braces for a wave of buyers who will pause their weekly produce boxes because they’ll be out of town. With that seasonal shift comes another impediment to sales—a dip in email engagement.

2 weeks ago | ca.style.yahoo.com | Emily Latimer

An expert shares how to broach the subject of having your parents move to a retirement home. (Image via Getty Images)Caring for your aging parents can be difficult. At a certain point in life, there's a shift in the family dynamic where adult children become more aware of their parents' declining health and physical limitations, more so than their parents themselves.

2 weeks ago | ca.yahoo.com | Emily Latimer

An expert shares how to broach the subject of having your parents move to a retirement home. (Image via Getty Images)Caring for your aging parents can be difficult. At a certain point in life, there's a shift in the family dynamic where adult children become more aware of their parents' declining health and physical limitations, more so than their parents themselves.