Kate Spencer

1 week ago | broadview.org | Kate Spencer

Canada and the United States are divided along many lines, but among the haziest of those lines are the geographic ones. We’re very close, our two countries. Many communities straddle borders, with family and friends on both sides. Since the election of Donald Trump, that closeness has been strained — talks of Canada becoming the 51st state, tariffs and the heightening of dismaying political rhetoric whose potential consequences are unknown.

2 months ago | broadview.org | Kate Spencer

Kate Beaton is a best selling author and comics artist in Cape Breton, N.S. Her webcomic Hark! A Vagrant caricatured historical figures from Napoleon to Ada Lovelace and was one of the first webcomics to achieve worldwide recognition after its debut in 2007. More recently, her graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, documented her experience working as a young woman in the Alberta oil patch. The book won the 2023 edition of CBC’s Canada Reads.

2 months ago | refinery29.com | Kate Spencer |Laura Lajiness Kaupke

1 of 20Branch Daily Chair The Hype: 4.6 out of 5 stars and 1,086 reviewsOne of the best home office chairs in the game, this ergonomic pick is crafted from over 70% recycled materials with a contoured nylon back and lumbar support for all-day comfort. One reviewer raves, “I seriously love this chair. It’s actually changed my mood during long WFH hours. The mesh is breathable and supportive—not that flimsy, see-through kind. Plus, the design fits my space perfectly.

Dec 9, 2024 | phys.org | Kate Spencer

Extensive flooding of the River Thames and its tributaries across south-east England in February 2014 was caused by extraordinary weather conditions. Very heavy rain had fallen on ground already saturated by multiple storms since the previous December. Hundreds of residents were evacuated and the flooding damaged thousands of homes and businesses.

Dec 9, 2024 | theconversation.com | Kate Spencer

Extensive flooding of the River Thames and its tributaries across south-east England in February 2014 was caused by extraordinary weather conditions. Very heavy rain had fallen on ground already saturated by multiple storms since the previous December. Hundreds of residents were evacuated and the flooding damaged thousands of homes and businesses. One family, whose home was near an old landfill in Chertsey, Surrey, suffered a particularly devastating loss.