Weekly Mews

There are certain words and phrases that we automatically understand the meaning of, even if they’re not, strictly speaking, grammatically correct. Take ice cream flavors, for example. While ‘chocolate ice cream’ is chocolate-flavored, ‘doggy ice cream’ is designed to be consumed by our four-legged friends, not taste like them. Fish food is for fish, cat […]

Is the cat population in your neighborhood increasing? Are you feeling the pressure of the judgmental feline gaze? It’s not just you – they are growing in number, seeking world domination, and it may already be too late… There is a new pandemic on the way, and this time, there is no stopping it. One

Ordinarily, perpetrators of breaking & entering, petty theft, and grand larceny eventually find themselves being poked with the pointy end of the law. In the case of one Tuxedoed Domestic Shorthair named Juno, such acts have been met with international fame, worldwide admiration, and even a nomination for honorary mayor. Since 2019, this prolific cat

Did you know that there are more pet cats in Canada than dogs? In 2024, approximately 8.9 million felines were to be found in Canadian homes, compared to 8.3 million dogs.1 Unfortunately, there are also between 1.4 and 4.2 million stray and feral cats in the north,2 with Canadian shelters taking in around three times

Dr Elsey’s has been a household name in cat food and litter for decades, but just because they’ve been around for a long time doesn’t mean they’re old news. In a surprise decision, the company, led by Dr Bruce Elsey, has decided to stop production of their popular Ultra Scented Cat Litter. This is not

Every vet has an origin story; the moment they realized that caring for animals was their passion, and that one way or another, they would dedicate their lives to that cause. For Dr Kevin Fitzgerald, it was the love and loss of his pet turtle, Sam, that planted the seed of a career spent in

Without the results of scientific research and experiments, the world would be filled with the ifs and maybes of untested hypotheses. Unfortunately, an overwhelming amount of scientific discoveries and breakthroughs have come at the expense of animals used in experiments. In a recent study of sensory processing in chronic pain at the University of Montreal,

In the almost three decades since the creation of Dolly, the world’s first cloned sheep, the technology of cloning has been tweaked and perfected to a point where biotech companies are now offering to clone our pets. Imagine being able to get another 14 or 15 years with our beloved cat, starting all over again

In a world increasingly dominated by technology, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, it would be easy to assume that libraries would be going the way of the dinosaurs. In fact, far from heading into extinction, many libraries are evolving to become just as relevant and vital to communities as they were before the internet. Far