Metal Bucket Dept: Only, the captain might want to change his title to ambassador of seasonal accommodation, for it's only in early spring where this filmmaker-turned sugar-maker can work his magic. It's only when the days warm to a few degrees above zero then drop below freezing in the night that the star players will cooperate, according to Montreal Gazette. "There was silver for the indigenous peoples; Norway for those of European descent; and Amur maple for the non-Europeans," he says, reminding me that Amur refers to the major river dividing China from Russia and if ever this province decides to hire a goodwill ambassador for the promotion of reasonable accommodation, he will wear a metal bucket on his head, decorated with a single maple leaf, and his name will be Capitaine Sirop, aka Mario Bonenfant. We're speaking of maple trees - the ones growing in Beaudet Park, at the heart of old Ville St. Laurent, right across the street from the du Coll ge m tro. Bonenfant taps only the silver maples, but it was the presence of the three sorts of maple in the park: silver, Norway and Amur, that inspired his project for the rabli re urbaine. As
reported in the news.
@t silver maples, goodwill ambassador
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