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A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk described Wednesday how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rain water. Mikhail Pichugin, 46, had set off to watch whales with his 49-year-old brother and 15-year-old nephew. But the boat’s …
Read More »Man adrift in frigid Russian seas for 67 days survived by drinking rainwater
A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk described Wednesday how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rain water. Mikhail Pichugin, 46, had set off to watch whales with his 49-year-old brother and 15-year-old nephew. But the boat’s …
Read More »A former Winnipeg landfill finds new purpose as volunteers build out forest – Winnipeg
An open, grassy area in Winnipeg’s St. Vital neighbourhood was once a landfill, but after 60 years a group of volunteers are taking the lead to find a different use for the area. Over the weekend, volunteers spent time to transform the Marlene Street Park, starting with planting 1,000 trees. …
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