📬 Issue #2: The Second Trot

A letter from the moose

Week two, and the herd is growing one subscriber at a time. This week we remembered together, argued about Christmas lights, and settled the coffee question. The newsroom is still one moose and one very generous coffee pot. Thanks for reading. Thanks for being early. The best seat in the coffee shop is yours.

The Bright Side

A canal lined with poppies (Campbellford, Ontario) Campbellford volunteers crocheted 1,738 poppies and wrapped them around 158 trees along the Trent-Severn Canal, one tree for each of the 158 Canadians who died in Afghanistan. Poppies on the Canal was led by veteran Danielle Barnes with Legion Branch 103 and Trent Hills. (Trent Hills News.)

A sea lion, finally free (Race Rocks, British Columbia) A sea lion spotted off Victoria in October 2025 had a rubber band cutting into his neck, then vanished. He turned up again this fall at Race Rocks, where the team darted him on October 6 and cut the band free. He has been back every day since. (CTV News.)

The great pumpkin drop (North Vancouver, British Columbia) North Vancouver firefighters dropped more than 1,000 leftover Halloween pumpkins off the training tower on November 1, the 13th annual Pumpkin Drop. More than $15,000 was raised, and the charity has now put $25,000 toward rebuilding the playground at Blueridge Elementary. (North Shore News.)

Your turn: something good happen near you? Send it in at moosemail.fun/goodnews or [email protected].

From the feed this week

This week: the Last Spike's anniversary (Craigellachie, BC, 1885), Canada's 243,042-kilometre coastline, the moose losing the national animal crown (see Trivia Corner), the Edmund Fitzgerald and Private George Lawrence Price, the National Ballet's first bow 75 years ago, insulin from a Toronto lab in 1921, the Caesar's Calgary birth in 1969, and Larry Walker, the Maple Ridge kid who became baseball's MVP in 1997.

Trivia Corner

Q: For all his fame, the moose is not Canada's national animal. Which animal holds the honour? A: The beaver. The moose has accepted this with dignity and only a little sulking.

The Laughing Loon

What did the snow brush say after seven months in the garage? "Ice to see you again."

Coffee's on us

Coffee's On Us is rolling: a $25 Tim Hortons gift card, two Fridays in a row. The first draw closes Thursday, November 19 at 11:59pm ET, and every subscriber is already in. The winner is announced in Issue #3 on Friday, November 20. (Open to Canada, excluding Quebec. Full details on the Giveaway page.)

Settled Law: the week in rulings

Case	Question	Ruling
001	Ketchup chips	Elite. The elite-est, in fact.
002	Timbits run	A legitimate outing. Pants encouraged.
003	Christmas lights	Herd: 100% light them up. Court: too early. The poppy comes first.
004	First snowfall	Herd: 100% personal attack. Verdict: magic, for exactly one day.
005	Double-double or black	Dead tie, 50-50. Court: double-double.
006	Two minutes of silence	Herd: 100% at a ceremony. No wrong place to keep it.
007	Lights up today?	Herd: 100% lights up. Up they go.

The court sat seven times this week.

Full verdicts, as always, at moosemail.fun/settled

Dates worth circling

Thursday, November 19: the first Coffee's On Us draw closes at 11:59pm ET. You are already in. Thursday, November 26: the second draw closes, announced in Issue #4 on Friday, November 27. Late November: the CPKC Holiday Train starts its cross-country run, collecting for food banks at every stop. Tuesday, December 1: 25 Days of Canada begins at moosemail.fun, a door a day through Christmas.

For the herd only

This week's extra is for the herd only. Subscribers got it in Friday's email, and Lodge passholders can read it in the Lodge.

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See you next Friday

Thanks for reading Issue #2. If it made your coffee better, pass it to a Canadian who needs a lighter feed. See you next Friday. 🫎

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