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Cottage Q&A: Pros and cons of running a furnace fan

A dock spider on a wood beam

Cottage Q&A: Did we get more dock spiders this year?

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A room divider for heating half a room

Cottage Q&A: Heating half a room

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Female legs in woolen socks, standing on a grey floor

8 fixes for cold cottage floors

A pipe showing freeze damage

How to deal with frozen pipes

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white baseboard heater, heating

7 checklist items to get your heating system ready for winter

A prairie field with dark clouds above it

10 Canadian record-setting weather events

Outdoors

Replacing the filter in the central ventilation system.

6 simple ways to keep your air conditioner working all summer

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Wood stove heating with in foreground wood pellets

Will pellet stoves replace woodstoves?

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How cold can I let my cabin get before issues arise?

Wild Profile: Meet the dog-day cicada

Outdoors

Cottage Q&A: plumbing protection in a raised cottage

woman-in-hot-weather-drinking-water-bottle

How to handle a heat wave in cottage country

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Hot dog

How to keep your dog cool at the cottage

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winter campfire

Build the perfect winter fire with these 6 tips

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Wood stove

What every first-time wood stove owner should know

Burning gas stone with blue flame

Q&A: How can I test a burner’s temperature when the stove dials are missing?