Having a decent vent

Fighting a blizzard as you forge a pioneering passage from the driveway to the front door is what being Canadian is all about. Partly, anyhow.
After your fumbling mittens have chipped the key into the ice-encrusted lock, you shoulder the front door inwards,  beating back the swirling white gale.
The door is vaccuumed shut behind you. Warmth is [...]

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Hot property

When mounds of snow line the driveway, and impossibly long icicles taper from the eavestroughs, coming home to a warm house is one of the greatest joys of the Canadian winter. Possibly the only one.
Our house is an older home, so it offers a greater range of temperatures than your average dwelling.
Housing the furnace, the [...]

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