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When I acquired my seaside home years ago on Mexico’s Yucatan Gulf Coast, I learned instantly that the Yucatan routinely broils for most of the year with temperatures in the mid-40s; by mid-afternoon, the house interior soared to 35 C or so, in 90 per cent humidity, and stepping outside was like entering a blast furnace. The heat is punctuated periodically by wild thunderstorms that flood sand streets and turn roads into lakes for days.

Similar, in fact, to the summer we’ve had here so far this year.

I needed my air conditioning. But electricity in Mexico is devilishly costly, generated by burning diesel fuel, so I installed solar panels. My energy bills plummeted from around 6,000 pesos to 50 pesos — the Comisión Federal de Electricidad’s minuscule administration fee. I was no longer contributing to the world’s soaring carbon emissions and because I generated more energy than I used, and returned that power to the grid, CFE was burning a few less gallons of diesel. While lowering electricity bills, I was also doing the ‘right thing’, planet-wise.

Too little. Too late.

Rainbow Stage’s closing performance of Jesus Christ Superstar on Sunday has been cancelled.

The outdoor musical theatre announced on social media Saturday night that it was forced to make the “difficult but necessary decision” to cancel the 2 p.m. show due to high humidex values forecast for Winnipeg.

“We do not believe it is safe or responsible to proceed with an outdoor performance,” the post said.

Rainbow Stage said those with tickets could transfer them to a performance of Legally Blond: The Musical, playing Aug. 13 to 30, donate the value of the tickets to the company and receive a tax credit, or receive a full refund.

What if, instead of hearing the story of Little Red Riding Hood as it happened, we instead heard about the impacts of its actions?

For example, what might be the mental health of a grandmother captured by a wolf and experiencing identity theft?

How traumatizing would it be to be a granddaughter discovering the person she thought was her grandmother was an impostor?

Could a woodsman, while working to feed his family one afternoon, complete his job if he heard calls for help and a sleeping wolf stood between him and saving a life?

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