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Wildfires: fight or flight? Are referendums bad for democracy? The lost art of parallel parking.

Is there merit in staying and protecting your house from wildfire, instead of fleeing? Plus, a recent transit referendum in Metro Vancouver has people pondering the value of direct democracy, and Globe and Mail automotive columnist Peter Cheney makes a defence of the lost art of parallel parking.
As forest fires continue to rage in Saskatchewan's north, Premier Brad Wall tells The House the $56 million wild fire budget for the year has been spent, but that the priority remains residents' safety as firefighters and the Canadian military work to put out the flames. (Corey Hardcastle/Government of Saskatchewan)

With wildfires raging around western Canada, residents have been forced out of their homes. But is there merit in staying, and protecting your house? Plus, a recent transit referendum in Metro Vancouver has people pondering the value of direct democracy, and Globe and Mail automotive columnist Peter Cheney makes a defence of the lost art of parallel parking.