For over 130 years, Canadians either loved or hated Cherry Blossoms.
Considered a staple of the Christmas season, these candies were often found in stockings.
In January 2025, it was announced Cherry Blossoms were being discontinued.
This is their history.
The Cherry Blossom debuted as a candy in the 1890s when the Walter M. Lowney Company of Canada launched the product. Lowney was from Mansfield, Massachusetts and his product became very popular in Canada. In 1905, a factory in Montreal was opened.
Production of Cherry Blossoms later moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec.
In 1968, the Cherry Blossom was purchased by Standard Brands and then by Hershey of Canada in the 1980s.
The product was produced in Canada until 2008.
The end of the production of Cherry Blossoms in Canada began the decline of the product in this country.
In January 2025, Hershey discontinued the Cherry Blossom. Many people purchased what was left and some sold online for upwards of $100 each.
For years, the yellow packaging of Cherry Blossoms was very recognizable to Canadians.
The boxes, which changed little over the course of decades, made the candy easy to spot in the grocery store. This year, stockings may feel emptier without the famous Cherry Blossom.
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He’s 100 years old.
He fought in a war that most of us today can barely imagine.
He saw his friends, many just boys, go off to fight and never return.
He’s carried those memories for a lifetime.
And recently, on live television, he broke down and asked a question no veteran should ever have to ask, “Was it worth it”
When the men who sacrificed everything for freedom now look at the state of their country and wonder if that sacrifice still matters, it should make all of us stop and think.
Remembrance isn’t just a poppy on a lapel or a minute of silence once a year.
It’s a responsibility, to honour their legacy by protecting the values and freedoms they fought for.
Our culture.
Our freedoms.
Our sense of community and national identity.
If we stop respecting those things, if tradition loses meaning, if honour and pride are dismissed as outdated, then we risk forgetting what they stood for.
We don’t honour the fallen by remembering them once a year, we honour them by living in a way that keeps their sacrifices meaningful.
By standing up for our country, our values, and our way of life.
He wasn’t crying out of weakness.
He was crying because he remembers the cost of forgetting.
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In this clip, musician Armin Küpper plays his saxophone near a giant pipeline in a construction area.
What you hear after each note is an echo, a sound wave reflecting off the far end of the pipe and traveling back to him.
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Rest in peace Ozzy Osbourne. You will be forever loved, always missed and never forgotten. Thank you for being you and for all the music. Sending love to your family, friends, bandmates and fans all over the world.
#OzzyOsbourne