Girl Guide sells out of her treats in 45 MINUTES as country rakes in almost $3 MILLION in the first day of selling.

She's being called one smart cookie. As people lined up to buy marijuana on the first day of its legalization in Canada on Wednesday, a small entrepreneur stood ready to capitalize on what could be expected to be customers' future need for a sweet snack. Nine-year-old Elina Childs brought a wagon full of Girl Guide cookies to offer the crowd outside a new cannabis shop in Edmonton, Alberta. Her dad loaded up a wagon with three cases of cookies and they walked a few blocks to the nearby cannabis store. She started walking up and down the line hawking her wares. Elina uses to sell her cookies from door-to-door, but that would take weeks. 'Last year, she got bit by a dog, it wasn't bad but we were still apprehensive,' dad Seann Childs said. Seann shared that the idea to sell the cookies came while driving past the long lines. He added: 'While driving, we saw how long the lines were at the dispensary, and we just stopped to sell the cookies there.'

In 45 minutes, Elina sold $120 (the US $91)' She didn't quite understand what the big deal was,' the father said. 'She was just selling cookies in her mind, but everyone was so happy to see her and kept congratulating her.' The United States' neighbour to the north on Wednesday became the first industrialized nation to legalize the drug after a nearly century-long ban and a two-year push by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Most pot enthusiasts were exuberant about the end of prohibition, but a few expressed disappointment over not being able to buy the now-legal marijuana on the first day. Others baulked at the relatively high prices ranging from $5.25 in Canadian dollars in Quebec to $18.99 in Saskatchewan per gram compared to the black market that saw average prices plunge in the last year to $6.79 per gram.

Temperatures set to drop next week as Ireland is hit by a 'blast of cold air'

Although Met Eireann predicts temperatures of 17 degrees today, it won't be staying around for long if Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly's predictions are anything to go by. He believes chilly nights are coming back. Speaking to the Irish Sun, he said: “Weather models have flipped backed to show a short blast of cold air for next weekend with a Northerly feed."

12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love.

My Temple

The first library I knew was an upstairs room over a storefront in my little Kentucky town, with a librarian who didn’t approve of children handling books. (I begged; she relented.) The second was a van kitted out with bookshelves and sent out on the rounds of our rural county, a godsend to children and many adults who had no easy way of getting to town. The Bookmobile was the whole world parked on my gravel road. It came once a month, and we were allowed only three books at a time, but the Bookmobile lady had a heart.

Frogs Are Disappearing. What Does That Mean?

THE DUSKY GOPHER FROG, once endemic to the longleaf pine savannas of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana and now listed among the 100 most endangered species on earth is tiny, dark and warty. The creature is often described as both secretive and shockingly loud, with a rumbling, back-of-the-throat mating call that is uncannily close to the human snore.

21 People Honoured At National Bravery Awards

A total of 21 people have been honoured by the State for their bravery for “risking their own lives to aid others in peril.”The honours are awarded by Comhairle na Mire Gaile the Deeds of Bravery Council which was founded in 1947 to recognise exceptional acts of courage. All the recipients were handed Certificates of Bravery while five were also honoured with the Bronze Medal of Bravery.