Since the 1950s, one of the signs of spring has been the fresh-cut daffodil blooms sold by the Canadian Cancer Society during April, which is Daffodil Month.
After this year though, that particular sign of spring will be no more. The society distributed the blooms for the last time in Ontario earlier this month, said Patricia Clizia, fundraising co-ordinator with the cancer society's Sudbury office.
The Canadian Cancer Society decided to stop selling the daffodils after this year because it's a great logistical challenge to distribute them, as well as being costly and labour-intensive, she said.
But Daffodil Month will continue each April with the daffodil pins the Canadian Cancer Society has been handing out since 2011. Clizia said Daffodil Month brings in about $50,000 a year in Sudbury.
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