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Choosing financial advisors

Choosing financial advisors

Once you’re established in your profession or career, and you’re accumulating a sizeable nest-egg, getting financial advice from your second cousin or the bank teller just won’t do. You need to get some professional money advice.
Songs in the night

Songs in the night

According to articles published by two Canadian news agencies I found the following information: Canada is the third most sleep-deprived country, tied with the United States.
Carbon tax not the right path for reduction

Carbon tax not the right path for reduction

There are plenty of points in Premier Scott Moe’s platform that I disagree with. However, speaking with him at the recent Saskatchewan Party barbecue on Aug.
How to handle market risk

How to handle market risk

In this day and age of “robo-advisors” and passive index investing, many investors seem to have forgotten the single immutable truth that equity markets are inherently risky.
What’s buggin’ your birch?

What’s buggin’ your birch?

Back in the 1970s and ‘80s the City of North Battleford began planting European weeping birch as a street tree in the city. Locally, some people call this tree weeping willow. The tree is native to Europe but hardy for growing zones 2-3 in Canada.
Wolfe in Shepherd’s Clothing

Wolfe in Shepherd’s Clothing

By Angie Counios and David Gane Published by Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing $19.95 9781988783130 Regina’s death toll is once again on the rise as Angie Counios and David Gane launch their third Shepherd and Wolfe mystery.
Family trusts not just for the rich and famous

Family trusts not just for the rich and famous

Part II
Know the tax consequences of becoming a non-resident

Know the tax consequences of becoming a non-resident

Summertime is family time, but it is also the time of year when people prepare for big life changes taking place in the fall. Young adults make plans to work abroad, travel, or go to school, and empty-nesters journey to warmer climates.
Chinese hotel owners: ‘Best of service’

Chinese hotel owners: ‘Best of service’

“George Brennan built the first hotel and managed it until Prohibition came. When he could no longer get a licence for the bar, he sold it to some Chinamen.” This line from Pennant’s history book describes a typical scenario.
Lake communities have changed

Lake communities have changed

I stopped down at the bait and tackle shop near the beach at Sandy Lake, Man., looking for some spade fuses for the boat. Sorry, the proprietor said, he didn’t have any.
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