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Resolve to review personal finances in 2017

Resolve to review personal finances in 2017

The beginning of the New Year is often a time to turn a new financial leaf: make a budget; pay down debt; save more. That’s all commendable, but these good intentions are mostly forgotten by, say, mid-February.
The shootout needs to go

The shootout needs to go

Having a shootout in a championship game is a travesty. We recently saw the gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championship end in a shootout and it was an anti-climatic and terrible way to end what was an incredibly fantastic hockey game.
Share the streets

Share the streets

As both a pedestrian and a driver I notice the way one group treats the other. Some people walk against the lights while some drivers do not let people cross at the crosswalks. We have to learn to share the street.
Clickbait in a crowded modern media landscape

Clickbait in a crowded modern media landscape

The bestselling novel of 1961 was Allen Drury's Advise and Consent. Millions of people read this 690-page political novel. In 2016, the big sellers were coloring books.
Move health research out of the academy and into the community

Move health research out of the academy and into the community

TORONTO, Ont. — Canada has a mismatch between the world-class health research we produce and how that research is implemented into our health-care system.
Staples closed, and I want to cry

Staples closed, and I want to cry

The sign on the door hit me like a ton of bricks. “Dear Customers, “On Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, this Staples location will close. We encourage you to shop with us online at www.staples.
Feds should eliminate special tax preferences but ...

Feds should eliminate special tax preferences but ...

... not to simply increase revenue but to use the extra revenue to reduce overall tax rates
2016 box office: Disney and Star Wars franchise the big winners

2016 box office: Disney and Star Wars franchise the big winners

Welcome to the Cairns on Cinema 2016 box office year in review, in which we look at how the top movies of the previous year performed at the box office.
Living in the post-truth world, energy style

Living in the post-truth world, energy style

Post-truth nonsense about fossil fuels paints a dangerous, damaging and distorted picture of Canada's energy use and production
Praising with prepositions

Praising with prepositions

All week I’ve tried to come up with some intriguing, or at least unique, start to this article. It is the first week of a new year, after all.
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