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Think twice about refinancing a mortgage

Think twice about refinancing a mortgage

Sometimes it makes sense to refinance a mortgage – and it’s tempting if your rate is higher than prevailing rates – but mostly it doesn’t.
Runaway Teen Became Tank Driver

Runaway Teen Became Tank Driver

Seven decades after German artillery blew up Stan Stachera’s tank in the Netherlands, the folding leather cribbage board he made in hospital remains his family’s favourite link to his wartime past.
Amalgamation really 'annexation'

Amalgamation really 'annexation'

There's never a time when someone somewhere in the Battlefords isn't asking the amalgamation question. It's been getting even more attention than usual since Mayor Ian Hamilton edged up to the question at the annual state of the city/town address.
Bridging the assisted suicide divide

Bridging the assisted suicide divide

The dynamics of inducement are at the heart of disability rights groups' urgent calls for a cautious approach to medically-assisted death
Appreciate veterans before it is too late

Appreciate veterans before it is too late

I had the pleasure of attending the Decoration Day at the Veterans’ Section of the Humboldt Public Cemetery on Sunday (See page 2 in this weeks Journal) and it was nice to see the support the veterans who have passed away received.
Adventures in Women’s Tackle Football

Adventures in Women’s Tackle Football

My adventure started long before I ever put on the shoulder pads. My adventure started at the age of 5 when my brothers taught me how to throw a football.
Appreciating the kindness of strangers

Appreciating the kindness of strangers

We would like to thank Larry and Anna from Denholm Sask. for their Great Saskatchewan hospitality. May 19 we were heading for Langley, B.C. with a John Deere AR tractor on our car hauler trailer when we blew a tire just east of the town.
Columnist retires his keyboard

Columnist retires his keyboard

Dear Column Readers The Vic’s View column will be no more. I have never liked the 13th and I have now been fired from the Lloydminster Source newspaper on a Friday the 13th.
Alberta's carbon tax a $10 billion green grab

Alberta's carbon tax a $10 billion green grab

Alberta's new climate plan is a $6 billion tax grab that will be used to fund a giant green energy spending spree over five years
Fill up your plate; food is to eat, not to look at!

Fill up your plate; food is to eat, not to look at!

Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, phoned last night when I was watching MasterChef Canada. It is a program Ed has little interest in watching. He claimed eating plain, ordinary food is good enough for anyone.
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