Archive : July 2015

Forest fire supplanted by wildfire

While fires rage across western Canada, help comes from as far away as Australia. Soldiers are also battling flames as this July 9 headline attests: Troops Join B...

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Lord Selkirk II being scrapped

Abandoned to rot from neglect for so many years in the Selkirk Slough, what had once been called the “ship of dreams” is slated to be cut up for salva...

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Levelling the family cottage

Cottages are a good place to relax, but can demand a lot of maintenance. In fact, I would guess that many cottage owners are DIYers or have a handyman in the fami...

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Where is the fairness?

When it came time to prepare the 1987-88 provincial budget, the Howard Pawley government was facing a fiscal predicament. The previous year’s deficit was at...

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