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How to Make Your Garage Sales Fun and Profitable?

How to Make Your Garage Sales Fun and Profitable?

Robins aren’t the only proof that spring is here, the crowds at garage sales are a sure sign that spring has finally sprung! Rather than discarding what you may no longer use or want, try selling it at a garage sale. A garage sale can be a profitable and fun way to make sure items [...]

May 23 2008 | Posted in Community, Featured, Home & Garden, Lifestyle, Misc | Read More »

Whether buying or renting, you should be choosy about the neighbourhood you move into

Whether buying or renting, you should be choosy about the neighbourhood you move into

Whether buying or renting, you should be choosy about the neighbourhood you move into. And if you have a family, there are even more factors to consider. So before you move, research your options; get to know the area, spend some time on its streets, in its cafes and walk along its sidewalks. Just like [...]

May 23 2008 | Posted in Community, Featured, Home & Garden, Lifestyle, Realty | Read More »

Weekend Travel Ideas

Weekend Travel Ideas

The summer is coming and  you’re going to want time away with the family or just to get away from life for a weekend. So to help out here’s a quick summer Daytripping Guide: From surf and shopping to cooking and hang-gliding, there’s a trip that will satisfy every personality. As we say “Canada it’s [...]

May 23 2008 | Posted in Canada, Community, Featured, Lifestyle, Misc, Travel | Read More »

Canadian reaches top of Everest

Canadian reaches top of Everest

Andrew Brash realized his boyhood aspiration of standing atop Mount Everest on Thursday night, two years after the Calgarian put his dream aside to save another climber’s life.
Brash, 39, and a Sherpa set out from Camp 4 at the 8,000-metre mark – 850 metres from the top of Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, around 11 [...]

May 23 2008 | Posted in Canada, Featured, In The News, Misc, Real Life Stories | Read More »

B.C. nets $441 million windfall from oil and gas rights

B.C. nets $441 million windfall from oil and gas rights

The B.C. government’s coffers are brimming with new cash after the monthly sale of oil and gas rights brought in a record amount of nearly half a billion dollars.
The province raised $441 million in the monthly auction of oil and gas rights in the sale Wednesday. That was a record for one month, and more [...]

May 23 2008 | Posted in Business, Canada, In The News, Money, The Provinces | Read More »

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Well that title probably got your attention and for good reason. 
 
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is certainly a mouthful, but it sums up exactly what this attraction in Alberta is all about – Buffalos jump and get their heads smashed in, lovely! 
This UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the world’s largest, oldest and best preserved buffalo jumps. [...]

May 22 2008 | Posted in Canada, Community, Featured, Misc, The Provinces, Travel | Read More »

Dion’s approval rating sinks again

Dion’s approval rating sinks again

Poll finds only 10% approve of performance by Liberal leader. A caution to federal Liberals who thought their fortunes had hit rock bottom: It has become worse.
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion’s approval rating has sunk to its lowest level yet, with nine of 10 Canadians saying they disapprove or are not sure of his performance as the [...]

May 22 2008 | Posted in Canada, In The News, Misc | Read More »

Homeowners spent $19.7B on renovations in 2007

Homeowners spent $19.7B on renovations in 2007

About 1.5 million Canadian homeowners spent nearly $19.7 billion in 2007 painting their walls, rolling out new carpeting and hanging wallpaper, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said Thursday in an annual survey.
On average, consumers spent $12,800 on their home renovation projects, the federal agency reported.
Sticking to a budget was a priority for 46 per [...]

May 22 2008 | Posted in Home & Garden, Lifestyle, Misc, Money, Realty | Read More »

Canada should brace for tsunamis: scientists

Canada should brace for tsunamis: scientists

The coast of British Columbia has long been considered as a high risk zone for earthquakes and underwater landslides that often cause tsunamis. Scientists now say Quebec and the East Coast should also brace for such hazard.  
David Mosher, a marine geohazard expert at Natural Resources Canada, has studied Canada’s deadliest tsunami that devastated fishing [...]

May 22 2008 | Posted in Canada, Community, Health, Misc, The Provinces, Travel | Read More »

Canadians are more likely to be victims of web crime

Canadians are more likely to be victims of web crime

Canadians are more likely to be victims of crime on the Internet than they are on the streets, suggests a new survey commissioned by the Canadian Association of Police Boards.
Cyber crime – things such as identity theft, computer viruses and online harassment – is very close to surpassing illicit drugs as the top crime category [...]

May 22 2008 | Posted in Canada, Community, Featured, In The News, Lifestyle | Read More »