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Changing your will

This may come as shock for some but wills are not permanent. It’s reasonable if you thought they were, with all the pomp and circumstance around...

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Paul Hergott

Trails capital of B.C.

(This is part of a series about the best trails to explore, city by city, regional district by regional district, in the Southern Interior.) Vernon...

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J.p. Squire

Annual mortgage reviews

Every year, I remind my clients—and anyone with a mortgage—of the importance of an annual mortgage review. And every year, I often hear the same...

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April Dunn

Horoscopes May 25-31

Overview Mercury is set to make its way back home when it enters Gemini on May 25. This planet is all about communication, intellect, logic, and...

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Madison Dobra

The missing antimatter

Imagine, the house needs $10,000 worth of repairs and you have no money to spare for it. You go to the bank and borrow $10,000. That means you can...

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Ken Tapping

Modern meditations

On a recent trip to Greece, I had the good fortune to hike up to the famous Acropolis on a sunny spring day. The Acropolis is a rocky outcrop...

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Doug Lobay

Moving to a buyers' market

I have had lots of questions about the market recently, so I decided to do another market breakdown for the B.C. Interior. The last one I did was...

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Anthony Shephard

B.C.'s need for housing

Housing in Metro Vancouver remains among the least affordable in the world. Today, a typical household in the region must spend nearly 100 per cent...

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Tegan Hill And Austin Thompson

Improving volunteer plans

You know as well as I do volunteer programs are never “one-and-done”. As your program grows and evolves, so must the systems and processes that...

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Karen Knight

Eat and enjoy local food

I know news in general is not a pleasant thing—many people I know say they listen to it much less than they used to. I think that is why reality...

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Kristin Peturson-Laprise

Not all bugs are bad

A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your garden by improving...

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Sigrie Kendrick