Better first aid keeps minor injuries from becoming major problems
Minor cuts and scrapes aren’t the stuff of medical dramas. But if not treated correctly, they could be. The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery…
Month: November 2023
Saving: When it’s time to invest in your youth and energy
Every financial website and every financial planner advises one thing first: Start financial planning early. You can do the math. If you were an…
Spending: When it’s time to dip into that retirement account
Let’s take this fancy vacation. It’s time. We can’t spend that much money! Why not? We have enough. It’s time. A variation on that conversation happens…
Can you build credit with a debit card?
Some new debit cards have the ability to build credit. Debit card activity isn’t typically reported to major credit bureaus, but a new crop of debit cards…
Health insurance prices to jump
The cost of employer-sponsored health plans are expected increase more than 6 percent in 2024, the largest price increase for employer health plans in…
Remembrance Day
The cannons of World War I were barely silenced when Canadians began looking for ways to honour their war dead. One of the most touching commemorative…
Thanksgiving pizza?
The traditional Thanksgiving dinner takes a heaping helping of time, talent, and care, but if you want the works with no fuss, try Nick Argy’s…
What’s lost between pages of an old book?
People working in book stores often make collections of what they find stored and forgotten between the pages of books. Among the items known to be found…
An extraordinary council
President Thomas Jefferson was deeply curious about the peoples who lived in the West of the unexplored American continent. Rumor was all he had to go on,…
Poinsettia stories
Legend has it that long ago, a poor Mexican girl picked weeds from the roadside to place before the nativity scene in her small church. When she placed…