First apartment? Don’t make this huge mistake
Young people getting by on their first paychecks may not realize how important it is to pay rent and pay it on time. Establishing a good rent record gives…
Category: General Interest
What to expect from a landlord
It should be a natural partnership: Landlords want to keep their apartments rentable. Tenants want a nice place to live. But disputes happen. They key is…
What if I lose my job?
If you lose your job or get laid off, and can’t afford to pay the rent, tell your landlord you have to move and why. Then, move promptly. Even if it means…
How to choose your first apartment
Do everything you can to show you can pay the rent on time and leave the rental undamaged. Remember, rentals are expensive to maintain and easy to lose…
Tips to keep your cat happy indoors
Whether it’s for your cat’s safety or for the neighborhood birds’ safety, we have a number of reasons to keep our feline family members inside. Trouble…
Who was General Tso?
Have you ever bitten into the sticky-sweet, somewhat spicy General Tso’s chicken and stopped to ask why this amazingly bad-for-you (but oh-so-delicious)…
Sign up for the Christmas Bird Count, a different sporting event
This year marks the 120th anniversary of the Christmas Bird Count. On Christmas Day in 1900, ornithologist Frank Chapman’s group initiated an alternative…
In Canada: 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…
American Indian Heritage Month: The nations of North America finally revealed
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…
Travel Bag: In the event of an emergency
If the cabin in an airplane loses pressure, and if the oxygen masks do drop down, will it do you any good? Yes, it could help for about 12 minutes. That…