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…
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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…
The mouthwatering history of the Big Mac
The Big Mac is one of the most iconic sandwiches in the world and each year, McDonald’s sells more than half a billion of them. It’s got a tasty history…
For cable TV, the end may be near
Is the clock ticking on cable TV? A recent spat between Disney and Charter Communications, the second-largest U.S. cable provider, illustrates just how…
College coaching becomes a big money career
College football coaches have seen their income skyrocket over the years. In 1994-95, coaches in the Big Ten Conference earned an average base salary of…