It’s been one year since devastating flooding hit Peguis First Nation, Man., a community about 180 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Last spring, heavy rainfall caused the Fisher River to rise rapidly, surrounding and filling hundreds of homes with water and sending the community into crisis overnight. Peguis resident Carol Spence …
Read More »Winnipeggers feeling frosty about city’s delayed reaction to snowy icy roads – Winnipeg
Some Winnipeggers were feeling quite frosty when they woke up Wednesday to more than seven centimetres of snow that had not yet been plowed by the city. The city sent out salting crews overnight and more salting sanding crews and plows hit the road at 7 a.m. When asked why …
Read More »Credit card debt up 15% in Q4 with younger Canadians feeling pinch: Equifax – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 9, 2023 8:04 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian credit card debt soared in the last three months of 2022 amid rising interest rates and stubbornly high inflation with younger Canadians in particular relying on credit to make ends …
Read More »Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia itself is feeling the pressure
For a whole host of reasons, anniversaries can be painful moments. According to the (mistaken) conventional wisdom of the wider world, Aug. 24 is the sixth-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, with all its horror, has been truly and genuinely in our faces for only the past half-year — and not …
Read More »Feeling poorer? Inverse wealth effect may add to Canadians’ spending gloom
It is inevitable that if incomes fail to keep pace with a 6.8 per cent inflation rate, many Canadian wage earners are forced to scrimp. But economists who study financial behaviour have found that even those who can afford to keep spending are also looking for ways to cut back. …
Read More »Feeling Stressed? | NIH News in Health
January 2021 Print this issue Ways to Improve Your Well-Being Have you been feeling more stressed than usual? Many people are during these challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic has many people feeling overwhelmed. Everyone feels …
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