Everybody ready for tomorrow? April 30th, last day to get your taxes filed for 2011. Or maybe you’ve already filed. Maybe it depends on whether it you are getting money back or paying money out. And taxes are a touchy subject for some folks, Politicians are elected or rejected often based on what they promise…
What we don’t talk about.
Don’t know if you have been following the newspaper accounts of the unfortunate death of Raymond Taavel this past week in Halifax or not. The bare facts of the case are that Taavel tried to break up a fight outside a downtown bar and in the ensuing fight died. The interesting thing about the story…
Don’t Worry Just Trust
How many folks out there were born after 1958? So what do you think of the change in the Old Age Security age? If you missed the last budget the age for eligibility has changed for the Canadian Old Age Security from 65 to 67 and I would suspect that is only the beginning. And…
One More Roll
I was having a coffee at Tim Horton’s ( I know that’s hard to believe), when I heard a staff member comment on how pleased she was that the “Roll up the Rim” contest was finished for yet another year. Curious, I asked why that was? She told me it was because some customers would…
Be Careful with Your Treasures
For those of you who have been living under a rock or in a cave for the past month or so today is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. And because of our Halifax connection most of us are familiar with the story of the Titanic and feel a certain link with…
A Story of a Saving Not a Sinking
Breaking through the mist, the ship's passengers and crew were greeted by a sight that would haunt many of their dreams for years to come. Passenger Luke Hoyt would write in a letter; “In the Providence of God it has come to Emma and myself to be of assistance to our fellow men and women…
A Special Day
Apparently, April 15th is going to be a big deal this year. There have been television specials, magazine articles printed, books published and movies re-released. Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments have all hopped on the train, or more appropriately, got on the boat. Canada Post has released commemorative stamps and the mint has done a…
Good Friday: Easter Sunday
Good Friday The night before the Israelites fled from Egypt the Angel of Death visited leaving the first born of the entire nation dead. It was the darkest day in the history of Egypt. Friday, October 13, 1307 the soldiers of King Philip of France arrested and executed the leaders of the Knights Templar, it…
Easter Monday?
I have often thought the concept of Easter Monday was kind of strange. You just know it had to be a blatant quest for a four-day weekend. That someone, somewhere, had a eureka moment and decided that the Monday following Easter Sunday was obviously Easter Monday and as such deserved to be a holiday. And…