How to buy a new home in Ontario with protection
The column urges buyers to limit deposits to 20000 and hire a real estate specialist lawyer. It warns to insist on fixed closing dates with penalties, monitor permits and construction, avoid moving in until completion, and sue for delays while avoiding reliance on builders. It also recommends buying existing homes instead of troubled new ones.
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Ontario
HUDAC
Housing and Urban Development Association of Canada
Poverty Line Sparks Debate Over Family Budgets
Reggie's Ramblings notes the National Council on Welfare puts the poverty line for a four person family at 16065 per year. The piece questions how families in the 1930s could meet such figures and comments on Golden Oscars awarded to veteran actors Hank Fonda and Katherine Hepburn. It also asks about Saskatchewan NDP aims in the April 26 provincial election as 17000 Public Employees Union members pledge to withhold support from government candidates.
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National Council On Welfare
Ottawa
Hank Fonda
Katherine Hepburn
Saskatchewan
NDP
Public Employees Union
Liberal Party Facing Direction Battle and Leadership Uncertainty
The piece details a Liberal Party debate over leftward shift versus pragmatic consolidation, with Jim Coutts and Senator Keith Davey urging change while many insiders favor an early convention and a new leader. It notes fears for the party’s survival, Western coalition possibilities, and historical context with dates and figures cited.
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Liberal Party
Trudeau
Jim Coutts
Walter Gordon
John Turner
Pierre Trudeau
Keith Davey
Coutts-Davey
Clark
Britain
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
W.L. Mackenzie King
Nick Taylor
Alberta
Liberals
Social Credit Party
Olds-Didsbury
Western Canada
Manitoba
Doug Lauchlan
Canadian milestones and notable firsts across history
The chronicle notes events such as 1918 Roy Brown defeating Baron von Richthofen, the 1937 opening of Canada’s first smelter at Trois-Rivières, and 1963 Lester B. Pearson becoming prime minister. It also mentions 1827 NS’s first steam locomotive and 1851 first Canadian postage stamps.
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Canada
Trois Rivieres
L.B. Pearson
Nova Scotia
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