Canadian banks move to charge for credit card use
A column criticizes planned TD Visa charges amid a rate cut from 21% to 18.6% and small annual fees. Readers debate whether fees curb abuse and reflect inflation while banks defend value and services. The piece notes cardholders previously benefited from interest-free periods and widespread acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauretta McInnis
TD Visa
Visa
L.H. Brown
Brown
McInnis
MasterCard
Winnipeg contest offers 1000 prize for new slogan Love My Winnipeg
Reggie's Ramblings notes a Chamber of Commerce sweepstakes awarding 1000 for a city slogan Love Mr Love My Winnipeg. The column quips on other oddities while forecasting mid May weather and politics in Canada including Polkington and the PM race. It also cites a Beijing wife’s daily chores and Canada Post 100th anniversary stamp for St John Ambulance on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Chamber of Commerce
Canada Post
St. John’s Ambulance
Canada
Thatcher sets June 9 as election day in Britain
The text outlines Margaret Thatcher naming June 9 for a general election, noting Labour Leader Michael Foot’s critique and the Conservative comeback after the Falklands War. It contrasts Thatcher’s principled stance with economic policy critiques and predicts a Conservative surge if she wins big.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Thatcher
Labor
Michael Foot
Social Democratic-Liberal Alliance
Thatcher
Milton Friedman
Brixton
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Hamiota
Edhs
Cna
Manitoba Newspapers Association
Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
P.O. Box 70
Hamiota, Manitoba
Romoto
U.S.A
England
F.D. (Don) Venables
BY Garth Turner
Toronto
Reggie
Polkington
Oilers
Peking
China
Paul Hellyer
Hitler
Falklands
Iron Lady
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