Bank fees and overdraft debates jump to courtrooms
A letter from Middleton criticizes overdraft protection and bank advertising while Paul Perdue leads multiple California suits against high card and mortgage fees. The piece cites TD Bank and Bank of Commerce fee growth and defends service charges as income, noting $608 million in with last year.
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Eee Meneenens Commie
Middleton
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Commerce
Paul Perdue
San Francisco
Crocker National Bank
Perdue
California
Visa
Mastercard
Prairie farmers face historic hardships and political fights
A century ago Manitoba's Red River Colony crops failed three years in a row due to grasshoppers. Premier Robert Davis secured $60,000 in seed aid after visiting Ottawa. Modern worries include freight rates, wheat prices, and dual fuel pricing. Local papers note farmers' stress and seek neighborly support.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Red River
Robert Davis
Ottawa
Prairies
Altona Echo
Dauphin Herald
The
Herald
Esterhazy Miner-Journal
Lorne Nystrom
Yorkton-Melville
Neepawa Press
U.S
Reagan
Syria
Canada
Boissevain
Canada Past and Present Reflections in Two Quotes
A 1770 travel line notes Montreal and Quebec ladies, French suitors, and marriage patterns as ships bring French gentry to Quebec. A 1928 Rampsey Macdonald remark envisions Canada as a future rich and powerful nation worth a century of residence.
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Montreal
Quebec
France
Peter Kalmin
North America
Canada
P.M. Rampsey Macdonald
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