Gold coins and bullion caution in Toronto reader letter
A reader questions four Maple Leaf coins and a gold wafer bought for 2031 dollars at $470 each and 151 dollars for a 10 gram wafer. The column explains face value versus metal worth, sale venues, and advises diversification with limited gold exposure. The author warns against overexposure to volatile bullion and suggests safer investments.
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H.T. Scarboro
Scotiabank
The
Commerce
Deak Perera
Guardian Trust
Prairie wind spurs five month weather data project
A prairie observer recounts starting a five month weather data log after a 155 km gust. He explores U.S. and Canadian forecast systems, notes private forecasters' rise, farm data access, Telidon limits, and satellite viewing. He cites farming reliance on weather and calls for better forecasts.
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Weather Service
Satellite
U.S
Carol Kaplonski
Environment Canada
Prairie Weather Centre
Canadian Verse and War Echoes Through Time
A compact collection of quoted lines tracing Canadian literary taste and national identity. It contrasts mild poet names with salacious titles, notes Canadian wartime sentiment, and imagines replacing the term American with a preferred continental descriptor.
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Robert Grant Haliburton
Leslie F. Hannon
Canada
Merrill Denison
Notable Canadian Events Across Centuries
This Week in Canada recalls key historical timestamps. In 1662 French settlers founded Placentia Newfoundland. In 1867 Canada’s First Parliament opened with members paid six dollars per day. On November 7 1631 Cape Breton was granted to Sir Robert Gordon to form New Galloway. In 1873 Winnipeg was incorporated as a city.
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Placentia
Newfoundland
Canada
Cape Breton
Robert Gordon
New Galloway
Winnipeg
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