Mortgage angst and legal advice drive reader mail
Readers vent about Judy Erola's mortgage plan and prepayment penalties. A lawyer responds, notes high closing costs, warns against relying on agents, and urges buyers to do homework with lawyers before offers. The exchange highlights lender greed, fee scales, and protection tips in real estate deals.
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Judy Erola
Canada Trust
Annette Robinson
Erola
Agnet
Law Society
Paul J. Crowe
Recollections of Pearl Harbor Evacuation and Canadian Apology Demands
The piece recalls the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack and the fear it sparked of a West Coast invasion. It notes Canada’s evacuation of about 21 000 Japanese settlers from coastal British Columbia and that new evacuee representatives seek a federal apology and compensation, though prospects seem bleak.
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Pearl Harbor
Australia
Canada
British Columbia
Liberal prospects in poll shakeup spark strategic debate
Paul Hellyer surveys the Gallup finding that Liberals hold 23 percent, warning an early election could devastate the party and trigger a minority scenario with NDP aid. He notes Labour turnover, leadership worries, Turner fears, and Mulroney’s implied benefits from a stalled Liberal bid for power.
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Gallup
Keith Davey
Brian Mulroney
Trudeau
John Diefenbaker
Pearson
CCF
NDP
Liberals
Tories
Davey
Ottawa
Pcs
John Turner
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Hamiota
Cna
Manitoba Newspapers Association
Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
P.O. Box 70
Hamiota, Manitoba
Romoto
Mai
U.S.A
England
F.D. (Don) Venables
BY Garth Turner
Times
Reggie
Paul Hellyer
George R. Grant
Canadian Shield
Edward McCourt
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