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8 Links for Your Weekend – Parade Style

August 13, 2010
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Here’s some links to help your Friday (or Saturday) go a little faster. I’m going to try and post things like this a little more regular, so please leave a comment and let me know if there’s types of links, news, topics or questions you’d like to see more of! From Lovely Listing – NFSWednesday: [...]

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450 of my Facebook Friends Are Going To Be Screwed In Retirement

July 14, 2010
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There’s been a lot in the news the last few months about how Canada’s gone from a nation of savers to a nation of spenders. While it’s true that we’ve gone from saving ~15% of our income to ~1%, there’s some scarier stats out there. We’re in serious danger of outliving our savings, getting useless [...]

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This Week – Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans

March 5, 2010

I wanted to post this sooner, but NBC is stupid and removed the original video which managed several million views in just a few days. It’s really worth going to YouTube and watching it in HD. Enjoy your weekend, and feel proud to be Canadian. I’m planning on writing offers on some properties this coming [...]

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The Killer Whale Tank

February 26, 2010

In the spirit of things Canadian, I bring you a creative interpretation of the Tragically Hip’s New Orleans is Sinking – the Killer Whale Tank Live version. Awesome song. Enjoy your weekend! Go Canada!

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The Great Famine – 21st Century Style

December 17, 2009
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North America is home to a generation of people who have never experienced a recession in their adult lifetime. They’re between 20 and 30, much like myself. I remember when I was very young, my dad being laid off from construction during the recession which hit in 1984. He’s mentioned it before, but he was [...]

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Thoughts on Rememberance Day

November 13, 2009

I had the good fortune of spending this past week in Northern France with Megan. We visited Mont Saint-Michel and the D-Day beaches; Remembrance Day we went to the Canadian Center at Juno Beach, and stopped at Lisieux on the way to Vimy the next day. My great uncle Vernon died during WW2. My mother [...]

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Link-o-Ramma for Aug 8

August 8, 2009

Here’s some great stuff from around the blogosphere. I’ve heard sounds about bidding wars and markets heating up, in Toronto in particular. I can tell you that I got a call from my Realtor in Kelowna who had a flood of calls this morning for our unit here. Wade Graham’s Top 5 Real Estate Investment [...]

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Happy Canada Day!

July 1, 2009

Brent reminded me of this video, and it seemed apt for a sunny +30 day in Kelowna. I hope you’re out there enjoying the day!

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