Monthly Archives: March 2014

Living in retirement: How and why I sold my downtown Toronto condo

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In our Living in Retirement blog, a recent retiree chronicles the ups and downs of her real-life retirement journey.When I decided to sell my condo in Toronto’s trendy Queen West district, my real estate agent did everything possible to alert me to the challenging conditions of today’s condo market. Unlike the giddy real estate flyers that land weekly in my mailbox, my agent calmly laid out listing and sales spread sheets for my building. The numbers tell the story: flyers raise expectations. Read more [...]

David Proudlove: It’s time to fight for Fenton Town Hall’s future

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Comments (0) T HE weekend saw residents of Fenton come together to show their respect for the 498 Fentonians who perished in the Great War. Known as the 'landowners' – front-line slang for those who fell – the Fenton 498 are commemorated by the Minton memorial that sits in Fenton Town Hall. The event also saw today's Fentonians stake their claim as moral landowners of the town hall, and Fenton Library. Both buildings are 'for sale', and residents fear Read more [...]

Johnston Press partners with online minicab firm

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Regional publisher Johnston Press has teamed up with a cab booking service that will allow its website users to book taxis online. The partnership will see a white-labelled version of web and phone app minicabit integrated into JP’s UK event site WOW247. It will allow online users to compare and book cab quotes for listed events using a WOW247 branded web app, powered by minicabit. Steven Thomas, general manager for WOW247, said: “Minicabit is the latest example of how Johnston Press Read more [...]

Stormyra boosts Boussac form with Listed win

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Stormyra finished fifth behind Indonesienne (above) in the Boussac   PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)   Report: France, Tuesday Saint-Cloud: Prix la Camargo (Listed) 1m, 3yo fillies STORMYRA (Jean-Paul Gallorini/Umberto Rispoli) sprang a minor shock and, in doing so, paid handsome compliment to last season's Prix Marcel Boussac form. Sent off fourth-best of the six runners the daughter of Stormy River fought valiantly to overcome longtime leader Victoria Regina before Read more [...]

Medibank Private sale: Investors eager for $4b IPO

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Genesis sale will be 49pc says Govt

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One of the two chimneys at Genesis Energy's Huntly Power station. The state owned company is about to be listed on the NZX - the last of the Govt's partial privatisation programme. Photo / NZPAThe government will sell 49 per cent of Genesis Energy in the last of its scheduled asset sales after feedback from institutions and brokers gave it confidence it didn't need to reduce the size of the selldown. Institutional investors and New Zealand brokerages will be offered 40 per cent of the company, or Read more [...]

Church’s scholarship event has way of connecting audience to history,

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By Bob Ray Sandersbobray@star-telegram.com Last year an audience of about 400 people gathered in a Fort Worth hotel ballroom and came face to face with an important part of America’s history.Before that evening, most of them certainly knew of the landmark Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education, which knocked down the concept of “separate-but-equal” Read more [...]