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Home renovations with the best financial, emotional return for owners
October 24, 2019 - 7:00 AM

Dream kitchens and luxurious bathrooms are often the go-to renovations for homeowners looking for the best return on investment, but experts suggest the biggest bang for their buck might be as simple as replacing a garage door.
"They kept us as slaves": AP reveals claims against church
July 24, 2017 - 1:44 PM

SPINDALE, N.C. - When Andre Oliveira answered the call to leave his Word of Faith Fellowship congregation in Brazil to move to the mother church in North Carolina at the age of 18, his passport and money were confiscated by church leaders — for safekeeping, he said he was told.
Residents nervously watch Americas' oldest city gentrifying
April 17, 2017 - 9:31 AM

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Latin America's oldest colonial city is aiming for a rebound, pouring tens of millions of dollars into repairing streets, cleaning up trash, installing streetlights and renovating centuries-old buildings in hopes of getting more of the Dominican Republic's 5 million tourists a year to spend less time at the beach and more in the capital's long-neglected historic centre.
US homes sales improved in June, best pace since early 2007
July 21, 2016 - 7:06 AM

WASHINGTON - Americans bought more homes in June, the fourth straight monthly gain as the sales rate reached its highest level in more than nine years.
US new home sales decrease just 0.2 per cent in January; housing market off to slow start
February 25, 2015 - 7:29 AM

WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes were basically flat in January, evidence that recent job gains and relatively low mortgage rates have yet to spur the real estate market.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

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Home renovations with the best financial, emotional return for owners

"They kept us as slaves": AP reveals claims against church

Residents nervously watch Americas' oldest city gentrifying

US homes sales improved in June, best pace since early 2007

US new home sales decrease just 0.2 per cent in January; housing market off to slow start

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