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One Tech Tip: Don't use rice for your device. Here's how to dry out your smartphone
February 29, 2024 - 8:11 AM

LONDON (AP) — You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet.
Liz Weston: When to repair or replace your appliances
August 07, 2023 - 4:01 AM

When our 17-year-old refrigerator started wheezing, I fully expected we’d need a new one. I was shocked — and frankly a little disappointed — when a repair technician fixed it for less than $200. I had to postpone my dream of a shiny French-door replacement, but our no-frills Frigidaire is still working fine eight years later.
Liz Weston: Small home fixes can have a big impact on safety
April 11, 2022 - 5:34 AM

If it ain’t broke, maybe you should fix it anyway.
Millennial Money: Home costs don't stop at a down payment
September 22, 2020 - 3:44 AM

If you’re saving for your first home, there’s no shortage of advice out there — some of it questionable, even if you do have an avocado toast habit. Still, it’s true that your down payment may be the biggest check you ever write.
Kintsugi: Broken pottery becomes more beautiful, precious
January 02, 2019 - 7:31 AM

If you search online for "kintsugi," most of what you'll find in English is self-help advice that uses this Japanese craft as a jumping-off point. The idea of repairing broken pottery in a way that makes it more beautiful than it was before is apparently an irresistible metaphor for recovering from life's trials and tribulations.
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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

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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One Tech Tip: Don't use rice for your device. Here's how to dry out your smartphone

Liz Weston: When to repair or replace your appliances

Liz Weston: Small home fixes can have a big impact on safety

Millennial Money: Home costs don't stop at a down payment

Kintsugi: Broken pottery becomes more beautiful, precious

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