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The Scariest 48 hours of My Life

“On a terrifying night almost two years ago, our son was stabbed six times and then rushed to the hospital,” says his mother Tomi Hooks. Tomi and her husband arrived as their son was being wheeled into surgery. The coming hours spent crying, hoping, praying and waiting were agony for… Read more »

What To Do When Bad Odours Persist in Your Home

When Caitlin and Dan moved into the stately colonial, it was a dream come true. Until they sniffed the noxious stink that they couldn’t trace. “Emanating from somewhere deep in the house was an unmistakably pungent, yet unrecognizable, smell,” Caitlin wrote in the real estate section of a popular newspaper.… Read more »

The Pros and Cons of Flood Insurance

Floods have bragging rights: they are the most common natural calamity in Canada. They can surge in suddenly from so many sources: torrential rains from seasonal weather fronts, hurricanes, storm surges, spring thaws, even precipitation runoff from denuded wildfire areas. It’s no surprise that so many property owners are asking… Read more »