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Christmas Kiva Lending

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I haven’t blogged about my Kiva lending for a while now, but with Christmas in the air I think it’s time to talk about giving again. It was several Christmases ago that I bought every member of my immediate family a Kiva loan coupon as their gift. They went unspent for a while because apparently [...]

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Volunteers Needed – Duck Boxes

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Those that know me know I work a couple of part-time jobs to supplement my income and pay off my debt faster. ProTip: stay the fuck away from credit in all its forms. Right, so my Saturday mornings are spent as counter-person at a local drycleaning shop. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy the [...]

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Holiday Kiva Lending

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Happy New Year readers! I hope your holidays were as festive and fun as mine. With a fresh new year ahead of me I’m motivated to tackle my “to do” list, and top of the list is to manage my loan funding at Kiva.org. Just before Christmas I received notice that $25 had been repaid [...]

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Protest at the Legislature

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A protest rally was held today on the lawn of the NB legislature building to protest the sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec. There were a LOT of people there. Some estimate that the crowd swelled to almost 2000 at one point, but I would conservatively guess that there were about 400 actively in [...]

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Cranky Woman Writes her MLA

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Hopefully this does not escalate into letters to the editorial section of my local newspaper. I don’t even read my local newspaper…*grumble* To: greg.byrne@gnb.ca Good Day Mr Byrne; I rarely take the time to write my politicians, though I know I should more often. I do, however, feel the need to voice my objections to [...]

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