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RWRDS Daily Update July 31: 200 Bonus AIR MILES when you join CAA South Central Ontario & the BMO AIR MILES Mastercard for Students to be discontinued + MORE Aug 1st
Get 200 Bonus AIR MILES when you join CAA South Central Ontario & The no fee BMO AIR MILES Mastercard (Student) to be discontinued. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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June 15 Update: New Amex offer for goodfood, Fairmont Stay Close extended for Canadian mountain resorts and Flair & Swoop's summer flight schedules + MORE Jun 15th
Yet another excellent Amex offer came out today - this one is for the prepared meal service goodfood and provides a $20 statement credit when you spend $80 or more. Rewards Canada contributor Jeff W. let us know he got it on his Marriott Bonvoy card while in the Rewards Canada household we got i.... More »
When spouse dies, who gets the cash-back rewards? + MORE Jul 13th
As an authorized user on your spouse's credit card account, you are usually not entitled to cash-back rewards accrued on the account. But issuers may make an exception.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – July 3, 2024: New AIR MILES bonus offers for Shell + two new Amex Offers + MORE Jul 4th
Two new AIR MILES bonus offers for Shell and two new Amex Offers statement credits for Bay Bloor Radio & Michael Hill. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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Should I Finance my New Car Through the Dealer? Jul 29th
When you’re in the market for a new car, you might not have cash to pay upfront. If you’re like most Canadians, you accept financing from the dealership. But is this the best option? As it turns out, a bank or online loan provider might give you better rates — saving you money dow.... More »
Sri Lanka: A post-colonial tragedy in-the-making
– macleans.ca
This Divided Island by Samanth Subramanian. No creditThe Sri Lankan civil war came to an abrupt end on a sandy beach in May 2009. The government army was unrelenting in its shelling of a three-square-kilometre strip in the island’s northeastern part, which sheltered an estimated 100,000 civilians used as human shields by the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). They eventually killed its megalomaniac leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, whose guerrilla tactics included recruiting child soldiers and suicide bombers.
A mere three years later, Subramanian, who writes for The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal and the like, travelled throughout the island nation with an ambitious task: to document what the “conflict had done to the country’s soul.” In This Divided Island, he is stunned to find a place “pretending that it had been suddenly scrubbed clean of violence.” It must have surprised no one there when the UN released a report this fall declaring “egregious violations” took place on both sides of the conflict…
Sri Lanka: A post-colonial tragedy in-the-making
– macleans.ca
This Divided Island by Samanth Subramanian. No creditThe Sri Lankan civil war came to an abrupt end on a sandy beach in May 2009. The government army was unrelenting in its shelling of a three-square-kilometre strip in the island’s northeastern part, which sheltered an estimated 100,000 civilians used as human shields by the rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). They eventually killed its megalomaniac leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, whose guerrilla tactics included recruiting child soldiers and suicide bombers.
A mere three years later, Subramanian, who writes for The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal and the like, travelled throughout the island nation with an ambitious task: to document what the “conflict had done to the country’s soul.” In This Divided Island, he is stunned to find a place “pretending that it had been suddenly scrubbed clean of violence.” It must have surprised no one there when the UN released a report this fall declaring “egregious violations” took place on both sides of the conflict…
