Tag: Canada

Voices of the World (Nunavut)

The Arctic Adventurer This is an interview I’ve conducted with a friend who is a plumber working in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Most people never go to the Territories let alone work there. I sat down with Jeff to give you some perspective of life in the Arctic that I’m sure is quite foreign […]

No More Fizz to Jones Soda

Jones Soda, Just About Gone Flat… I hadn’t had my eye on this company–I completely forgot about it. It was always the drink of choice for people at a skateboard park when I was growing up–not sure why. After 16 years of drinking my last bottle with them, it seems that they may be in […]

SKN CBI

This Country Sells Plastic Booklets for its GDP There’s a Caribbean country that is particularly known for it’s program called Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) whereby a donation to their state fund or a purchase of real estate (subject to terms/restrictions) can grant you a passport & consequently naming yourself a citizen of that twin-island country. The country […]

Nova Scotia

78 years old & Back to School I have a relative by marriage who is from Nova Scotia and is excited to be deriving from the Nova Scotia Teachers Pension. They seemed so confident that they are secure & set for life and arrogantly I figured I’d take a look (already knowing that pensions around […]