Picture the scene: a busy Halifax sushi restaurant, Friday night. The waiter greets a couple at the door. The server seems to use English as an additional language, or EAL—it might be her second, third or fourth. The server responds to the couple’s request to sit at a particular table, telling them it wasn’t available […]
Jennifer MacDonald
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Bills, bills, bills: lessons from living on a cash diet
The cash diet is a familiar term for those of us who are fans of the Can-con reality show Till Debt Do Us Part. It’s a mainstay on the show as a way to wean over-spenders off plastic. Once you have your monthly budget broken down into major categories—such as rent, groceries and transport—and an […]