Age-old advice: Cheating father-in-law lacked wife’s support

‘We got attacked’: Carney says retaliatory tariffs on U.S. to take effect next month

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says retaliatory tariffs will hit the U.S. starting next month after Canada walked away from what he called a "bad deal."

The U.S. introduced new 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars in Canadian exports on Saturday after trade talks failed.

"We got attacked," Carney told reporters on Parliament Hill Saturday when asked about the escalating trade war.

Carney suspended talks with the United States late Friday and summoned his negotiators back to Ottawa.

Roadside giants towering symbols of Canada’s quirkiness

Could you imagine a Canada without Mr. PG repping Prince George, B.C.? Or the Big Nickel in Sudbury? Or, my personal favourite, Happy Rock in Gladstone?

Earlier this summer, CBC’s Cost of Living looked at the economics of these giant roadside attractions — of which there are more than 1,500 in Canada — and the cost of keeping them.

Some are falling into disrepair — this is why public art funding is necessary, by the way, not just for construction, but maintenance — and some towns are weighing whether or not that money is better spent elsewhere.

The main character of the story: Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the rather literal symbol of Drumheller, Alta., a.k.a. the Dinosaur Capital of the World since 2000, who could be facing extinction after the lease agreement between the town and the Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce ends in 2029.

Age-old advice: Cheating father-in-law lacked wife’s support

From Mrs. Thompson Advises by Elizabeth Thompson, published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Jan. 17, 1959Dear Mrs. Thompson: I would like some advice about my in-laws. They are very incompatible, both strong-willed and stubborn, but she is more so, fearing that if she gives an inch he will take advantage of her. Now he has a girlfriend much younger who is very companionable. His wife knows about it and is very disgusted and despises him. She receives a lot of sympathy from her family and friends, and also from my husband, until I explained that his dad had been driven from his own home to a more comfortable atmosphere.

Since my husband and I have accepted the situation and have had his father and this girl visit our home, I have wondered what to say to my mother-in-law if she should ask me about it. I wondered too if you could recommend a book I could have on hand for her to read. I realize it is very late; after 35 years of marriage it would be difficult to change. But she doesn’t realize that a man needs flattery and praise. She firmly claims that grown mature men shouldn’t require this sort of thing. My father-in-law eats it up and glows on a bit of flattery. This is a big joke to his wife.

One friend with whom I’ve discussed the matter thinks I should stay out of it, and I intend to unless my mother-in-law brings up the subject. There are many magazine articles which would be helpful to her, but I don’t suppose she ever reads them. She thinks he is all wrong and she is right.

Partly because of what I have observed, I try at every opportunity to show my husband that I admire and respect him, and I encourage the children to do the same. In my husband’s home when he was a child his mother did the very opposite with these sad results. His mother is now chronically ill due to nervous tension and his father is not happy as he feels guilty.

Sunshine Fund guarantees a little magic in the summer

To this day, I still remember the morning polar plunges into Moose Lake — a cold shock to the system meant to wake campers up before the sun hit its peak.

Swede leads Manitoba Open, Winnipegger sits 33rd

From Lars-Erik Sjoberg to Thomas Steen to Viggo Bjorck, there’s no shortage of Swedish athletes who have quickly become fan favourites here in Winnipeg.

Daniel Svard is hoping to add his name to the growing list.

Although he wields a golf club and not a hockey stick, the 23-year-old from Stockholm is opening plenty of eyes this week at Elmhurst. He carries a two-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the Manitoba Open, looking to close out his first professional victory in his just his fourth career tournament.

Svard fired a six-under 66 on Saturday to move to 14-under through 54 holes of the PGA Tour Americas event.