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HONOLULU (KHON2) — October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the Better Business Bureau says it’s not just big corporations that need to be cautious. Everyday consumers and small businesses are just as much at risk, and hackers are counting on us to let our guard down. BBB’s Cameron Nakashima said small businesses are prime targets…

GTA’s new condo market enters ‘deep freeze’

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Disappearing buyer demand and rising costs have put the Greater Toronto Area’s new condominium market in a “deep freeze,” a new report suggested. RBC Economics recently published a special housing report on Canada’s largest real estate market highlighting how pre-construction sales for condos have fallen to lows comparable with the global financial crisis in 2008…

Thanksgiving in Calgary: What’s open and closed | Events and activities

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Thanksgiving, celebrated on the second Monday of October, takes place on Oct. 13 this year and snow is expected to fall in Calgary ahead of the holiday. Read More

Town of Coaldale waiting until after election to resolve labour dispute with AUPE workers

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After getting locked out over a month ago, Town of Coaldale workers represented by the Alberta Union of Public Employees will remain off the job for at least another week and a half, after the southern Alberta municipality holds its municipal election. Read More

Changes to SNAP benefits take effect in October: What to know

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Related video: Explaining Trump administration cuts to SNAP benefits (NEXSTAR) – The federal government may be shut down, but that didn’t stop changes to SNAP benefits from kicking in on the first of the month, which is also the start of the fiscal year. Every October, cost-of-living adjustments are made to the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program…

Nanakuli building fire classified ‘ incendiary’; $700K in damage reported

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NANAKULI, Hawaii (KHON2) — Honolulu fire investigators have classified the three-alarm building fire in Nanakuli as incendiary. The initial call came in just after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7 when flames broke out at a two-story apartment on Helelua Place. Honolulu Fire Department officials said responding firefighters secured a water supply and initiated an…

Authorities arrest suspect, 29, in connection to deadly Palisades Fire

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in California charged a 29-year-old man with starting a fire that days later erupted into the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history and destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, federal law enforcement officials announced Wednesday. Authorities accused 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht of lighting a fire on New Year’s Day…

3 tips for selling U.S. property and reinvesting in Canada

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With more Canadians owning real estate in the United States considering selling and purchasing a vacation property in Canada instead, a mortgage broker has three tips to make the transaction go as smoothly as possible. Recently, a Royal LePage poll from last month found about 54 per cent of Canadians owning a U.S. property are…

‘Didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister clarifies after asking for prayers for country star

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Dolly Parton’s sister attempted to clarify remarks she made concerning Parton’s health, writing Tuesday night on Facebook that she “didn’t mean to scare anyone” with an earlier post. Freida Parton, earlier that day, had said her sister “hasn’t been feeling her best lately,” sparking concern among fans. (Dolly Parton had recently…

Cenovus Energy sweetens offer for MEG in takeover battle

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