Collections

• New company at Lachine sorting centre looking to boost recycling

  Every week 1,600 tonnes of material comes to the centre from curbside collections between downtown Montreal and the western tip of the island.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2023
  
• Kirkland boy collects and donates 1,000 books for the less fortunate

  The 12-year-old's good deed is a part of his Bar Mitzvah celebration. All the books collected will be donated to local hospitals and shelters.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2022
  
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• B.C. to eliminate payment reminders in bid to get COVID-19 rule-breakers to pay fines

  The province is asking ICBC, which collects ticket fines on behalf of government, to send deemed-guilty offenders immediately to collections agencies.

  Politics

  Dec 16, 2020
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• B.C. couple told they owe $100K after identity thieves buy SUV with fraudulent loan

  The couple has been getting letters from Scotiabank, after someone took out a fraudulent loan in their name.

  Crime

  Mar 12, 2019
• Montreal model railroader seeks new home for sprawling landscape set in 1901

  A large-scale model railroad depicting an area of England's South Coast, set in 1901, has been a source of pride for Joseph Swift for more than 30 years.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2019
• Jinkies! West Vancouver woman sets world record for Scooby-Doo collection

  Becky Findlay has been collecting Scooby-Doo memorabilia since she was 17 and now has the world's largest collection, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

  Nov 25, 2014