What to look out for when choosing a credit card

MOST of us have credit cards these days as they can prove to be incredibly useful.

College costs can be cut –a little

If you’re a college student, or have one in the family, cost cutting is probably your No. 1 priority right now. If so, you’ll probably find the tips offered in a recent Kiplinger article by Marc A. Wojno indispensable.

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City Centre Aquatic Complex offers a cure to Friday boredom with a Halloween swamp swim from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. Admission is $2 and kids must have student identification. Evening features a haunted waterslide, mat walk, zipline and horror movies on the big screen. Information: 604-927-6985.

Zanzibar pure magic for TV traveler

Julia Dimon's career as a travel journalist began almost by mistake. As a college student she was stuck on the Italian island Elba with no money, so she turned to panhandling.

Diana Clement : How to save teens from the credit trap

Getting sucked into the credit card trap seems to be a teenage rite of passage in New Zealand.Every year, plenty of teenagers and those in their early 20s rack up huge debt - sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars. Believe...