Features Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:11:57 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Choosing an executor is no easy task /features/estate-planning/item/32300-choosing-an-executor-is-no-easy-task /features/estate-planning/item/32300-choosing-an-executor-is-no-easy-task

Naming an estate trustee, commonly known as executor, is one of the most important decisions you will make while preparing a Will.

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Estate Planning Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:30:00 -0400
Being a donor matters /features/estate-planning/item/32298-being-a-donor-matters /features/estate-planning/item/32298-being-a-donor-matters

Mary Thicket is not rich. But that doesn’t stop her from being a donor.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Estate Planning Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:00:00 -0400
Minimizing probate fees requires careful planning /features/estate-planning/item/32297-minimizing-probate-fees-requires-careful-planning /features/estate-planning/item/32297-minimizing-probate-fees-requires-careful-planning

Your death may be the end of life, but itƵapp not the end of the bills. Aside from burial costs, cleaning up the monthly household bills, the executor of the estate will usually be faced with probate fees.

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special@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Special) Estate Planning Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:10:00 -0400
Securities as a gift offers tax savings /features/estate-planning/item/32296-securities-as-a-gift-offers-tax-savings /features/estate-planning/item/32296-securities-as-a-gift-offers-tax-savings

If you are thinking of a charitable gift or bequest to a charity, it is prudent to consider the assets that appreciate in value and are subject to a capital gains tax.

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Estate Planning Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:00:00 -0400
Refugee endowment keeps on giving /features/estate-planning/item/32290-refugee-endowment-keeps-on-giving /features/estate-planning/item/32290-refugee-endowment-keeps-on-giving

Most charitable gifts are spent. The money is spent responsibly and carefully and thereƵapp never enough of it, but the money gets spent. ThatƵapp why thereƵapp always another letter, another appeal, another campaign.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Estate Planning Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:23:10 -0400
Live classes draw students to Catholic college /item/32282-live-classes-draw-students-to-catholic-college /item/32282-live-classes-draw-students-to-catholic-college

It's been a unique start to post-secondary education for many students taking the next step on their educational path in this year of COVID-19.

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Higher Education Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:00:00 -0400
Living in the ‘uncanny valley’ /item/32281-living-in-the-uncanny-valley /item/32281-living-in-the-uncanny-valley

In a wonderful essay written in 1919, “Das Unheimliche,” Sigmund Freud proposed a theory of the uncanny to explain the sense of unease and even terror that can arise when something presents itself to us as strangely familiar, but not quite.

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jturcotte@catholicregister.org (Gerry Turcotte ) Higher Education Sat, 24 Oct 2020 14:00:00 -0400
St. FX student develops AI coaching app /item/32274-st-fx-student-develops-ai-coaching-app /item/32274-st-fx-student-develops-ai-coaching-app

Mbongeni “Bo” NdlovuƵapp scientific journey began, in a sense, when he was a young boy living in Bulawayo, the second-largest city in Zimbabwe.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Sat, 24 Oct 2020 07:00:00 -0400
A grandmaƵapp love eases the pain /item/32269-a-grandma-s-love-eases-the-pain /item/32269-a-grandma-s-love-eases-the-pain

A high school student whose yearbook tribute to his late grandmother was replaced with a racist message says her legacy of faith is helping him through this challenging time.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:00:00 -0400
Campion professor in reinvention mode /item/32267-campion-professor-in-reinvention-mode /item/32267-campion-professor-in-reinvention-mode

Imagine as a university student the sensation at being cited in O, The Oprah Magazine and The Journal of Positive Psychology for a study you designed. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:00:00 -0400