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From free Coca-Colas to digital dollars: 11 things you didn't know about the history of couponing

From free Coca-Colas to digital dollars: 11 things you didn't know about the history of couponing

The first single-product coupons, aimed at getting buyers to try new items, expanded to store-based coupons in the 1940s as grocery store chains tried to lure shoppers from smaller local businesses.
Everything you need to know about throwing a bridal shower

Everything you need to know about throwing a bridal shower

The origin of the bridal shower dates back to 16th- or 17th-century Holland.
What you can rent for $600 to $6K a month in Coquitlam

What you can rent for $600 to $6K a month in Coquitlam

A national survey has found 19 per cent of residents in Coquitlam are putting 50 per cent or more of their income towards rent and utilities.
28 celebrities you may not know are nonbinary

28 celebrities you may not know are nonbinary

The Human Rights Commission defines nonbinary as including people who identify as neither a man nor a woman, both, somewhere in between, or outside those identities altogether.
Riverview trees, gardens the focus of new Coquitlam Archives exhibit

Riverview trees, gardens the focus of new Coquitlam Archives exhibit

Online show by Coquitlam Archives highlights the collection of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society, which was donated to the city last year for preservation.
Vancouver ranks #6 destination in North America for solo travel

Vancouver ranks #6 destination in North America for solo travel

Do you think the city is a good place to visit alone?
15 unforgettable father figures in TV

15 unforgettable father figures in TV

One might hope, however, that the influences on real-life American fathers are more like the former than the latter.
Rare animals featured in Planet Earth, Our Planet, and other nature documentaries

Rare animals featured in Planet Earth, Our Planet, and other nature documentaries

Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there.
A multi-generational trip to Scotland hits all the highlights

A multi-generational trip to Scotland hits all the highlights

We’ve all come to our ancestral homeland to visit my daughter, who’s just finished a semester abroad at the University of Aberdeen, here in the northeast of Scotland.
Do you know your constellations?

Do you know your constellations?

Comforted by geocentrism—the idea that humankind was at the heart of it all—the scientist recorded and charted paths of stars thousands of light years away: 48 constellations in all.
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