Stag and Doe Parties: An Ontario Tradition of Raising Money for a Wedding
“Stag and does” are a largely rural Ontario tradition that help engaged couples raise money for their nuptials — and give neighbors a good reason to party.
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Japan’s Business Owners Can’t Find Successors. This Man Is Giving His Away.
An owner’s struggle in Japan’s northern dairy region illuminates one of the potentially devastating economic impacts of an aging society.
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A Rural Hospital’s Excruciating Choice: $3.2 Million a Year or Inpatient Care?
A new federal program offers hefty payments to small hospitals at risk of closing. But it comes with a bewildering requirement: to end all inpatient care.
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In Sussex, a Floral Designer Finds New Life in an Untamed Garden
After reluctantly moving into a tumbledown 17th-century English cottage, Milli Proust has created a gorgeously unruly and varied source for her craft.