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PRINCE ALBERT Lawyers across Canada and estate-planning businesses are reporting an increase in business over the last year the compared to previous yearly averages. This time last year, March early-April everything went bananas. It really did go crazy, said CEO of Canadian Legal Will, Tom Hewson. Writing a will is an interesting thing because people generally procrastinate. Hewson said at the start of the pandemic his business tripled. It has since slowed down but remains about 35 per cent higher in a year-to-year average. Canadian Legal Wills surveyed 10,000 clients who used his service in the last year and 53 per cent of people said COVID-19 was a factor in making them write their will, Hewson said. ....