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BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard review Dec 10th
The BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard is just one card in BMO’s premium lineup. It offers a points-based rewards program through BMO Rewards, 5x the points on travel purchases, flexible redemption options, and usually a large welcome bonus. We’ll break it all down below so that you can decide if.... More »
Attention, ESG investors: Canada’s biggest carbon-emitting public companies Jan 24th
The effects of climate change are a risk to Canadians and the Canadian economy in more ways than one. There are the direct issues, like fires, floods and storms, increasing in both frequency and intensity (plus threatening lives and homes, and raising home insurance premiums, too). There are financi.... More »
TFSA contribution room calculator + MORE Mar 4th
Find out your current tax-free savings account (TFSA) contribution limit by using this calculator.
Tax-free savings account is a bit of a misnomer. While you can use it for straightforward savings, think of it more accurately as an investment holding account to store things like exchange-tr.... More »
Pay for insurance annually Jan 6th
Almost everyone pays their insurance premiums monthly, but according to Chad Larmond of Larmond Risk Management Insurance, that’s not wise. “By paying annually, you will save 7% to 9%,” he says. There are three things working against you when you pay monthly. First, there is an administrative .... More »
Crazy Life Insurance Fraud: The Non-Existent Insured Dec 9th
Human ingenuity seems to know no bounds, and this certainly is true when it comes to life insurance fraud. In this post we look at four women from California who filed bogus life insurance claims for fictitious people that they just made up. These hucksters even went so far as to have funeral servic.... More »
Northwestern players see union push as spark for change to college sports landscape
– canadianbusiness.com
EVANSTON, Ill. – No matter how they feel about the push to unionize, at least a few Northwestern players see the movement as a spark for change to the college sports landscape.
The question is whether forming a union to bargain for better health insurance and work conditions is the right move for them.
Quarterback Trevor Siemian and linebacker Collin Ellis say they will vote against it later this month. Others won’t reveal which way they’re leaning.
Either way, they seem to agree on this: They have no issue with their coach or school.
Linebacker Jimmy Hall says that’s “something that I think has kind of been twisted,” and that wasn’t the goal when the push started.
The post Northwestern players see union push as spark for change to college sports landscape appeared first on Canadian Business.
The question is whether forming a union to bargain for better health insurance and work conditions is the right move for them.
Quarterback Trevor Siemian and linebacker Collin Ellis say they will vote against it later this month. Others won’t reveal which way they’re leaning.
Either way, they seem to agree on this: They have no issue with their coach or school.
Linebacker Jimmy Hall says that’s “something that I think has kind of been twisted,” and that wasn’t the goal when the push started.
The post Northwestern players see union push as spark for change to college sports landscape appeared first on Canadian Business.
Kids new targets of identity theft
– canoe.ca
In the duplicitous world of fraud, it could be called the “original SIN.” A parent applies for a social insurance number (SIN) for her child in order to open a Registered Retirement Savings Plan, but unless the number is protected, it can be used to create a completely new identity to apply for credit.
