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November 8 Update: Earn 3x Aeroplan Miles at Home Hardware, 5,000 Bonus Marriott Rewards points in Waterloo and more + MORE Nov 9th
For the next week Aeroplan members will earn triple miles for shopping at Home Hardware. This means you'll earn 3 miles for every $2 spent at Home Hardware, Building Centre and Furniture locations, or online at homehardware.ca. Find out more here.Also on the bonus front is a nice stay bonus in Wa.... More »
Great news! Quebec drops the mile/point value retention from proposed bill + MORE May 4th
Last week we detailed the news of Quebec's proposed Bill 791 which would make points expiry and points devaluation illegal. Good news is that on May 2nd, the Quebec government seems to have forgone with Bill 791 and are moving ahead with Bill 134 which no longer stipulates the points devaluation. Ov.... More »
The Uber business strategy gets intimate + MORE Oct 4th
Soothe clients get massage done at their home. (Soothe)
For 18 years, Parisa Carello has worked as a massage therapist in Toronto. She spent years in-house at a spa, which isn’t as glamorous as it seems: “You’re in a little dark room all day, where people come to you but you never leave,” sa.... More »
Cineplex SCENE to lose Sport Chek partnership as of October 1st + MORE Aug 31st
Well the partnership between SCENE and Sport Chek was relatively short lived. It has been announced that as of October 1st you'll no longer be able to earn or redeem SCENE points at Sport Chek stores across the country.This is obviously a blow to SCENE which as a program had aspirations to grow into.... More »
Podcast Episode 72 - The New Air Canada Aeroplan Program + MORE Nov 11th
Episode 72 - November 10, 2020 The New Air Canada Aeroplan Program In this episode we discuss the highly anticipated and long awaited new Air Canada Aeroplan program. We talk about the new dashboard, redemptions, credit cards, the new Buddy Pass on the credit cards .... More »
Fed: Card balances rise, keep pace with slow spending growth
– creditcards.com
Credit card balances increased a modest 1.3 percent in June marking a fourth month of continued revolving debt growth, the Federal Reserve said Thursday
Just visiting: Stock-picker flirts with real estate
– moneysense.ca
Getty ImagesI love to spend a few weeks each summer lounging by a lake. This year I rented a little cottage outside Lion’s Head, Ont. located just a few steps from the waters of Georgian Bay.
It’s hard to visit cottage country without dreaming about buying a little slice of heaven.
While owning a cottage has some obvious benefits, it tends to be a costly affair. Crunch the numbers and you’ll likely discover the relative advantages of renting.
For instance, it’s possible to buy a waterfront cottage between Wiarton and Tobermory—roughly 4 hours from Toronto—for, perhaps, $300,000. But that represents the low-end. Those looking for luxury could spend a million dollars or more.
Three hundred thousand dollars might seem like a bargain to house hunters in Toronto. But it is pricey for something that will be used for only a few months of the year.
The initial property cost is joined by a slew of on-going expenses in the form of maintenance, taxes, insurance and utilities…
