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Update! Tangerine Money-Back Credit Card Review + MORE Apr 23rd
Update, April 18, 2019:
Tangerine has announced that starting April 22nd, new Tangerine Credit Card Account holders can earn 4% Money-Back Rewards on purchases in up to three Money-Back Categories of their choice, for the first three months.
Looking to earn cash back on your daily expenditures? Do.... More »
Receive up to a 15% bonus when you convert HSBC Rewards (Canada) points to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer + MORE Oct 28th
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer has brought back their bonus for transferring bank rewards points (ie credit card) to their program. For us here in Canada this means HSBC Rewards and the bonus ranges from 12% to 15% depending on how many points you transfer to KrisFlyer. So this is a little diffe.... More »
Changes coming to the ATB World Elite Mastercard and Gold My Rewards Travel Mastercard Mar 14th
As first noted on RFD back in February there are some changes coming to several ATB (Alberta Treasury Branch) Mastercards and the accompanying ATB My Rewards program. The changes will take place on June 4, 2024 and affect the ATB World Elite Mastercard as well as the ATB Gold My Rewards Travel Maste.... More »
Why Sigmund Freud still cannot be dismissed + MORE Dec 4th
Cover of ‘Freud’ by Elisabeth Roudinesco. (No Credit)
FREUD
By Élisabeth Roudinesco
Of the three (mostly) 19th-century figures who loomed over 20th-century thought—Charles Darwin, Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud—many scholars would say only the first retains his relevance. Marx is proba.... More »
AIR MILES Flash Offers: Earn bonus miles on Dream and Cash Miles redemptions Feb 25th
This week’s AIR MILES Flash Offers has the program offering bonus miles for collectors who complete Dream and/or Cash Miles redemptions by March 1, 2024. Both offers require collectors to opt-in prior to redeeming so simply log in to your online account or the app to do so. Earn 300 bonus mi.... More »
September 27 Update: Rewards Canada’s Weekly Round Up Podcast Episode 2, Air Canada Destination Bonus and more!
– RewardsCanada.ca
News, Tips & TricksPretty quiet day today OTHER than the release of our second podcast episode! We talk Marriott-Starwood, WestJet, Aeroplan and more. Be sure to check it out on our podcast page at www.rewardscanada.ca/podcast or find it on iTunes Remember to enter our latest Marriott contest! Check it out here for your chance to win up to 30,000 Marriott Rewards points!! Posts since our last update: Air Canada Destination Bonus Event returns – Earn thousands of Aeroplan Miles for Air Canada flights until April 2017! Air Canada has brought back the Destination Bonus Event where Aeroplan members who fly on select Air Canada flights…IHG Rewards Club Buy Points Flash Sale! 100% Bonus until September 30th – use it to save some $$$ Just like the flash offer in February and May we see a flash sale of a 100% bonus when… Bonus Offers Air Canada / Aeroplan- Earn up to 100% Bonus Aeroplan or up to 60,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for travel on select Air Canada flights Worldwide…ACH network unveils same-day bill pay
– creditcards.com
Running late on a bill? Same Day ACH enables credit card users to make same-day payments to issuers through their online banking systems
Quebec newspapers seek government help to ensure survival
– canadianbusiness.com
MONTREAL – Several newspaper publishers in Quebec have formed a coalition to demand that the provincial government establish a funding program to help them shift to digital.
The coalition says its members are all confronted with declining revenue, in part because advertising money has flowed toward social media platforms.
To help the print media, the coalition is asking the province to set up a five-year temporary financial assistance program for newspapers and to abolish the sales tax on newspapers sold.
It also seeks a refundable tax credit covering 40 per cent of the production costs and 50 per cent of their investments in digital platforms.
The coalition also wants a “significant increase” in the government budget for advertising in Quebec newspapers as they go through what Groupe Capitales Medias president and CEO Claude Gagnon calls a “profound re-examination” of their business models.
Brian Myles, the director of Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper, says the group wants the government to grant a “cultural exception” for the province’s print news industry, arguing daily and weekly newspapers are “vital to preserving a diversity of media voices” and enriching debate in the province…
The coalition says its members are all confronted with declining revenue, in part because advertising money has flowed toward social media platforms.
To help the print media, the coalition is asking the province to set up a five-year temporary financial assistance program for newspapers and to abolish the sales tax on newspapers sold.
It also seeks a refundable tax credit covering 40 per cent of the production costs and 50 per cent of their investments in digital platforms.
The coalition also wants a “significant increase” in the government budget for advertising in Quebec newspapers as they go through what Groupe Capitales Medias president and CEO Claude Gagnon calls a “profound re-examination” of their business models.
Brian Myles, the director of Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper, says the group wants the government to grant a “cultural exception” for the province’s print news industry, arguing daily and weekly newspapers are “vital to preserving a diversity of media voices” and enriching debate in the province…
