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The best travel credit cards in Canada for 2025 May 8th
To be one of the best travel credit cards in Canada on our list, the card must combine strong earn rates with perks like lounge access, no foreign transaction fees and travel insurance coverage. We’ve compiled this list of the top cards in this category to help you get started.
Best travel cred.... More »
Manitoba Crown corporations, communications jobs need trimming: premier + MORE Dec 29th
Manitoba’s Crown corporations, especially their communications departments, seem next in line for Premier Brian Pallister’s cost-cutting efforts.
In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Pallister touted his 2016 measures to reduce spending in government — cutting the number of.... More »
An ode to the Canada Savings Bond + MORE Mar 23rd
In the 1980s you could have put your money into a Canada Savings Bond (CSB) and reasonably expected to walk away with a tidy return a decade later. If you did the same with a CSB today you’d be lucky if your money keeps up with inflation.
It’s of little surprise then that the Federal .... More »
Toronto home sales in July plunge compared to year ago + MORE Aug 7th
TORONTO — The Toronto Real Estate Board says property sales tanked 40.4 per cent last month compared with July 2016.
The drop was led by the detached home market both in City of Toronto and the surrounding areas.
The board says the Multiple Listing Service composite benchmark price was up 18 per .... More »
What’s your RRSP contribution limit? Feb 19th
If you’re like many Canadians, you’re hoping you’ve paid enough tax for 2016 and may even be looking forward to a hefty tax refund cheque. You can help ensure that happens by knowing the details of your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), what sets them apart, your contribution limit a.... More »
As car insurance costs drop, benefits being cut: Mayers
– thestar.com
As of June 1, a new car insurance policy in Ontario will provide less coverage as a result of an accident. It you want more, you’ll have to pay.Fort McMurray fire: Home insurance and clean up tips
– moneysense.ca
(Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)The fires raging through northern Alberta have galvanized a province and moved a country. The images are horrific. The stories are both inspirational and heartbreaking. It’s a story close to my heart (despite the almost 4,000 kilometres that separate me from Fort McMurray). I spent almost a decade as a resident of Calgary, Alberta before moving to Toronto. I still have friends living throughout Alberta and two very near and dear friends work close to the now devastated city. My friend Neal is a family man who is counting his blessings each day, despite the oil camp lockdown and the thousands of displaced Fort Mac-residents that had flooded into his oil-worker’s camp. The other is my dear friend Ron, also a family man and no stranger to the struggle of having to rebuild his life.
Since pictures of the raging fires were first aired earlier this week, I’ve been reaching out to those I love. A simple act that has been repeated by thousands of people all across Canada…
