Financial uncertainties for 2025 are piling up, but we at least have a degree of clarity on interest rates and the economy. Twelve months ago, we waited anxiously for interest rates to finally start falling... read more
Gift-giving is a life skill and the holidays are the ideal time to teach your kids how to do it in a thoughtful and budget-friendly way. Giving gifts can be a beautiful experience for both... read more
A family of four could pay $800 more for groceries in 2025 because of climate change, labour challenges, new policies and geopolitical events, says a report published Thursday. The 2025 Food Price Report used artificial-intelligence... read more
If you work with yarn and need some guidance, Sharon Hudemka has got you sorted. Along with spinning wheels, needles and other supplies, the owner of Knitting Time in Lethbridge, Alta., carries more than 2,000... read more
Investing advice is all over social media so it’s hardly surprising that young adults are keen to get started. And while it’s dangerous to let teenagers fall for get-rich stock buying tips from the internet,... read more
Lower interest rates bring relief to borrowers, but that’s not really the point. What the Bank of Canada is saying when it lowers its benchmark rate is something along the lines of “Get to it... read more
Three reasons why it has never been more vital to teach teens about money: 1.) It’s getting harder, but not impossible, to afford life events like home buying, raising a family and retirement. 2.) Social... read more
You’ve opened an RESP, you top it up and invest the money – so you feel confident that you’ve got things under control. But figuring out exactly how much your kids’ education will cost is tricky and... read more
Getting a credit card may be easy, but picking the one that’s right for you is a lot more complicated. Maybe your bank teller sold you on one with a rewards program and you went... read more
When clients come in for advice about saving for their grandkids, financial planner Jason Heath says it’s usually about setting aside money for college. But with the housing market increasingly out of reach for many... read more
The last time that a generation of young adults moving back home was a news story, much mockery ensued. Remember “failure to launch,” or “boomerang kids?” The cliché of millennials living slothfully in their parents’... read more
First, authorities moved to seize a house on British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island, bought for $1-million cash by the former spouse of a man accused of having ties to a global pump-and-dump stock scheme. Next,... read more
When COVID-19 restrictions lifted and Denise Gray’s kids, aged 14 and 12, were back at school, they began asking for money to go out for lunch. Frequently. “I would give them $10 a time and... read more
If you have a child who is heading off to school this fall and living off campus for the first time, they are going to need much more than just a rent cheque. While setting... read more
On the one hand, it’s a step forward in your financial life, a way to learn about responsibly using credit. On the other, it’s the quickest way to bury yourself in heavy debt if used... read more
