3 Facts About Your Health Insurance You Didn’t Know
Decisions you make about health insurance affect your finances in profound ways. Going without insurance puts you at grave risk of financial disaster — and you’ll also owe a federal tax penalty for not being covered. While buying insurance provides important protection from devastating financial loss, finding the right policy isn’t easy. And if you […]
Claiming Social Security at 62? A Roth IRA Can Prevent Pitfalls
Before the Social Security Act of 1935 became law, seniors didn’t have any sort of financial safety net beyond pensions that were being paid to disabled veterans of the Civil War or their families. Today, Social Security provides a critical source of money to more than 43 million retired workers, many of whom count on […]
PM face times with Putin
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used face time with two of the world’s most controversial leaders — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — to discuss concerns about issues unfolding under their watch. In Buenos Aires on Saturday, Trudeau told a news conference that he directly pressed Putin about actions […]
Climate change plans failing
A study suggests most Canadian cities have yet to assess the threat posed by climate change despite being the most exposed to any weather disasters it could cause. A survey of 63 municipalities of all sizes from coast to coast found major gaps in how most are preparing for coming conditions and in how they […]
Cdn astronaut to blast off
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques won’t be carrying much with him when he leaves Earth to blast off to the International Space Station on Monday. If all goes according to plan, he will take off at 6:31 a.m. eastern time from the steppes of Kazakhstan on the first manned Russian rocket launch since a dramatic aborted […]
Oil production cuts
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is ordering a mandatory cut in oil production to deal with a price crisis that is costing Canada an estimated $80 million a day. Notley says as of January there will be an 8.7 per cent reduction ordered in oil production. Production of raw crude oil and bitumen will be reduced […]