Pipeline ‘listening tour’
An Indigenous group planning to bid for ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline is launching a “listening tour” of Indigenous communities in B.C. and Alberta. Project Reconciliation says the tour will begin in Kamloops in mid-August and will invite First Nations and Metis Nation people and communities along the pipeline route from Edmonton to the […]
No winners in trade deal
The C.D. Howe Institute says negatives will outweigh the positives for all three parties to the new Canada-United States-Mexico free trade agreement but it will hit Mexico hardest and the U.S. the lightest. In a new analysis to be released Thursday, it says Canada’s real gross domestic product is expected to shrink by 0.4 per […]
Personal finance is personal for a reason
Have you ever noticed how conflicting personal finance advice is? Even financial experts can’t seem to agree on the most basic of topics such a debt, emergency funds, or homeownership. Why? Because personal finance is personal. There is no one size fits all solution. Of course, numbers are numbers. The math to get you where […]
Are You Hiding Symptoms of Poor Financial Health?
A visit to a doctor’s office is about as personal — and for many, uncomfortable — as it gets. If you’ve come to the office with symptoms and had tests done, the physician might even have an unpleasant reveal for you about your health and may want to learn more about your behaviors. It’s time […]
3 retirement essentials that could keep more cash in your pocket
Social Security and Medicare are essential to retirement, yet few near-retirees have a thorough understanding of how they work. About a third of self-employed baby boomers and 2 of 10 workers in the same age group said they know a “great deal” about Social Security, according to a recent survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. […]
Why downsizing and moving to a retirement home could be the best move you make
There are two kinds of moves that occur when you’re older. Ailing seniors enter a nursing home, while healthy retirees may decide to relocate to an assisted-living facility or continuing care retirement community. For those going into a nursing home, there’s little to celebrate. But many in the other group actually look forward to enjoying […]