How Far Will $1,000 Go When Saving for Retirement?
It’s a common misconception that you need to have a lot of money to start saving for retirement. In fact, among workers who have no retirement savings, the primary reason they aren’t saving is they don’t think they’re earning enough money to do so, a survey from GOBankingRates found. That’s an understandable sentiment, considering retirement […]
How to turn nest egg into income stream for years
As you near retirement, you might look back and think that saving for this next stage of life was the easy part. During your working years, the big decisions were how much to save and where to invest. But now it’s time to switch gears. Instead of accumulating assets, you must figure out how to […]
Thousands without power
Thousands still without power after snow storm hammers Manitoba WINNIPEG – Manitoba Hydro says it’s making good progress restoring electricity to customers blacked out by the snow storm that blasted southern areas of the province, but it still has a lot of work to do. The utility’s website indicated that by early Sunday morning nearly […]
Elections Canada data shows 25% increase in advance voting compared to 2015
Two million voters cast ballots in the first two days of advance voting across the country According to data provided by Elections Canada, two million Canadians cast votes in the first two days of advance voting across the country — a 25 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2015. During the first two […]
‘Definite uptick’: Global wave of ransomware attacks hitting Canadian organizations
Toronto dental clinic targeted last week, with hacker telling CBC he wants a $170,000 ransom When a Toronto dentist learned last week that his office’s computer network had been attacked with ransomware, it felt like a “violation.” “It was terrible,” he said. “My wife was even nervous about sleeping at home.” Staff were locked out of digital […]
Wood and steel for icy roads
10,000 kms of roads that depend on freezing temps in Canada The road should have been frozen solid, but it was anything but. When drivers tried to travel the Mackenzie Valley winter road in the Northwest Territories last March, it was an unpassable highway of muck well before its usual closure date. Four communities were […]