New Year’s resolutions don’t have to be long lists of things you’ll never get to. Instead, pick one cause or charity to support in 2017. Here’s how. This is the time of the year when we make resolutions – to lose weight, to be better with our money or just to be a better person. But instead of making multiple resolutions that most of us never keep, what if we just decided to do one thing in 2017 to help make our world a better place? Surely one...

Just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you have to stop working. You could be one of the many Canadians who have found fulfillment by turning passion into prosperity.   Many retirees aren’t ready to call it quits. In fact, plenty of people use their retirement years to pursue business opportunities they could never find the time to start up while they were working a 9 to 5 job. Now that you’ve made the decision to retire, it could be the...

Keeping up with the Joneses has pervaded Canadian neighbourhoods and is causing more trouble than happiness. As we continue to embrace a digital lifestyle, consumers of all ages are become increasingly susceptible to the buy-now lifestyle. We’ve all been guilty of it at some point – spending money on things we don’t need, in part because we want to have the same things that our friends and neighbours have. We call it keeping up with the...

It has been more than two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, and Wall Street is still celebrating. U.S. stock markets locked in their third straight week of gains Friday, with major indexes reaching record highs this week. The surging markets appear to be in reaction to the potential benefits of a Trump presidency, such as lower corporate and income tax rates, higher infrastructure spending and looser regulations. If...

Selling an expensive house to buy a cheaper condo in the city used to be a no-brainer, but with housing prices soaring in many areas, it’s getting harder to make the math work. For the last 20 years, Mary and Randy Marlo raised their family in a beautiful ranch-style bungalow that was perched on a hill in the East Toronto neighbourhood of West Rouge. In the summer months, they’d spend family time playing in the large backyard or watching...

It might be easier to stay indoors during our frozen months, but Canada has a lot to offer those who don’t mind the cold. They call Canada the Great White North for good reason – winter likes to stick around. Most of us try and make the most out of the season – we ski, we toboggan and we play hockey, but there’s a lot more winter fun that this country has to offer than a skate around our local rink. If you’re looking for a new snowy adventure,...