When on vacation you have enough to worry about without having to constantly stress about whether or not your finances are safe as well. There are many ways to protect yourself when travelling in order to prevent yourself from losing control of your money or even your identity. One very important factor to remember…
In this day and age of 24/7 connectivity and social media mania most people are cognizant of the fact that there are people around the world who spend every waking moment trying to figure out ways of parting you with your hard earned money in any way possible. One way of doing this is…
For most individuals the only relationship they have to their credit score is when they try to obtain something on credit and are forced to hear what the number is from the retailer deciding whether or not they are a viable risk for the extension of that credit. Most people realize that by paying your…
The major Canadian banks have decided that due to falling revenues from commodities, the impact of interest rates that are at historic lows and a lack of substantial loan growth among other factors that it is time to once again raise certain banking fees in order to further grow their ever expanding profits. With…
With the advent of more flexible rules governing how we perform our assigned tasks from our employers the option of either working from home on a part time of even full time basis has become a very contentious issue. With many companies choosing to allow employees to work from home there has begun a debate…
A very innovative and revolutionary concept has begun to really take off in the corporate world. The concept now known as ROWE which stands for “Results Only Work Environment” whereby employees are not bound by any particular set hours to define their work day. The concept allows workers to basically set the hours they work…
Amid growing concerns about the global economy there are also some concerns about the seeming Jekyll and Hyde economy of Canada. At first we are experiencing growth and then predictions change or are down-graded or changed altogether making keeping track of what is really going on less easy to figure out. The recent decision by…
With the plight of the honeybee becoming more and more a part of the public discourse and the realization that the very survival of many of the fruits and vegetables we eat depends on pollination the trend of starting urban beehives has reached an all-time high. Many entrepreneurs have realized that beekeeping has become more…
The leaked plan of the Ontario Liberals to eliminate natural gas in favor of electric for home heating and other major uses has been met with much criticism. The Liberals Climate Change Action Plan calls for the removing of natural gas as a way to heat homes, run water heaters in an effort to reduce…
