Beware Fraudsters' New Tricks, Financial Consumer Agency Warns
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Credit Cards, FraudThe phone rings, and a polite voice on the other end of the line enquires after your health and whatnot. The voice says it's your financial institution's...
View ArticleBizPaL Helps Small Business Cut Through Government Red Tape
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Investing, Small BusinessSmall businesses must have had it up to here with all the paperwork they've got to go through to be able to open their doors - and keep them open...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Devices Do Not Travel Well
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Credit Cards, Fraud, Identity Theft, Technology, Travel, HolidaysLife's tough. And dangerous. Even when you go on vacation. Why? Forgot to shut the windows? Or turn the...
View ArticleDoes the Bell Toll for Smartphones? Not Really, But They Have Some Catching...
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Consumer Complaints, TechnologyIt's not as if smartphones were bidding good-bye, but their popularity has been sinking lately. Thus a report by British international...
View ArticlePaying Too Much at the Pump? Tax Federation Demands Changes
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Budgeting & Planning, Economizer, Family Finances, TaxesAre you aware that, if you are a two-car family, you spend about $1,225 in gas taxes per year? Federal and...
View ArticleFake Amazon E-Mail Takes Victims to Online Pharmacies
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Credit Cards, Fraud, Identity TheftBuying books through Amazon.com (or, in Canada, Amazon.ca) beats browsing individual bookstores hands down. More often than not, that is....
View ArticleWireless Communications: More Competition to Help Prices Go Down
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, TechnologyAnd now, for the good news: those of us who use wireless access to the Internet can expect that prices will go down. That's what the Canadian Industry...
View ArticleUnbiased Information on Financial Tools: Priceless
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Credit Cards, Economizer, Family Finances, SavingTechnology is doing incredible things, and consumers who know how to use it are better off for it. A lot has...
View ArticleNew Employment Insurance Rules: What to Expect Should You Lose Your Job
Filed under: Employment & Careers, Family FinancesLosing a job because your company has lost its market share or because the gadgets it's been making for centuries are no longer in demand is no...
View ArticleHow to Fight Telemarketers Who Hide Their Phone Numbers
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Consumer Complaints, TechnologyStill getting annoying phone calls? Even though you have had your phone number listed with the National Do Not Call List? And even though the...
View Article$27 Billion Worth of Food is Wasted Annually: Let's Do Our Part to Reduce That
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Economizer, Entrepreneurship, Food & DrinkHave you ever checked out how much stuff travels from your fridge directly to the city waste dump area? All that...
View Article'Flamer' Malware is Espionage At Its Best
Filed under: Fraud, TechnologyThere may be many reasons (none of them legitimate) why people create software that steals information from other people's computers. But then, there is an occasional...
View ArticleNew Mortgage Rules 101: What You Need To Know
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, House & Home, Real Estate, Mortgages, Your HomeMortgages have never been straightforward, easy-to-understand financial tools. But now, the government has...
View ArticleHello? Operator? Phone Income Tax Filings Gone With TELEFILE's Departure
Filed under: Saving, Technology, Taxes, Tax Basics VideoIt sounded good while it lasted, but alas, no more: taxpayers who used their phones to file their tax returns will no longer have the option....
View ArticleRogers, Bell End Internet Throttling Hold For Gamers
Filed under: Consumer Complaints, TechnologyGamers who use the Internet to satisfy their passion, rejoice. The Canadian Gamers Association complained recently that two major service providers, Rogers...
View ArticlePlanning a Family? Make Financial Plans Too
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Family FinancesThe role of marriage is not only to love and cherish till death do you part. The role of marriage is, perhaps above all else, to procreate: to have...
View ArticleTreat Unknown Callers As You Would Strangers in the Street
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Fraud, Identity Theft, TechnologyIf someone tells you in an e-mail they're from the Microsoft Corporation and you need to click here or there to install a new and important...
View ArticleGet a Good Education Without Bleeding Money
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Family Finances, SavingHigh school seniors are starting to think about where they want to be come next fall, and many of them have picked trade training courses,...
View ArticleGovernment Makes Parting With Your Money Easier, But No Less Painful
Filed under: Family Finances, TaxesIt's getting close to THAT time of year again when we realize that there are two things inevitable in life: death and taxes. Of course, it should be the other way...
View Article10 Ways to Save on Taxes
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Economizer, TaxesDavid Letterman has an incredibly popular segment on his show called Top 10. While not always shocking, it's always at least a perfectly...
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