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Editor’s Note: This article was originally written by FT back in 2017. Due to its popularity, we have asked FT to update it for 2023…
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If you’re looking to save money on foreign exchange, you’re in luck. There is a simple and effective way to convert your CAD to USD…
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Way back in 2008, we completed a custom home that we still live in today. In that same year, I wrote a post about my…
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Multiple Credit Card Strategy in Canada
So, you want to get a new credit card, but you’re worried about whether it’ll hurt your credit. We have good news: lots of people…
Instantly Minimize Charges and Bank Fees in Canada
No one likes to pay fees – but when it comes to the incredibly high bank fees in Canada, it becomes even more important to…
PC Money Account Review – Loblaws Resurrects a New PC Financial No Fee Account
Note: We’ll be updating our PC Money Account Review as the details get fleshed out and the introduction promo offer codes get created. For many…
Will a Mini-Split Heat Pump Save You Money? Our Results After the first Year!
In late 2018, we installed a mini-split heat pump for the purpose of reducing our electricity bill. Around here in the most easterly parts of…
The Mini-Split Heat Pump Experiment – Will it Save You Money?
Way back in 2008, we completed a custom home that we still live in today. In that same year, I wrote a post about my…
Gas Rewards Programs Compared
Almost everyone needs to buy gas and I suspect most Canadians have participated in a rewards program affiliated with their favourite brand. But, are these…
How To Survive On Only $100 a Month in Groceries
In my recent article in the Globe and Mail, I’m on track to be mortgage-free by 31, the most common question I received was how…
Little Known Canadian Benefit Programs – I (Learning Bond, CPP, Grants, NRC)
The federal government offers a number of benefit programs for Canadians – Old Age Security (OAS), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), etc. are well-known while some…
The Prepaid Funeral: Advantages & Disadvantages
There is one guarantee in life and that is we’ll all die. One hundred and fifty years from now the earth will be filled with…
How to Get Free HDTV (in Canada)
This is a guest post by Tomasz who is a manager of systems engineering at AMD Inc. in Markham, ON. He is a technology enthusiast…
How We Feed Our Family of Four on $100 a Week
Kathryn and her family live in Ontario where she and her husband work for a non-profit charity and have a combined household variable income of…
New Car every 10 years or Used Car every 5?
David asked an interesting question in the comments section of “Best and Worst Used Cars of 2007“, the question was: .. is it cheaper to…
Surviving on $12 000 a year
There is an article on msn money central that details how a middle aged woman named Jill has left her husband, gone back to college…
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