Backpacking is more than just a rite of passage for twenty-somethings between high school and college, it's a growing trend with people from all walks of life. Get it? Walks of life. You walk when you backpack. Haaaaa. Yeah.

The time has come. Your teenager has started making noises about learning how to drive. You’ve dreaded this moment but you know you have to do it. Your dulcet darling wants behind the wheel and they are the legal age. What to do?

You’re going to remember your first credit card just like a first car or a first home. When the time is right and you think that you can handle it, you can apply for your piece of plastic.

Summer is here and it’s time to seize the sunshine moments with some backyard fun. Do you get backyard anxiety when looking at Style at Home?

Join our #MyYard Giveaway and show off your awesome yards! Lowest Rates is excited to be hosting a photo sharing contest to celebrate the summer!

Happy Civic Holiday Everyone! I hope you're all enjoying this extra long weekend. There's nothing better than having some time off work, still getting paid and being able to get outside and enjoy the gorgeous summer weather.

Now that I’m comfortably in my 30s, I tend to be more interested in watching sports than playing them. My body just doesn’t recover very quickly any longer.

But watching sports can easily add up to thousands of dollars per year in expenses, especially if you’re going to every hot game you can. Here’s how to enjoy yourself without breaking the bank.

Editor's Note: A wedding is a very special time in someone's life and summer seems to be wedding season. What better way to cherish this moment than to have a bride to be share all her little secrets with us. Please welcome Vanessa from Vanessa's Money back to our blog today as she gives us the second post in our Wedding Diary series and spills the beans on how to plan a destination wedding.

It's time for another post in our Budget Survival Guide series. Remember last time when I told you how to survive the Calgary Stampede on a budget? Well today I'm helping you save money on a classic Canadian summer activity...the road trip.

Unfortunately I have to write an article about insurance claims. The writing part I enjoy. The experience is the part I’m not excited about. Usually when I write about a topic like this, I research other blog posts. Not this time. I have to write about my own recent experience. For the first time in my life, I was involved in a minor accident. I’m not even upset because everyone was fine. I’m more annoyed by the process.