After a long, cold winter for most of the country, spring is (finally!) in the air. The sun has come out, the snow has melted, and the biting cold of the polar vortex is a distant memory.

Spring is in the air, which means it’s once again time for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) to call for tighter lending standards in Canada.

St. James Town has been called many things over the years. The Toronto neighbourhood has been deemed Canada’s most densely populated community, and because of the wide range of immigrant populations, is sometimes even known as “the world within a block”.

The Canadian Real Estate Association’s (CREA) latest report paints a very mixed picture on Canadian housing. Metro markets across the country appear to be starting to diverge in a way they have not done for some time, with sales in the East slowing dramatically while the West continues to outperform.

It’s a common personal finance trope that credit card companies always win, no matter how generous their rewards programs or how many cool features they offer to customers. Whether it’s through hidden fees, surcharges or sky-high interest rates, in the end, the theory goes, credit cards are just like casinos: the house always wins.

With spring just around the corner, LowestRates.ca is excited to announce its MyKindaHoops college basketball contest.

Playing is easy: all you have to do is correctly guess which team will win the Men’s Division 1 US College Basketball Tournament for a chance to win $500 in your choice of cash or prizes!

The most eastern province in Canada and the last to join Confederation in 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) is interesting in how the population inhabits the province.

We are always looking for ways to save you money and for fantastic personal finance products we think you will love.  So we are really excited to tell you about this great credit card that essentially provides you with a no interest loan for a year!  We had never heard of a credit card with this sort of offer before, and definitely wanted to share it with you.

Last week was the 180^th birthday of the city of Toronto, a milestone that outpaces the age of Canada as a country.  The anniversary follows on the heels of another landmark reached in 2013, when Toronto became the fourth largest metropolitan city in North America – trailing only Mexico City, along with New York City and Los Angeles in the US.

As the smallest province in Canada, the size of the housing market in Prince Edward Island is substantially less than the rest of the country.