If you’ve visited LowestRates.ca recently, you may have noticed our live chat feature in the bottom right corner of your browser.  We are excited to be able to help serve our site visitors in real time and answer any questions about the site or how we can help you to save money on your mortgage, insurance, or credit cards.

At LowestRates.ca, we know that a mortgage is one of the biggest commitments most Canadians will ever take on, and today marks the first in our weekly series on the mortgage journey. Each week on our blog we’ll examine a key step in the mortgage process, from figuring out if taking a mortgage is the right decision, all the way to making the final payment.

What a difference a year makes – or then again, maybe not. One year after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened the country’s mortgage lending rules, it’s worth taking a look at the impact of the changes on the housing market.

There are so many questions surrounding homeowners insurance. Even the term itself poses a quandary: does it have an apostrophe, or not? Homeowners/Homeowner’s/Homeowners’? Most insurers leave out the pesky apostrophe, so at LowestRates.ca that’s how we roll.

Earlier this month we wrote about fathers and life insurance, highlighting the benefits of a life insurance policy and why families should continually adjust their policy based on family needs.  In anticipation of Father’s Day, we asked our readers how much they plan on spending on their fathers this weekend.

LowestRates.ca’s #LRSuperMoms Mother’s Day contest is now over and we would like to wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day.  We let our fans vote for their favourite SuperMom and the results are in!  Congratulations to Natt and her mom for submitting the most popular SuperMom story!

A few weeks ago we launched our #LRSuperMoms Mother’s Day contest and asked you to share your Super Mom story about yourself or a mother you know.  We received some heartwarming stories, picked our favourites, and now it’s time for you to vote.  Help us pick Canada’s top Super Mom and cast your vote on Facebook!

Last week we asked for our readers and fans to tell us their SuperMom stories and we’ve put together a list of our top 10 (and you can vote for your favourite story on Facebook here).

Know a mother that does it all?  Does your family call you SuperMom?  This Mother’s Day, you can help LowestRates.ca show appreciation for these mothers by telling us why you’re a SuperMom or sharing a story of a SuperMom you know.  If your story gets picked in our top 10, you’ll win a $50 gas card and the most popular SuperMom will win a $500 getaway in Canada!

Each year on April 22, over 1 billion people around the world celebrate Earth Day and discuss opportunities to act on environmental issues.