LowestRates Reads: Stop Over-Thinking Your Money by Preet Banerjee
LowestRates Reads: Stop Over-Thinking Your Money by Preet Banerjee

In celebration of Financial Literacy Month, we’re kicking off our personal finance book review series! Every week for the next month, we’ll be reading one of our favourite Canadian PF books and telling you all about it.

Saskatchewan to get tougher drunk driving laws
Saskatchewan to get tougher drunk driving laws

Earlier this week the Saskatchewan government unveiled changes to drunk driving laws that will be a lot tougher on inebriated drivers, especially for first-time offenders with low BACs.

TD prime mortgage rate gets bumped up to 2.85%
TD prime mortgage rate gets bumped up to 2.85%

Reports are breaking this afternoon that TD Canada Trust has raised its prime mortgage rate from 2.7% to 2.85%. This will affect anyone with a variable rate mortgage with TD.

Financial literacy: how does Canada stack up?
Financial literacy: how does Canada stack up?

It’s that time of year again! November is Financial Literacy Month and that means organizations all across Canada, from the government to FinTech startups like ourselves, will be shining a spotlight on personal finance.

DIY self-driving kit scrapped after government questions safety
DIY self-driving kit scrapped after government questions safety

Famous hacker-turned-entrepreneur George Hotz is shutting down his company, Comma, after receiving a letter from the U.S. government warning that the self-driving car kit they were developing would be subject to government oversight and regulation.

Confessing our deepest, darkest financial fears
Confessing our deepest, darkest financial fears

Today we unleash all our money demons. The worries that gnaw at us late at night and the fears we try to hide during the day.

New site brings buying a used car to the 21st century
New site brings buying a used car to the 21st century

If there’s anything we understand here at LowestRates.ca, it’s that today’s generation prefers the convenience of online services more than ever. FinTech is exploding in North America, giving people more power over their finances than ever before.

5 used cars under $10k you should buy in fall
5 used cars under $10k you should buy in fall

With winter just around the corner, many Canadians are already preparing for some pocketbook whiplash as holiday sale season draws near

Canada needs to take responsibility for its housing crisis: UK expert
Canada needs to take responsibility for its housing crisis: UK expert

International housing experts are in Vancouver this week to discuss strategies to increase housing affordability in cities around the world as part of the Re: Address housing conference. One of these experts had blunt words for Canadians and our apparent fixation on foreign buyers.

Blunt driving: what legal marijuana means for Canada’s impairment regulations
Blunt driving: what legal marijuana means for Canada’s impairment regulations

Listen up, proud stoners: it’s almost time! Justin Trudeau promised regulation and legalization of marijuana for both recreational and medical use. But once that happens, things are going to be little different, especially when it comes to road safety and impaired driving restrictions.

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