How to avoid paying too much for your first mortgage

“I heard that it’s a good time to buy a place right now. Mortgage rates in Canada are at their lowest in years.”

5 Tips for choosing the right life insurance coverage for you

Life insurance is one of those things that few of us really think about. However, it’s one of the best ways to protect your family. If you happen to pass on, it can provide a way for your family to have financial stability.

Takata airbag problems expected to get much worse

It’s hard to maintain credibility as an auto parts manufacturer when you’re responsible for the largest auto recall in American history. Now it looks like things have gotten even worse for Takata as the number of recalled vehicles have more than doubled.

6 Smartphone apps that will save you money

We use our smartphones for absolutely everything these days. Who would have thought 20 years ago that we would end up using our phones to bank, date, or buy stuff

Analyst says the Chevy Bolt could move 80k units

If you have an eye on the North American electric car sector you already know the industry is bracing for a primetime bout between GM’s Chevy Bolt and Tesla’s Model 3 to take the crown for affordable long-range electric vehicles. Analyst Karl Brauer predicts the Bolt may get a leg up on the Tesla in the year before it even releases.

This is how many weeks of work it takes to buy a house in Canada

We all know how expensive housing has become in Canada, but most of the time we tend to only look at that cost as a dollar amount. But as the saying goes, time is money, and buying a house will cost you a lot of time.

Labatt prepares over 200,000 cans of water for wildfire aid

Labatt Breweries of Canada wasted no time responding to the catastrophic fires in the Fort McMurray area, providing a stellar example of corporate social responsibility for other companies to follow.

Best personal finance reads from April 2016

There are so many great personal finance articles published around the web every day that even we have a hard time reading them all! That’s exactly why we thought it would be a great idea to gather some of our favourite pieces from last month and put them together in one place for you.

Fort McMurray fires: what you can do to help

The massive wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta has grown to more than 10,000 hectares and already destroyed at least 1,600 structures, forcing over 80,000 people to evacuate the area over the past several days.

5 benefits of defensive driving

One of the best ways for you to get the most out of your car is to engage in defensive driving. Defensive driving is about practicing safe habits behind the wheel, and actively paying attention so that you are more likely to avoid car accidents and other issues on the road.

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