Monthly Archives: November 2011

Benefits of the Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP)

Retirement Ahead

Being someone who works with Group Retirement Savings Plans, I am watching the development of the Pooled Registered Pension Plan very closely.  I’ve also been quite vocal on how I think the PRPP should work. Most recently, the government has released it’s framework for the Pooled Registered Pension Plan.  Ted Menzies, Minister of Finance, said…

Four Ways to Deal with a Home That Won’t Sell

Real Estate Money

New reports say that the rate of foreclosures down in the US has once again picked up. This is certainly bad news but some economists believe that before the housing market can rebound, the balance of the toxic mortgages have to be flushed out of the system. Here in Canada where the real estate market…

Canadian Finance Carnival #64

Budgeting Hank at Money Q & A presents 7 Ways Not to Go Into Debt This Christmas, saying “Things are rough this year for many families across the country, but that doesn’t mean that you should add to your debt to make up for it this holiday season.” Jason at Live Real, Now presents Budgeting…

Friday Links

Miranda Marquit has started her own personal finance blog, Planting Money Seeds, and I’ll be helping her out with some of the “behind the scenes” aspects of blogging! This week Passive Income Now shared 21 Inspirational Business Quotes & Their Impact on You. Winter is coming and that means high heat and electricity bills.  Thankfully Bible…

Are Live Sports Worth The Cost?

Couple sitting at restaurant

I went with a friend into the city to watch a hockey game this past weekend. It wasn’t even an NHL game, it was just a WHL game. (Western Hockey League, a top league for under 20 year old players, for those of you unaware) which is still good hockey, but definitely a step down…

6 Tiny Tips to Help with the Holiday Season

Christmas Money

Everyone could use some help with the holiday season. Whether it is a few more bucks in the banking account, or having family over to help manage the kids while you wrap presents, everyone would appreciate having an extra boost for the upcoming Winter. With that in mind, here are a few quick things you can do…

Bloggers For Charity

Bloggers for Charity

Shortly before my wife was diagnosed with MS, she had participated in the local MS Walk fundraiser with a group from work.  I donated $100 to her team, and gave myself a nice pat on the back for supporting a great cause. The next year I took a different approach after learning about my wife’s…