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Category: Personal Finance 2013
Real estate: It takes money to make money
For most homeowners, paying off the mortgage is the top priority. It’s almost counterintuitive to refinance a mortgage-free property and invest in another, but that’s exactly what self-proclaimed money and life consultant Noreen Kho prescribes.
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Money and migration: how to save up for a new job in Canada
It’s been a demanding year for Renuka Gamage and her family. Just 11 months ago, Gamage and her husband, both
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Student coffee spending easily solved
Jane Gerster says she had no idea she was spending $200 a month on coffee. But three or four cups
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Hitting the road after grad
Every year, graduating university students across the country fill up backpacks, search online for cheap flights and start their trek
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Finding the perfect time to start a business
The thing about good business ideas is that they don’t always come to people when they’ve had years to save,
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Financial literacy: How Canadians learn to manage money
Some of the biggest decisions people ever make are financial ones: which house to buy, when to retire, how to
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Ottawa artist takes pop-up shop on the road
Stirling Prentice built a bike trailer to turn his T-shirt business into a mobile pop-up shop. An Ottawa artist and
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How much is your hockey equipment?
The recent flurry of snowy weather in Ottawa may tease stick-and-puck enthusiasts with just a few more days of shinny,
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The price of stay-at-home fatherhood
Staying at home with a child can often be an enriching experience but giving up a salary to be a
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