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Mortgage Renewal – A Nip It in the Budget Short Story
Short Story Jamie held the envelope in both hands, as if its contents might detonate, a mortgage renewal letter. The last time they’d received one, it came with a congratulatory tone and a glossy brochure about “low, locked-in rates.” That was 2020. Today’s tone felt more like a warning, and beads of sweat started forming
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Let’s Talk About Money: How Financial Openness Can Help
Money is one of the last great taboos. We’ll talk about relationships, health, even politics—but when it comes to our paycheques, debts, or investment wins and losses, silence often reigns. This secrecy can leave us isolated, misinformed, and vulnerable to financial stress. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I’d love to normalize talking
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Build Wealth This Spring – One Twig at a Time
There’s something quietly magical about early spring mornings. It’s my favourite season, hands down. The air is crisp but hopeful, the light lasts a little longer each day, and a pair of varied thrush birds have started building their nest in my back garden. I watched them this morning as I drank my tea, fluttering
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Trade war and your money
Sigh. Where do we even start to unpack this? It’s taken me three weeks to get my head around it all and write this post. Hope it helps you to make sense of the situation. U.S. President Donald Trump enacted 25% tariffs on Canadian goods imports, including a 25% levy on steel and aluminum. These
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Is it time to get your short-term side-hustle on?
Okay, I’m going to ask you three little questions: If you answered no to any of these questions, then you should consider working extra hours to make more money. But it should be a temporary strategy, not a long-term lifestyle. Following the breakdown of my marriage and still new to Canada and trying to get
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2025 Is Your Money Year
Oh no it isn’t, oh yes it is! Wait, pantomime season is now behind us, let’s move forward and make a huge difference in our lives in 2025. I hope the year has started well for you and you are back into the swing of things. If you promised to lose weight, hit the gym,
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Nip It In The Budget
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42%
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