I’m inspired. Last month, I read about a 32-year-old Canadian named Neil Pasricha who blogged daily about life’s overlooked joys. This was his way to cope with a painful divorce and a friend’s sudden death. Less than four years later, Pasricha’s blog 1,000 Awesome Things has garnered over 45 million page views. According to a [...]

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Earlier this month, I paid $22.90 to view my full credit profile on TransUnion Canada’s website. My credit score is 764, down from last year and way below my wife’s 820 rating. A graph in TransUnion’s online report shows that 42 per cent of Canadians— — like my wife — also have superior scores. Accountant [...]

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Recently, gas prices spiked to $1.41 per litre at some Toronto stations, and as high as $1.48 in Montreal. That’s up almost 10 per cent from last year. Gas prices are expected to rise by another nickel per litre by the summer. Worse, some experts say that higher prices will persist longer than usual, citing [...]

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