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Forget the beer goggles, beware of the beer tab.

May 31, 2011

President Obama drinks a pint of Guinness, thinks it’s 2008. Emma Rogers drinks a shot of Tequila, thinks it’s 1999. Recently I found myself in the club district of Toronto for a stagette party.  It was my first time back after a long hiatus, due mainly to losing the skirt length battle with the twenty something crowd. There [...]

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Hackers helped me monitor my money!

May 26, 2011

The recent PSN info stealing scare helped put things back in perspective. I’m a fortunate person that has never had my identity stolen. Now I’m also a person who regularly reviews my bank and credit card history/statements. I’m also a person who connected a credit card with my PSN account to purchase Sony gaming related [...]

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Know what you really owe with our Debt Calculator.

April 19, 2011

Today, I urge you to perhaps surprise yourself by considering what you are really paying out when you calculate interest payments over the lifetime of a personal debt. You can do so easily and quickly by using the free Debt Calculator at www.creditcanada.com. But first, let me ask you this: Have you ever sat down to determine [...]

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A pocket full of nothing and a head full of bad.

April 12, 2011

Credit Canada’s new Financial Coaching Series is off to a great start and it’s got me thinking about some of its many aspects. And when I say many, I do mean many. The Coaching Series, which for a reasonable fee can help change peoples’ lives, is the most comprehensive program of its kind anywhere. Right [...]

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I was expecting it to be bigger.

February 2, 2011

Thanks to the latest wave of soap opera newscasting I leapt out of bed this morning with the grace of a white tailed deer and ran to the window to see the promised ‘Great Snow Storm of Western Ontario 2011.’   What a letdown! I’m writing from work and I actually made it here early. Sure [...]

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Dealing with the credit crunch

January 7, 2011

Now that we have transitioned into 2011, many of us are thinking about making good on those goals and resolutions we have set. If your goal is to get out of debt and manage your money better in the future, you are certainly not alone.  Canadians now have record debt, and savings are at one [...]

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2011: A sure thing or a gamble?

January 5, 2011

This may be hard to fathom, but in North America one out of every four people believe their best chance of getting rich is by playing the lottery. That’s according to one pundit I recently tripped over online. If the claim is true, it’s shocking. And even if it’s only fractionally true, it’s still shocking. [...]

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Translation class: Your credit report.

November 26, 2010

There’s something about a credit report that makes people take leave of their senses much like getting a letter in a brown envelope that’s clearly not a cheque marked Government of Canada.  I know this because one of the biggest meltdowns I’ve ever had involved both at once.  During the 2004 tax year I received a [...]

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1 800 UR SCRWD

November 18, 2010

Nothing good ever comes from an 800 phone number especially when the voice on the other end of the line is tersely polite with a hint of “screw with me at your own peril”.  Your fear is confirmed when the caller asks for you by your surname! I know this from my days as a recent graduate.  I [...]

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