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If you live in the path of wildfires in this country (as, sadly, growing numbers of Canadians do), you’re painfully aware of their tremendous toll. But even if you’re nowhere near the flames, the cost is high, and growing.
The damage from this summer’s fires across the country has already been shown in big-picture economic data.

How to Move Past Worst-Case-Scenario Thinking It’s easy for leaders to get caught up in worst-case-scenario thinking.

Because of the overstimulation smartphones provide, life can be richer in many ways without one. “Just because something stimulates your mind doesn’t mean it makes you happy. Often the exact opposite is the case.”

They are calorie-rich, nutrient-poor and hard to stop eating

Experts say a HELOC is a valuable financial tool but caution homeowners against using it as an ATM.

Naming a beneficiary is a valuable feature of life insurance and segregated funds policies so it is important to carefully choose your beneficiaries. Many people choose to name their “estate” as their beneficiary.

Family stepped in to help Aidan Grove-White and his partner afford a house in downtown Toronto, but not how you may think.

For many working-age Canadians, retirement is a far-off, hazy objective. For the detail-minded, it might finally start coming into focus in their mid-30s. But for those with more of a “live for today” attitude toward money and planning, thoughts of retirement pop up only when friends start bailing from the work force or they start sympathizing with the characters in retirement ads.

When you’re faced with uncertainty and stress, use this simple 3-step method.

Joint bank accounts might be the spice of (married) life. According to the authors of a new research paper published earlier this year, couples who want their honeymoon to last longer might want to merge all of their bank accounts into joint accounts.