The world's most well-known cryptocurrency Bitcoin smashed through $34,000 for the first time ever in its entire history of 12 years on Sunday. Once the price of the leading cryptocurrency crossed the $30,000 mark for the first time -- something it had struggled to do for the last couple of...
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Divorce at any age or stage in life can be difficult -- both emotionally and financially. Yet, couples divorcing after age 50 face unique financial challenges that should be examined and resolved during the divorce process. Most couples in this category have the added burden of dividing a life-time of...
Studying the option of no charge transit services for OC Transpo riders could cost the City of Ottawa nearly one million dollars a memo states. A memo to Ottawa city council sent by Renée Amilcar, the general manager of the City's transit services and Wendy Stephanson, the City's chief...
The Bank of Canada says the national economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, hammering the hardest-hit workers again on the path to a recovery that rests on the rollout of vaccines. Workers in high-contact service industries will carry the burden of a new round of...
The Ford government on Wednesday approved the highest rent increases in almost a decade. Rents in 2023 will be capped at a maximum 2.5 per cent, more than double the 2022 increase but the province says its lower than it could have been given current inflation rates. However, the cap does...
Canadian employers project the national average base salary to increase by 4.2 per cent next year, a new survey says. According to the report by consulting firm Eckler Ltd., the forecast comes as organizations try to balance inflationary pressures, surging interest rates, recession risks and a tight labour market. British Columbia,...
Mark Zuckerberg loses $3 billion as world's richest get pummelled by market swoon. It’s been an expensive week for the world’s richest people. Mark Zuckerberg is nursing the biggest fall after losing $3.2 billion as large cap stocks disappointed for a fourth straight day. Losses for the Facebook Inc. chief...
Vancouver city council will decide at the end of this month whether to increase the empty homes tax to five per cent of the assessed value of vacant homes. The tax was conceived by the Coalition of Progressive Electors in 2014 and introduced in 2017 by Vision Vancouver at the...
The Canadian dollar was little changed against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday after the pause of a high profile COVID-19 vaccine trial offset robust Chinese trade data, with the currency holding near an earlier five-week high. Data showing that Chinese exports and imports climbed in September boosted the price of...