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In any normal winter, Cameron Birch and his family of five would pack their bags for an all-inclusive vacation somewhere warm and sunny. But when the pandemic kept them from booking a trip south, the Kelowna, B.C., family looked closer to home and bought season passes to Big White Ski...

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...

Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation jumped higher in March due in large part to a plunge in prices a year ago at the start of the pandemic. The agency says the consumer price index in March was up 2.2 per cent compared with a year ago. The increase...

Have you ever noticed how the prices on items have continuously crept higher and higher each year, but you get nothing more for the added cost? In fact, packaging for many items has decreased in size at the same time. When people wonder where their money disappears to, those...

Your children soak up more than you know. Parents who stress out loud about money, fight between themselves or complain about bills are sending a message heard loud and clear by the little ones in the house. Adults may not be aware of the money lessons being taught with...

Some Manitobans dreamed up creative ways to defraud Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) in 2021, ranging from a false kidnapping to claiming a dog darted in front of the car causing a crash. On Wednesday, MPI released its top five auto insurance frauds, highlighting some of the situations the organization had...

With the latest government freeze, it is a good reminder to those who are working that there are many uncontrolled variables that could lead to a financial disaster. When you are working and receive scheduled paychecks it is best to prepare for potential disasters. Many people work to live,...

Housing in Canada might feel like it's in a perpetual state of unaffordability, but there's a chance that the Canadian housing market has peaked and we could see a bit of a decline in prices by 2023. According to a study conducted by Desjardins, wannabe homebuyers can expect to see...

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...

B.C. is expanding the reach of its speculation and vacancy tax. The tax — meant to discourage housing speculation and vacant homes in major urban centres — will soon apply to North Cowichan, Duncan, Ladysmith and Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island and to Lions Bay and Squamish on the Sea...