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According to legend, Saint Valentine of Rome restored sight to his jailer’s blind daughter on the evening before his execution. The following morning, he wrote her a farewell letter and signed it ‘Your Valentine’ – kicking off a centuries-long tradition...

Thinking about financial freedom is like thinking about starting a diet – forcing yourself eat only healthy and unsatisfying foods when all you really want is a piece of double chocolate cake. But if you worry that finding financial stability means no...

Another new year is upon us, and with that comes a fresh batch of resolutions.

We’ve all been there: kicking tires, innocently window shopping, looking for nothing in particular – when something spectacular catches our eye.

Every purchase we make is an attempt to solve a problem. When we’re hungry, we buy food. When our car breaks down, we look for a new one.

We’ve all been there – we swipe our credit card or sign on the dotted line to complete a long-coveted (or impulse) purchase only to realize a minute, a day or a week later that we’ve made a mistake.

Many Canadians contribute to registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) to fund their retirement.

Logically, we know we can’t buy everlasting happiness for 12 low payments of $59.99 – or less than the cost of one coffee a day.

Everyone has financial dreams. Whether it’s getting out of debt, building a nest egg for retirement, purchasing a home or going on vacation – visualizing any number of desired results comes naturally.

I doubt that mental health was on the minds of legislators when the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) came into effect in 1950.