David Saric
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David Saric

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BC landlord

Real Estate • 1809 views

A BC landlord faced $17,600 in penalties for cutting power — here's what tenants can actually claim

Every province protects tenants from losing electricity, heat or water. Filing a claim can lead to five-figure penalties

BoC mortgage rates

Mortgages • 2774 views

Traders put Bank of Canada October rate hike odds near 50% as oil prices and rising bond yields squeeze borrowers

Rising oil prices and bond yields have shifted BoC rate-hike odds sharply higher ahead of the Oct. 28 decision.

North York, Ontario on April 15, 2024: Afternoon traffic on highway 401

Insurance • 61030 views

Ontario drivers are finally getting auto insurance rate cuts this fall — here's who qualifies

After a 13% jump in insurance rates in just one year, Ontario drivers may finally get a break with more than a half-dozen insurers approved for a rate cut to take affect this fall.

Warren Buffett

Investing • Sep 19

Warren Buffett's US$37-billion Precision Castparts bet once looked like his worst — now it may be worth US$100 billion

GE Aerospace's US$11.75B deal for a smaller rival revalues Berkshire's written-down aerospace unit at nearly 3x what Buffett paid

'Crypto King' Aiden Pleterksi

News • 3107 views

Aiden Pleterski's $40M fraud trial starts Oct. 5 — the one check his investors skipped before handing over money

Ontario's 'Crypto King' charged in $40M fraud scheme. Here's how to spot common investment red flags

5 money mistakes

Managing Money • 1639 views

477,000 Canadians have dementia — these 5 money mistakes show up years before a diagnosis

Missed bills, sudden generosity and account confusion can surface years before a dementia diagnosis

Warren Buffet

News • Sep 18

Warren Buffett's final Berkshire exit exposes a $1.5 trillion succession crisis facing Canadian business owners

Only 9% of Canadian business owners have a succession plan, as $1.5T in assets prepare to change hands

Elderly woman on the phone

News • 14404 views

Ontario woman loses $800,000 to bank investigator scam after fake fraud alert drained her savings and life insurance

Guelph woman lost an estimated $800K to a bank investigator scam. Here's how to protect yourself.

Althea Di Gregorio

Managing Money • Sep 17

More than a year later, Windsor fraud victim still waiting for $55K restitution — why so many Canadians go unpaid

Court-ordered restitution doesn't guarantee payment. Here's how Canadian fraud victims can protect themselves

Inflation rates

News • Sep 14

Canada's 3% inflation hides 22.8% gas surge and 26.1% travel spike — and retaliatory tariffs haven't hit yet

Gas prices rose 22.8% and travel costs jumped 26.1% even as Canada's annual inflation held at 3% in August

Financial apps

Banking • Sep 14

Ottawa's open banking rules project $13.2B in benefits — what changes for 9 million Canadians using financial apps

Draft consumer-driven banking regulations aim to replace screen scraping with secure, accredited data sharing

Colleen Carter of Courtice, Ont

Managing Money • Sep 13

Ontario woman's $1,650 furnace 'rebate' from a Facebook ad turned out to be a 20-year, $12,000 loan

A Courtice, Ont., woman thought she signed a green rebate. It was a $12k financing trap

Energy sector

Investing • Sep 13

$5 billion in foreign capital pours into Canadian oil and gas, but Ottawa's policy decisions could kill the boom

Institutional investors sent $5B into Canadian energy stocks, but past booms reversed fast when policy shifted

Daliah Bibas, Researcher-Programmer, Astronomy & Space Sciences at the Ontario Science Centre and Doug Ford

News • Sep 12

Ontario Science Centre axes 30 jobs including entire science department — what laid-off workers are owed

The cuts wiped out 540+ years of service. Here's how severance, EI and a temporary benefits rule apply

Transport trucks pass under a "Bridge To USA" at the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge, US-Canada border crossing. (Windsor, Ontario)

News • Sep 12

New U.S. tariffs and import bans won't dent national GDP growth, economists say — here's what it could cost Canadians

Economists agree: New U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions on Canadian goods are unlikely to significantly affect Canadian economic growth in the near term

Travel to the US

News • Sep 12

Canadians slashed $3.3B in US trip spending in 2025 — now several states are rolling out deals to lure them back

Canadian visits to the U.S. dropped by 7.1 million in 2025 as tariffs and a weak loonie reshaped snowbird travel plans

BMO Bank of Montreal

Investing • Sep 11

BMO InvestorLine scraps commissions on all stock and ETF trades, matching Wealthsimple and Questrade

BMO is the first Big Five bank to offer commission-free stock and ETF trading starting Sept. 14, 2026

Avi Lewis

News • 1551 views

Avi Lewis accuses Carney of putting corporations ahead of Canadians as 90,000 jobs face trade war risk

Lewis accuses Carney of fast-tracking corporate Canada while Canadians struggle — here's what the trade war is costing you, and what support already exists

Hunter Biden

Investing • 3138 views

Hunter Biden's new memecoin is a fresh reminder of crypto's risk for Canadian investors

A new political memecoin from Hunter Biden echoes the hype that erased most of Trump's meme coin value — a reminder for Canadians to treat these tokens as speculation, not investing

Donald Trump

News • Sep 08

Trump's map and moon claims are noise — Canada's new tariffs are the real cost to Canadians

As Trump posts maps claiming Canada and declares the moon American, Canada's counter-tariffs on $28 billion in U.S. goods take effect — here's what actually affects your money

Romance scam

News • Sep 08

Durham police say an Ontario man defrauded 5 women of $1M through in-person romance scams — not dating apps

Canada's romance fraud losses topped $54M in 2025. Here's how to spot the financial red flags before sending money

Staples

News • Sep 07

Ontario teachers flag $750 Staples portal charging $5 for Crayola markers that cost $2 at retail

Some items on Ontario's new $66M Staples classroom supplies portal cost more than double retail prices

Kevin O'Leary

Investing • Sep 06

Kevin O'Leary urges Canadians to buy the dip amid 50% tariffs, but strategists warn a correction is likely

O'Leary sees a 60-to-90-day window to buy Canadian assets cheaply. Most strategists disagree on timing

Pay raises

Employment • Sep 06

Canadian employers hold salary budgets at 3.1% for 2027 — and 46% are setting aside an extra 0.9% pool

Normandin Beaudry's survey of 800+ organizations shows 2027 raise budgets holding steady at 3.1% across Canada.

Mark Carney

Investing • Sep 06

Canada's $51B infrastructure fund lands its first visible project — a $29M water deal in Calgary investors should track

Ottawa confirmed $29M for Calgary's water project under the Build Communities Strong Fund. Here's what it signals for investors

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