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Zellers store with Zeddy bear

Managing Money • 1h ago

Zellers opens 25,000-sq.-ft. Cambridge store Nov. 12 as Canadians cut holiday budgets by $64 on average

Zellers’ newest store opens this week with nostalgic perks and the return of Zeddy, but a smart shopping trip starts with a budget, not a memory

Premier Doug Ford

News • 2h ago

Ontario cuts OSAP grants from 85% to 25%, shifting billions in costs to students as tuition freeze ends

Ontario's OSAP grant cap drops to 25% from 85%, meaning more student aid must be repaid as loans

Young men playing video games in e-sports tournament, women getting pedicures at nail salon

News • 8h ago

A Vaughan gamer hosts free esports tournaments to rescue his mom's nail salon — restaurants benefit, the salon doesn't

A Vaughan gamer's free tournaments are filling a quiet mall — but not his mom's salon. His experiment shows what grassroots marketing can and can't do for a family business

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Stellantis suspected sale

News • 9h ago

Unifor accuses Stellantis of selling Brampton Assembly Plant to Roshel as 97% strike mandate hangs over stalled talks

Unifor says Stellantis’s refusal to confirm or deny a sale of its idled Brampton plant amounts to confirmation, adding new strain to contract talks covering 9,000 Canadian autoworkers

Man looking frustrated on computer, police officers arriving to a crime scene

News • 10h ago

Toronto police halted a $2.9 million fraud while it was happening — the scammer's 5-step script reveals how

A fake telecom technician, a remote-access app and a ‘quick’ bank check nearly cost one Toronto resident $2.9 million. Here’s how the script works — and how to break it

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow

News • 2.0k views

‘Don’t come knocking’: Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow not to expect another bailout

With provincial support ending and a $1.1B shortfall looming, Toronto homeowners and renters should prepare for higher costs — and know which relief programs can soften the hit.

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia talks to reporters 2025 + Video of Jensen Huang speaking to Alice Huang at a dinner in Taiwan

Investing • 11h ago

Vanguard's VFV and iShares' XEQT both hold Nvidia — why the Jensen Huang allegations matter to your index funds

Nvidia is the largest stock in both popular ETFs, so a probe into its CEO reaches Canadians' TFSAs and RRSPs. Here's how to check your exposure before Nov. 17 earnings.

Stressed unemployed man looking at expenses

News • Nov 09

Unemployment climbs to 6.7% just days after the Bank of Canada's first rate hike in 3 years — squeezing homeowners

Canada lost nearly 115,000 jobs in 3 months just as variable mortgage costs rose. Here’s how to protect your budget if both your rate and your paycheque feel shaky

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Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly and Lourenco Goncalves, CEO of Stelco parent company Cleveland-Cliffs

News • 4.9k views

Mélanie Joly asks Competition Bureau to probe Cleveland-Cliffs' $3.4B Stelco takeover after CEO's 'shocking admission'

Joly wants regulators to revisit the $3.4B Stelco deal after the Cleveland-Cliffs CEO said he bought it to block Canadian steel exports.

Budget 2026

News • Nov 09

Budget 2026 offers free museum admission for under-25s, $783M in repairs and a new tax credit for Canadian artists

Ottawa's Budget 2026 proposes free national museum entry for anyone under 25 and a new tax credit covering up to $45,000 for creators

Investor considering Grand Theft Auto VI

Investing • Nov 09

Take-Two targets US$8B in bookings from GTA VI — analysts see 37% upside but warn of key risks for investors

Take-Two Interactive’s shares are down from its high point as Grand Theft Auto VI’s November 19 launch nears. Here’s what analysts predict and what Canadian investors should weigh before buying.

What happens if your project is cancelled or becomes rentals

Real Estate • 2.1k views

Over 11,000 Toronto-area condo units cancelled since 2024 — here's how much of your deposit you can actually recover

Ontario buyers are generally owed a full refund if their builder cancels the deal. Tarion’s deposit protection of up to $20,000 kicks in when that money doesn’t come back.

Aluminum tariffs

News • Nov 09

Canada's aluminum industry shipped 800,000 tonnes to Europe to dodge 50% U.S. tariffs — and midterms may shift the tide

Canadian aluminum producers have kept production running by finding buyers in Europe. Industry leaders hope the election opens a path to a deal with Washington

Canadian made

News • 1.0k views

Walmart and Microsoft can qualify as Canadian suppliers under Ottawa's Buy Canadian rules, think tank warns

Foreign-owned subsidiaries can qualify for federal purchasing preferences, raising questions about who benefits from taxpayer-funded contracts

Asking for a raise

Employment • Nov 08

Canada's 2027 raises average 3.1% to 3.3% — Randstad says only 4% of employers plan across-the-board increases

Canadian employers are budgeting for 3.1% to 3.3% raises in 2027, but inflation could wipe out most of the gain. Here's which skills command higher pay and how to negotiate more

Debt cycle

Managing Money • Nov 08

42% of Canadian families with kids now use credit for essentials — self-employed workers face the worst of it

When pay days become unpredictable, credit cards can fill in the gaps — until they don’t. Here’s how self-employed Canadians can create a cushion and get out of the debt carousel

TD Bank logo and elderly man using his cell phone

News • 8.4k views

An 88-year-old lost $450,000 to a deepfake scam — and his bank won't return a penny under Canada's current rules

Most Canadian scam victims absorb the loss themselves. Here’s what the rules cover, what Ottawa has proposed and the steps that can limit the damage

Elderly retired couple enjoying a coffee and chatting

Retirement • 22.5k views

Ottawa's 'RRSP for life' would kill the RRIF conversion at 71 — but what happens to mandatory withdrawals?

The federal government wants to merge RRSPs and RRIFs into one account, but the mandatory withdrawals at 71, and the tax bill that comes with them, aren’t going anywhere

Bank account charges

Banking • 9.7k views

Ottawa's proposed ban on $150 bank transfer fees could save Canadians moving RRSPs, TFSAs and RESPs

Draft rules would stop banks from charging $50 to $150 per account when you transfer an RRSP, TFSA or RESP to a competitor

Young couple buying a new home

Mortgages • Nov 07

Only 18% of young Canadians feel confident about every homebuying cost — a CFP explains how to close the gap

Only 18% of Canadians aged 18 to 34 feel confident about every financial aspect of buying a home. Here's how to budget for the upfront and ongoing costs