Work & Finance

  • The Three-Ring Circus: 5 Tips for Single Moms Who Work

    The Three-Ring Circus: 5 Tips for Single Moms Who Work

    If you're a single mom who works, you probably don't have a lot of time to read, so let's get right to the point. In addition to your salaried...

  • How to Tell Your Boss You're Pregnant

    How to Tell Your Boss You're Pregnant

    You kicked your coffee habit weeks ago, but your boss still hasn't clued into the fact that you're pregnant. You're wondering how-and when-you should share your big news at work. While there's no "right...

  • Searching for Canada's Top Mompreneur

    Searching for Canada's Top Mompreneur

    A PR consultant, a successful retailer, a web designer, a kids clothing designer… what do all these successful Canadian business women have in common? They’re all Mompreneurs™, united by...

  • Saving Money

    Saving Money

    Are you planning on a "New Year's Resolution" to start saving more money in 2008? Like any resolution, unless some action is taken on your part, nothing will ever change. For example, if your...

  • When should I start saving for my baby's future post-secondary education?

    When should I start saving for my baby's future post-secondary education?

    There is no time like the present! As a parent or a concerned adult you are going to have to consider your families educational financial...

  • What is the Canada Education Savings Grant?

    What is the Canada Education Savings Grant?

    The Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) is an initiative introduced in the 1998 Federal Budget to encourage families to save towards their...

  • What is a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) and why do I need one?

    What is a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) and why do I need one?

    A Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) is an investment vehicle designed to help parents, grandparents and others concerned adults finance the...

  • What are the different types of Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs)?

    What are the different types of Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs)?

    There are various RESP vehicles presently available to assist you in saving for your child's future post-secondary education. Generally speaking...

  • What about self-directed RESPs?

    What about self-directed RESPs?

    Most Canadians don't understand that the two types of RESPs, scholarship and self-directed plans, are actually subject to different legislation. Companies like Heritage Education Funds offer a scholarship plan...

  • 10 Questions to ask yourself about your child's future post-secondary education

    10 Questions to ask yourself about your child's future post-secondary education

    Do you want your child to benefit from a post-secondary education (i.e., community college, college or university)? Are you prepared to save...

  • Borrowing To Contribute

    Borrowing To Contribute

    What do you do if the RRSP deadline is fast approaching and you don't have the money to make a contribution? Simple. Borrow it. Your annual RRSP contribution is an important part of planning for your future...

  • Getting Back to Work

    Getting Back to Work

    As a working member of society you enjoy income, position, respect, working with others, a feeling of community and that somehow you are contributing something to the world. With this comes a higher self-esteem...

  • Frugal Living

    Frugal Living

    The most frequently asked question about frugal living for me has been "What is that?". My explanation is usually that frugal living is a conscious choice to spend less, save more, and basically...

  • Stay-at-Home Mom, Back-at-Work

    Stay-at-Home Mom, Back-at-Work

    Yippee! My days of being an ambivalent, mostly stay-at-home mom are over. I’ve landed my first full-time job in 13 years! I’m 47 years old and my sons are 13 and 15. Every morning I rise...

  • Why Always Blame the Working Mom?

    Why Always Blame the Working Mom?

    When I was 15, living in the suburbs, I sometimes babysat for a young couple who lived across the street in a towering garden-engulfed house made entirely of glistening British Columbia Redwood. The Mom was a very...





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