Landlord wants to raise rent by 34% ($725)
Hey everyone, I live in a somewhat newly built condo in North York, Ontario. My rent has been decent so far, started at $2050 and they raised by 2% or whatever the maximum was...
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Why Ontario buyers are scooping up investment properties in Calgary
The days of Alberta bleeding residents to other provinces are gone, at least for now. In the second quarter alone, the province saw a net gain of about 10,000 people thanks to moves from other parts...
For Canadians who love their job: what do you do for a living?
I’m at a crossroads in my life right now and I’m looking to explore other options. I’ve worked a blue collared job for the better half of a decade and that’s all I know....
‘I didn’t ever try to commit fraud on anyone,’ FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried says
The man at the centre of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX made his first public appearance since the saga began, telling a New York audience on Wednesday that it was never his intention to commit...
New year, new spending habits
Money mistake #1: Not paying off debt quickly If you’re in the red, you’re not alone. In 2022, Canada’s mortgage load experienced the biggest year-to-year jump in more than a decade, and everyone is...
Budgeting for a less stressful holiday season
Here are a few tricks to help you make sure you have enough dough to cover all your holiday expenses, from gifts and decor to travel—and to start the new year off right. 1....
Landlord rented the unit to higher pricing after told me he is selling it or move in himself
Hi everyone, a few months ago my landlord of a newly built condo in Toronto asked me to move out because he is selling the condo or he is going to move in if...
RBC to take over HSBC Canada in biggest ever deal for a domestic bank
Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to buy the Canadian arm of mutinational bank HSBC for $13.5 billion in cash. RBC chief executive Dave McKay said the deal offers the opportunity to add a...
PFC life & wellbeing
Hey PFC, this is a friendly quarterly reminder to focus on your life and wellbeing as much if not more as you do your financials. Learned that our neighbor passed yesterday, she was 63....
Apple threatening to pull Twitter from its app store, Elon Musk alleges
Elon Musk accused Apple of threatening to block Twitter Inc. from its app store and says the iPhone maker has stopped advertising on the social media platform because it is afraid of free speech. In a series of...
