Up on the third floor of The Law Courts building in Halifax, down a long corridor from the elevator, is Room 314. It’s an unremarkable space, across the hall from one of the courtrooms. There are a couple of cheap office desks, a few mismatched chairs and an old green filing cabinet in the corner. […]
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Work hard for the money: 5 financial resources to check out
Managing your money used to mean sitting down at the kitchen table with your paper bills and chequebook—not anymore. Now we have apps, spreadsheets, online banking and even remote cheque depositing. The face of money in Canada has gone through a massive shift in the past five years.Here are the best apps and resources that […]
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’Til debt do us in
Debt is all around us and that’s OK. No matter what your cash flow may be, waves of financial woes are a part of life. We spoke with folks who decided to run with them, open up and divulge how they deal or don’t deal with their debt. “I climbed out of financial debt by […]
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The life and debt of Jordann Brown
What made you focus on getting out of debt as quickly as possible? There was actually a single event that made me realize I had no clue what I was doing with money. I got in an accident in July 2011 and totaled my car, and I had just graduated from school and I had […]
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How to mend your spending habits
“A resolution without a plan is really just a wish,” she says. “Everyone needs a plan for how their money gets spent, because the money is going to get spent, regardless if you plan to spend it or not.” Trustee in bankruptcy and debt professional Leanne Salyzyn doesn’t like to use the word budget, but […]
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Mind on your money
Laurie Stephenson Certified financial planner, Starboard Wealth Management Pay down debt. One of the big concerns for Canadians is how much debt people are carrying and it’s one of the things you can really control. The first step, I would take stock of your entire financial situation, and what you’re carrying for debt, and consider […]
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Debt smart
Debt: Our Common Problem Monday, January 12-Monday, February 16 7pm Halifax Central Library free English poet and priest George Herbert recorded the aphorism, “speake not of my debts, unleffe you meane to pay them” in a publication from 1640. Apparently, it was as unacceptable to gab about your bff’s Visa bill in the 17th century […]
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Let’s push for lower tuition rates
Nova Scotia has had no shortage of snake-oil get-rich-quick schemes. Consider the allegedly humungous natural gas deposits off our shores, which were supposed to turn us into Alberta East—the actual reserves are so puny that production will dry up in a few years. Some consultants made some dough, I guess. Otherwise, meh. Or, for a […]