Signs, Signs We live in an amazing world, where advancements in technology have taken away the need to think for ourselves. We rarely have to scratch our heads, when all we must do is just “Google It”. It can be as simple as a recipe or as complicated as planning a schedule for a 10-day…
Who You Gonna Call? The tax season is upon us and the insatiable appetite for more money will have CRA scouring our returns to ensure we all pay just a little bit more. This phrase burns right to the pit of my stomach and it has been coined by successive governments of the day. There…
I Don’t Want to be a Widow I attended a seminar this week and the speaker delivered an interesting address that was focused on women and the absence of financial planning geared to their specifics needs. I listened intently as she highlighted some of the deficient areas and how different the female population focuses on…
This Play Is Under Review I was catching the latest on my favourite sportscast when the highlights showed a tennis match that ended when one of the players stopped playing after the referee called his shot out. His opponent kept playing and returned the shot to an open court. Upon the review, the ball was…
Do You Want To Build a Snowman? Where have all of our traditions gone? What great pieces of our past have been lost. What is stored in the proverbial attic hidden away from our sight? The magic of our past can be unlocked and shared with a new generation simply by recapturing some of the…
The Lies We Are Told As our world continues to change, at a pace never seen before, it is easy to become confused and disillusioned. Many aspects of our lives, that were sure things, or that we take for granted, might not turn out the way we expect. The shift is dramatic. I met an…
The Estate Grinch When a person in Canada dies, it is necessary for their estate to pass through Probate. Probate is the procedure by which a will is approved by the Court as the valid and last will of a deceased testator (the person who made the will). When someone dies without a valid will,…