Money & Career

A four-week guide to making your money make sense

Money expert Caroline Cakebread crunches the numbers to see if the golden years will be in fact, golden.

I just about fell over when I opened our hydro bill last month - the bill was quite a bit higher than it was last year. The point is, we need to trim our energy use, not just hydro but our heating bills too. And as someone who’s used to flipping the heat up and down whenever it suits me, this is going to be a challenge.

Take control of your finances this year by following these six simple steps

As our diseased tree languishes on the front porch waiting for pick up day, I realize I am suffering from the post-Christmas-excess blues. Which of course I thought I wouldn’t have, especially because we managed to stick to our debt diet over the holidays (mostly). But I still feel like we overdid it ...