Posthaste: More Canadians desperate for tax refund to plug holes in their finances

Accountants will tell you that getting a tax refund is bad financial planning, but more Canadians are nonetheless depending on that cash injection to help with their finances, according to…

Bank of Canada rate hike bets look ‘unrealistic’ given ‘sclerotic’ state of jobs market, say economists

Canada’s economy remains sluggish as it added just 14,000 positions in March , doing little to reverse the “devastating” losses…

What is the bond market and why is everybody so worried about it?

The bond market doesn’t make headlines nearly as often as its more exciting cousin, the stock market, but when it…

Shoplifting on the rise as cost of living mounts

Many of Canada’s small businesses are witnessing an increase in crime as the cost of living climbs. Only two per…

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What falling wage growth says about where the U.S. economy is heading

Americans are getting smaller pay raises while tariffs and higher gas prices are threatening to make everything more expensive. Subscribe…

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Three steps to make filing your tax return to the CRA less painful

The latest stats from Canada Revenue Agency ’s tax filing season tracker show that as of April 12, 16.1 million taxpayers have filed, meaning about…

How much money should Gerry, in his 70s, have in equities, bonds and cash?

Q. I am in my late-70s and retired, and my wife and I have accumulated sufficient retirement savings to live comfortably for the remainder of…

The data centre next door: How Microsoft aims to feed AI’s voracious needs and be a good neighbour

Standing next to about 50 whirring fans responsible for cooling a vast room of stacked computer servers, a Microsoft Corp. executive highlights how a data…

Opinion: Building up the Northwest Territories is a strategic bet on Canada’s next phase of growth

Prime Minister Mark Carney in March put the North at the centre of Canada’s economic and security agenda when he announced more than $40 billion…

Posthaste: Why Canadians might be doomed to suffer a ‘new normal’ for oil prices

The federal government gave financially stretched Canadians a break at the pump a year ago after axing the much-despised carbon tax on gasoline, but those…

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