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Canadian postal rates rise
January 13, 2010 – 7:05 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Canadian postal rates rise

Sending a letter in Canada this week?

You may need to buy new stamps, since Canada Post just raised the postal rates.

And if you’re new to Canada, you may be surprised to learn that Canada

Boxing Day: Sales, sales, and more sales
December 23, 2009 – 7:20 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Boxing Day: Sales, sales, and more sales

In case all your Christmas wishes don’t come true, don’t worry — there’s Boxing Day!

In the U.S., the biggest shopping day of the year is the day after Thanksgiving, a day that’s become known…

Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?
November 27, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?

If you’re living in Canada, you can avoid today’s shopping craziness, which in the U.S. is known as “Black Friday” — the day-after-Thanksgiving, start-of-the-Christmas-shopping-season, mega-sale shopping day.

Here in Canada, it’s just a regular work day.…

Dialing while driving in Canada
November 9, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Dialing while driving in Canada

Ontario became the latest Canadian province to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.

Ontario’s new distracted driving law, which took effect October 26, 2009, prohibits drivers from using any hand-held wireless communication …

Leave the crib at home
October 28, 2009 – 8:01 am | 2 Comments
Leave the crib at home

If you’re relocating with small children, you’ve got to worry about a lot of gear. Cribs. Car seats. Strollers. High chairs.

But if you’re living somewhere temporarily or if you’ve arrived ahead of your moving…