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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.…

Canada ranks fourth in quality of life worldwide
October 19, 2009 – 7:20 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Canada ranks fourth in quality of life worldwide

Canada ranks fourth in overall quality of life among 182 of the world’s countries, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2009 Human Development Report (HDR).

Only Norway, Australia, and Iceland ranked higher on…

Canadian university guarantees graduates a job
October 5, 2009 – 7:10 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Canadian university guarantees graduates a job

The University of Regina in Saskatchewan is offering prospective students a unique guarantee:

If you don’t find a “career-oriented job” within six months of graduation, the school will give you a scholarship to cover another

More finance professionals moving to Toronto
September 21, 2009 – 7:33 am | One Comment
More finance professionals moving to Toronto

The financial industry’s strength is attracting worldwide talent to Bay Street — and giving a big boost to the high-end real estate market.”

That’s according to a recent Globe & Mail article, “Banking on TO,”…

Canada’s “tax competitiveness”
September 18, 2009 – 7:43 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Canada’s “tax competitiveness”

Starting a business in Canada? Then — unfortunately — you’ll need to learn more about Canadian taxes.

A Canadian think tank, the C.D. Howe Institute, recently released a report on Canada’s “tax competitiveness” — assessing…