CALGARY — Canadians can begin collecting Canada Pension Plan payments as early as age 60, but financial advisers warn it rarely makes sense to do so....
TORONTO — Sara McIntyre started her side business by accident. The Toronto-based law clerk had been making soaps in her spare time as a hobby. After crafting...
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts fell in February compared with January. The housing agency says the seasonally...
Long-term U.S. mortgage rates have sunk to a record low, giving many homeowners an opening to refinance their loans to free up money to spend or...
TORONTO — Credit rating agency Equifax Canada says average consumer debt increased 2.7 per cent to reach $72,950 at the end of 2019 as the pace...
Today the Bank of Canada lowered its target for the overnight rate by 50 basis points to 1.25 per cent. Alarms sounded around the world on...
TORONTO — Several Canadian banks and financial institutions have dropped their prime lending rate by 50 basis points to 3.45 per cent, effective March 5. The moves by the...
TORONTO — The Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday over concerns of the novel coronavirus. Here’s some of...
TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in February were up 45.6 per cent compared with the same month last year when...
Hannah Nordman started an emergency savings fund the moment she finished paying off her student loans. The Calgary-based marketing and communications co-ordinator became debt-free two years...