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Why don't more people work as truck drivers?

In my family, if you’re a guy, it’s just assumed that you’re going to be a truck driver of some sort — each of my uncles on both sides of my family, numerous cousins and my dad are/were all truck drivers (both long and short-haul), shunt…

Why I will never give up my Signature RBC Rewards Visa

Seeing as I was a good little saver when I was a teenager, RBC had no problem giving me a credit card the week I turned 18. I can even remember the first thing that I bought with my credit card — a loaf of freshly baked bread, mmmm. In the months that followed…

Tassimo/Keurig machines are an incredible rip-off

Remember when Tassimo (et al.) coffee machines came out? Remember how great everyone thought they were? You could get a cup of coffee in minutes — no fussing with filters, ground coffee or having to trouble…

Pizza Pizza: The Only Franchise I Would Buy

Oh man. If there’s anything I love in this world it’s pizza. I know that it’s up there on the list of foods that will kill you buy OH MAN is it ever delicious. I don’t have a favourite chain but I do have a least…

Why I will never, ever buy a house in Montreal

When I was getting towards the end of my Cegep, I thought that it was maybe time to buy a house in Montreal. I had two ok jobs, I had savings and I thought that I wanted to live in my old neighbourhood, close to my parents, forever. Thankfully that didn’t happen because, almost right after…

Open a McDonalds Franchise or, How To Spend A Million Dollars

One of my most popular posts is So You Want to Open a Tim Hortons. This post is from my early days and is a bit more rambling than I hoped it would be but I love the idea of looking at other franchises and how to open them. Today I’m starting with McDonalds, arguably the most popular…

Collusion is Killing Canadian Consumers

It’s really interesting to me how quickly Canadian consumers embrace new technology. Not even ten years smartphones were non-existent and just slightly more than the majority of people I worked with even had a cell phone. This was my cell phone in 2006, only to be…

The Cost of Hunting in British Columbia

Is it cheaper to hunt for meat? 99% of the time, the answer is no. That said, there are a lot of variables affecting how much it will cost. Below, I outline a few different but similar scenarios and give some more reasons as to why someone would want…

Dealspotr: Free Amazon Gift Cards!

For the past few months, I’ve been obsessed with Dealspotr. DealSpotr is a mix between RetailMeNot and Reddit. The coupon site uses its members upvotes (likes) and comments to sort the coupons…

Carnival of Money Pros

Michael Kitces @ Nerd’s Eye View writes IRS Rules For Paying Investment Fees From Taxable And Retirement Accounts…

So you want to open a Tim Horton's franchise

Those who know me well know that I often get random ideas and become a bit obsessed with them. Today, while walking to lunch, I was thinking about what to do…

Carnival of Money Pros

The Carnival of Money Pros is brought to you to by the Money Pros Team, and you can submit articles at…

Carnival of Financial Camaraderie

Pauline @ Reach Financial Independence writes 13 money resolutions for 2013: #5 review your expenses! – This post is part…

Dealspotr: How I Earn an Extra $100 Browsing the Internet

As you may know, I’ve been a Verified Influencer with Dealspotr for about eight months now. While I haven’t made the kind of money that some users have ($400+ a month!?) I have earned over $200 this year for basically the time I spend browsing the internet while…

Minimum Wage Budget

Andrea at So Over Debt and Jackie at Money Crush posted what their hypothetical budgets would be on a minimum wage salary so I figured that I would do the exercise as well to give everyone…

Carnival of Retirement

Happy Monday! Look, another carnival! Don’t you feel like it’s Carnival time…

How much does it cost to look fake?

I wrote a post over at Chic Darling this afternoon about fake girls. While writing it, I got to thinking about how much time and money these girls must spend on…

Lifestyle Carnival

TDB @ Tax Deduction Blog writes Before You Say I Do : How will marriage affect your taxes? – Before you…

Want to graduate debt free? Why not move to Quebec?

As a curious person (who should have been an Anthropologist), I’ll often invite myself into certain conversations that interest me. While this practice sometimes backfires, overall I…

Good Debt And Bad Debt Are Highly Subjective

We all know the concept of good debt and bad debt:
Good debt = education & housing
Bad debt = consumer debt & cars
Here’s a shocker — good debt and bad debt are highly subjective…

Subway: The Worst Franchise Ever

It's Franchise Week on Vanessa's Money!   I was in elementary school the first time I had a Subway sandwich and it was absolutely terrible.…