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Mental Health Matters: Coping with the Impact of Financial Stress
We live in an age where at the touch of our smartphones or computers, we can instantly connect with those we know, and yet more people are lonelier than ever. Virtually surrounded, and yet alone. When a person’s self-worth errantly seems to be connected to the number...
How To Stay Safe From Financial Fraud
As businesses and technology firms beef up their security systems, adding hedges and guardrails to protect their clients, so have the number of scams and phishing attacks on unsuspecting populations in Canada. Scammers have been known to employ a variety of tactics...
5 Fun and Inexpensive Valentine’s Day Ideas!
It is that time of the year - golden boxes of chocolate, long-stemmed roses, red velvet cupcakes, sparkling pink champagne and diamond rings! A time for joy and laughter. A time of excitement for shoppers and shop owners alike, and I may dare say for the latter even...
Don’t Be Scrooged By Holiday Scams
The holiday season brings out the generous, gift giving spirit in people. It also brings about holiday scams. Scrooges are out there ready to take advantage of your kindness and your money. 5 tips To Avoid Holiday Scams Research The Charity You Are Giving To The...
Creating a Realistic Budget and Finding Freedom to Spend Intentionally!
Budgeting is one the most important decisions you will make when it comes to having a financially healthy lifestyle. Very much like the roadmap before venturing on an important journey. Or the compass you need before setting sail, in search of your dream destination,...
Credit Counselling Canada Award 2021
CCC’s Annual Members Conference held during June 7-8, 2021, represented Canada’s key stakeholders in the financial services industry including the FCAC, OSB and Canadian Tire Bank. The sessions were very informative, enlightening, and inspiring. Conference attendees...
You Can Be Debt-Free!
You can be debt-free! Does that feel like an elusive dream? Striving to make ends meet, uncertain about your financial future, hoping for a brighter tomorrow for your family? Don’t despair for there is hope. Just pause, and let’s take stock of where you are on the...
September – A Time for New Beginnings, including Your Budget
September - A Time for New Beginnings, including Your Budget September is such a beautiful month with the cooler, crisper weather and all the vegetation turning into the brilliant colours of fall, including a few of my pumpkins I planted in the spring. For many of us...
Consumer rights and debt
Consumer rights and debt is an increasingly important topic. As modern societies move toward open …
Credit Counselling Canada appointed to FCAC Committee
