With vaccines becoming widely available, local restrictions on social gatherings, public spaces, and dining out are slowly starting to lift. That’s great news for folks living in Canada, but what about Canadian citizens outside of the country?

International travel has become much more complicated. Airlines have cancelled flights across the board, and restrictions vary from one country to the next. If you were unlucky enough to be traveling, studying, or …

Do you want to start building wealth or saving for retirement? Your savings account isn’t doing you any good when it comes to reaching your long-term financial goals! With average interest rates between 0.04% to 0.06%, savings accounts just aren’t designed for high returns.

If you’re comfortable with a little bit of risk, investing is the best way to see real returns on your money. Especially during the pandemic. …

The pandemic has brought new, life-altering, and even frightening changes for us all. From cities on lockdown to mask mandates, and from social distancing to hospital bed shortages, the “new normal” is in a constant state of evolution.

It’s dizzying – and not surprisingly, it’s also a significant source of stress for parents, children, students, employees, and employers alike. It has pushed so many people to start dealing with a …

One of the greatest lessons that we’ve all learned from the pandemic is that the traditional way of working can be much more flexible than we thought. Especially if you are in the tech or digital industry. Fact of the matter is everything has changed. The we shop, our banking system and the list goes on.

Public health mandates such as social distancing and decreased interaction in closed spaces …

Privacy hasn’t always been a priority. From public bathhouses to one-bedroom family homes, the way we think about privacy has gone through some big changes. Today, we all value the ability to keep certain actions and information confidential, visible only to ourselves and those to whom we specifically grant access.

Lawmakers across the globe have even written specific rules for privacy management in constitutions and regulations for individuals, companies, and …

We’ve all heard the phrase “New Normal” more times than we can count. It’s one of the most dreaded sayings of 2020, but we keep using it for good reason. The impacts of the pandemic are far-reaching, significant, and unavoidable.

Each of us have had to embrace a new semblance of normalcy: since the first few weeks of the pandemic, the way that we live, work, interact, and …

The pandemic has taken a toll on us all: physically, emotionally, and financially. Small businesses, employees, and self-employed individuals are all under a huge amount of financial pressure to stay afloat through closures, restrictions, and general uneasiness about how the economy will recover.

Thankfully, if you were eligible for CERB (Canada Emergency Recovery Benefits), you were able to soften the blow with $2,000 for a four-week period. But what happens …

When it comes to investing, 2021 has already been a year for the books. It's been quite "interesting" to say the least.

Not just for locals but for Canadians all across the globe.

With investing workshops popping up in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and more (Online for now due to the pandemic) , looks like a new way to diversify a person's income is on the horizon.

Even Canadian businesses …

It’s safe to say that 2020 was highly unusual – and the 2020 tax season is gearing up to be more of the same.

Filing taxes will almost certainly be complicated for a year that was marked by economic fluctuations, shifting regulations, business closings and reopening, and newly created government subsidies. Nearly everyone will have something new to claim on their taxes, and you’ll want to be as prepared as …

It’s no surprise that 2020 and 2021 have both brought significant financial challenges for individuals, families, and businesses alike in Vancouver (Especially in the Lower Mainland area). In fact, British Columbia could be facing a deficit of $12.5 billion.

According to the latest Impact Pulse Survey of Vancouver businesses, 75 percent of respondents reported challenges in attracting revenue or customers. Approximately 30 percent reported not having enough cash to …