Romana King
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Senior Editor at Money Canada
Making sense of cents | 🎯 is financial literacy for all | #personalfinance #realestate expert | Author of Amazon #bestseller | 🏆 Winner EFJ 2022 Book Award
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1 week ago |
money.ca | Brett Surbey |Romana King
Canadian domestic travel expected to surge in response While the number of Candians travelling to the U.S. is in a sharp decline, this is a change in location, not a reduction of travel plans. More and more Canadians are expected to travel the Great White North instead. Latest figures from travel business Adventure Canada are showing a rapid climb in choosing domestic travel.
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money.ca | Leslie Kennedy |Romana King
System criticized as slow and stacked against renters Nichola Taylor, chair of the New Brunswick branch of housing rights group ACORN, criticized New Brunswick's system in the past, stating, "You would think if they have all that money stored that money should be going back towards housing to help tenants and to decrease the crisis of affordable housing that we're currently in," she said to CityNews. Under provincial law, landlords can require a security deposit of up to one month's rent.
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money.ca | Leslie Kennedy |Romana King
How gift card scams work Scammers have become increasingly sophisticated. As cybersecurity expert Tom Keenan from the University of Calgary explained to CTV News: “Bad guys are scooping up a bunch of gift cards, taking them somewhere and putting labels over the barcode. When someone activates the card, they’re ready to go and drain it.” These altered cards can be difficult for customers to detect in-store. And once the funds are stolen, recovering them is often impossible.
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2 weeks ago |
money.ca | Leslie Kennedy |Romana King
S&P 500 enters bear market amid escalating tariff tensions As of April 7, 2025, the S&P 500 has officially entered bear market territory, defined by a 20% decline from its recent peak. The index fell to 4,870, down 21% from its high of 6,144 on February 19, 2025. This marks the second-fastest transition to a bear market in history, surpassed only by the rapid decline during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
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3 weeks ago |
money.ca | Nicholas Sokic |Romana King
Canadians’ understanding of their paycheque Over one in ten Canadians say they have a good understanding of their income tax bracket and how much should be deducted for tax purposes on each pay slip. Just slightly less than that, 9% of Canadians say they feel confident that they would notice an error when it comes to tax deductions on their paycheques.
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RT @APTNtv: Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Today — and each day, we honour and remember residential school Survivors a…
Agreed. But you don't publicly convict or embellish the charges, either.
@MichelleLA1981 You don’t charge 90 year old men on supposition and rumour.
I'm bad at social media. NOT a daily (or weekly) user and try to prioritize IRL and #mentalhealth. The downside is being late at showing gratitude 🙏 for the unexpected 🫶 from Canadian #personalfinance icon @hardbaconca! Thank you 😍😍😍
@RKHomeowner Cheers to your achievement of being recognized as one of Canada's top 65 money influencers! https://t.co/nUt1eAZqor
