Indepedence and Money

  Many readers of this website are preparing for university, and with that, financial independence. What does that entail, and what are some actions that should be taken to be more careful, especially in light of recent world events? Know what is happening with your bank. Whenever a major financial crisis occurs, everyone knows that…

The Costco Way: More than the minimum wage

As we come out of a recession, increased attention has been put upon decreasing the unemployment rate and making companies more profitable – but what about people who already have jobs, but are underpaid? With talk in the United States of raising the minimum wage, salaries have become a prevalent topic in today’s political and…

The Sunday newspaper crisis

Every Sunday for as long as I can remember, I sit down with my dad after a long and tiring week to read the “funnies” at breakfast and play a competitive game of spot-the-difference in the Calgary Herald. During my junior high and high schools years, I have also developed the habit of keeping up…

My thoughts on Occupy Wall Street

If you have been following the news lately, you will probably have heard of a new phenomenon spreading across the globe by the name of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). Originally organized by a Canadian group known as Adbusters, the protests have spread from New York to various other cities in the US along with China,…