A recent Moneyville article questions the notion that a furnace maintenance plan is a necessity, especially if the furnace is less than ten years old. So, should you cancel your furnace maintenance plan? After I knew all the facts, I did. Read ...

There are plenty of self help books boasting the rewards of thinking on the plus side of things rather than the minus side, envisioning yourself and your situation the way you want it to be and -- in doing so -- becoming a better person. But no one ...

Maybe you're a first time home buyer or a landlord who doesn't completely trust your tenants to be good to the appliances you own. Or maybe, just maybe you're like a lot of people and you haven't been able to save up for that rainy (or wintry) day in ...

Baby it's cold outside. And inside! Until last week I assumed that upgrading to energy efficient appliances was something you do when you're renovating and the bank's throwing low interest cash at you. But then my furnace died. It didn't just act up ...

If only there were more hours in the day, my mother used to say. Seems like there's less and less time to do more and more cleaning. But most of us aren't well schooled in how to make things easier on ourselves - particularly in the realm of ...

Consumers have been on high alert this week in anticipation of the Ontario government's plans to provide relief from soaring hydro prices in its fall economic statement. The 2010 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review was released earlier this ...

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In the first installment of our How I Did It series, guest blogger Sherri Telenko shares her story of how she 'found' $1000 to renovate her bathroom. Pretty sweet deal considering she didn't have to spend any real money to do it. Read on for her ...