Nancy Zimmerman: a canadian money coach (not a financial planner!)

I did the Snopes check. This one, folks, is true.

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and I quote:
The Rogers Cable Inc. division also saw growth crimped, thanks to the company’s decision to raise prices by the largest amount to date and at a time when the economy has begun to soften.

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A week ago today, one of my most trusted, intimate friends wrote me off. For good.
This was no ordinary friendship. I hesitate to use the word “soulmate” which has a slightly ethereal sound to it. I prefer to say this was a “friend of the soul”. The relationship [...]

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Blogging buddy Squawkfox (I love her blog, and you will too) wrote a post on 50 reasons to stop using plastic bags.
So good was the post that MSN money picked it up! Yaaaay, Squawkfox!
I thought it was a great piece and frankly, a no-brainer, ie., why wouldn’t we use canvas bags for shopping?
Well some of [...]

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You can guess what I’d do with it:  social housing.
But there are lots of other great options:

increased/improved public transit
investing in alternative energy
helping out the Cambie merchants

 Readers:  it’s your money!  (if you’re in BC).  What would you want the provincial gov’t to do with it?  (and giving it back to us is an option too!)

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In my years as a money coach, I’ve met with hundreds of people who have privileged me by opening up about their financial situation. The majority of my private clients are high income: $80,000 – $200,000 salary – realtors, film industry, professionals.
In the mix there has been another sub-set: women in their [...]

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Happened again. The VPD  kicked a few homeless awake in the morning, at Pigeon Park this time. I wonder if Kim Capri is going to use the “the grass might catch fire” excuse again, for this concrete park? Photo courtesy of Blackbird.

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My faith is possibly being restored: I went to Oppenheimer Park at 5am this morning and found no less than twenty-one, 21!, of my fellow well-housed neighbours there in the park with me, collectively in solidarity with the homeless. Plenty of press came, but no police this morning as they’d received the press [...]

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Fellow Citizens, you should know about this:
Many of you know of the infamous Oppenheimer Park in my ‘hood, the Downtown Eastside. It’s a pretty grim park, frankly. I only go there rarely and I don’t let my dogs walk there because of the needles. And other stuff. See image below.
People [...]

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Every so often I like to point out companies that are doing it right.  And no, this is not a sponsored post.
I’ve been using sliced tomatoes every so often over the past year, and do they deliver – both literally and figuratively.
Here’s how it works:  you go to their website and select which menu you’d [...]

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