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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2009
If you haven’t yet discovered Krystal, she’s a must-read in the personal finance world. People in their 20s will particularly resonate with her posts – they’re fresh, relevant and frank. She beats the pants off me when it comes to knowing how to stretch a dollar, and still live well. Krystal tagged [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2009
Editor’s Note: I wrote this for a newspaper about 5 years ago. I don’t imagine many of the stats have changed and the last paragraph – does it apply, or does it apply?
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Oy Vey. It’s RRSP Time. They tell me I’ll need about a million to retire in comfort, but I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2009
Many readers may realize this, but I didn’t, until well into my 30s.
Tax brackets, I thought, meant that if I earned over a certain amount, say $75K, all of my earnings would be subject to greater taxes.
That’s not how it works. Here’s where we’re at in Canada, for our federal (not including provincial) taxes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2009
It wasn’t til I was in my late-20s that it started to irritate me, a lot, to be referred to as “a girl”. Even by the most well-meaning people, it rubbed me the wrong way. Girl = wearing jewelry, fun, disempowered. Woman = competent, exercising sound judgment, adult. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2009
The penny dropped again for me this Tuesday. I understood why the Net Neutrality issue is critical to every Canadian, and why imho we each need to engage with the issue (more on how, shortly).
Let’s start with an analogy.
What would you think of Canada if large companies like Safeway and Best Buy were [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2009
For my first preparing-for-the-north purchase, yesterday I bought some boots.
The salesman was extolling their virtues re: warmth. I didn’t bother telling him that even the flocked wool wouldn’t cut it where I was going. Anyway, I bought them. They’ll suffice.
They cost $150 at half-price.
And today I popped into (argh! what’s the name of the shop [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2009
Rahel Bailie
(random generator gave #12 as winner, and that’s Rahel!)
Rahel – pls e-mail me at nancy at your money by design dot com to confirm you’d like the tickets (for next wednesdays game) and I’ll leave them at workspace for you.
Thanks for all the comments about my new home in Yellowknife, everybody!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2009
Well! So much for THAT mystery tour! What a well informed crowd of people on the blogosphere: Yellowknife it is, indeed. More on why later, but meanwhile, a few winter outdoor activities I plan to participate in:
Dog sledding (I did a bit, for real, growing up – the sole mode [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2009
Some of you who follow me on twitter or facebook will remember my slightly secretive messages like:
“working all weekend on a proposal”
and
“wish me luck – panel interview”
Well, I got the job. And I’m moving from Vancouver!
I’ll elaborate on the job and why I’m leaving Vancouver (for a while) in a later post, but meantime, thought [...]
