Close your eyes, picture a vibrant, growing city nestled in the scenic Assiniboine River Valley, surrounded by alluring landscapes, rolling hills, enormous skies, quaint towns and unspoiled countryside. Welcome to Brandon, a city of promise, in which our children wish to stay and raise their own children. We invite you to discover Brandon, Manitoba more [...]

There is no worse feeling than waking up in the morning, rested from good night’s sleep, and glancing at the clock, only to do a double-take: You’re late!
For most people, knowing they’re running late for work strikes the fear of God within them and as a result, they move like there’s a fire under [...]

The survey featured over at Macleans.ca is the first of its kind in Canada and provides citizens in 31 cities across the country with comparative data on how well—or poorly—their city is run, measured by the cost and quality of the public services it delivers. (Why 31? they took the 30 largest cities in Canada, [...]

The Muchmor Business Network is a new and exciting place for Canada’s small business owners and professionals to meet, chat and discuss the topics of the day. The network is free to join, charges no annual fees and has been set up to enable anyone who owns or runs a small business in Canada to [...]

Canadians and Americans hold very similar views about the future of the plastic shopping bag, a two-country Angus Reid Strategies poll has found. In the online survey of representative national samples of 1,004 Canadians and 1,000 Americans, a large majority of respondents in both countries (60% in the United States and 76% in Canada) support an [...]

Almost 90 per cent of Canadians aged 25 to 65 say they would like to be more physically active, but more than half report they either don’t have the time or are too tired to act on their good intentions according to a recent Ipsos Reid survey conducted for the Canadian Chiropractic Association. “These findings [...]

In the current economic environment, many people are refocusing their priorities on family and home. Experts say more Americans are creating a home theater experience in their home instead of going out. Perhaps you’re thinking about using your tax refund for a new HDTV. Or maybe you’re getting a new home theater system in time [...]

In the winter of 2008, the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada) embarked on a second consumer survey on the topic of household debt and consumption in Canada. A similar survey was commissioned by CGA-Canada in the spring of 2007. The purpose of this particular survey seeks to understand the extent to which the economic and financial crisis [...]

Despite challenging economic conditions faced by many Canadian couples, mounting financial pressure and concerns don’t appear to be driving them to divorce courts in droves. In fact, it appears most are honing their money coping skills and many are reaching out to help others in the family as well.
A recent Investors Group poll of [...]

Canada’s annual rate of inflation for March came in at 1.2 per cent, down from the 1.4 per cent increase in February, Statistics Canada said. The March 09 rate was slightly tamer than the 1.4 per cent annualized inflation rate that economists had been projecting.
A 6.2 per cent decline in transportation costs was the key [...]