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Create a Fun Workable Budget

A budget need not be something that enslaves you or degrades your dreams. Obviously if you're living with children (who are unpredictable, at best, in terms of costs) in a low income, single parent family,...

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Thirteen Ways to Save on Your Grocery Bill

Your grocery bill doesn't have to cause a coronary or homelessness when you get to the checkout. It's true that convenience and snack food seems to be more inexpensive than produce and whole grains. But if you...

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Redecorating on a Budget

We get bored. We look at the four walls surrounding us and all of the stuff we've accumulated and we're just, unimpressed. Maybe we need some serious organization solutions or to update the design scheme we...

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Saving Money and Time with Menu Planning

Menu planning can be an invaluable time and money saver - two things all single parents need more of, it seems. Through assessing dietary and cupboard needs, local grocery store sales items and recipes that...

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How Filing Income Taxes Can Make You Richer

For some filing their income taxes is a big hassle, a waste of time maybe, or a constant reminder of how much of their income they have to hand over to Revenue Canada. Some look forward to it each year,...

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Ways to Save on Household Bills

We all have those common bills that we hate to pay. They take a sometimes significant portion of our income away from us, we can't do without them and honestly, it seems as if there's no way to lower our...

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Estate Planning for Single Parents

As a single parent, estate planning becomes even more important that your dual-parent peers. Why? Because in the event of your death when there is not proper legal and financial structure in place, a governing...

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How the Government Will Pay for Your Child's Education, So You Don't Have To

If your child chooses to attend post-secondary education away from home in Canada, you could be looking at up to $11,000 annually in costs - estimates that are pushing parents' plans further from reality. But...

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The Long Term Costs of Not Having A Private Dental Plan

It's a well-known "fact" that Canadians have access to free healthcare. A lot south of the border assume this includes dental, as well. Sadly, though discounted extremely lower than our US neighbours, medical...

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Seven Stay at Home Parent Jobs

1. Childcare: Someone, somewhere near to you needs to have their child watched occasionally. Odds are, someone near to you needs regular childcare so that they can work, run errands or even just take some time...

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