Dave McGinn's Mr. Miser

Is it better to fix it, or buy a new one?

When things fall off or break down, it's often easier to buy a new one than take the time to have them fixed. That's expensive for your wallet, and the environment

Managing Money

Financial Plan: Set it, forget it

Use automatic electronic transfers and breathe easy, says Angela Self

Sarah Hampson's Currency

Relationships: When to have the financial talk

How you choose to discuss your bank book can affect the bottom line of a potential relationship

Workplace hazard

Are co-workers ripping off your ideas? Outing them may be tricky

Colleagues passing off your efforts as their own is hard to prevent, but even harder to address after the fact

Money trouble

Canadians would rather take on debt than take a handout

Canadians are twice as likely as those in other nations to borrow from a bank than from Mom, a new global survey finds. It's all about our need to not look like losers

Shoptimism by Lee Eisenberg

Q&A: Good news – it's okay to shop

Our romance with spending can be like any relationship – tumultuous and complicated, says author Lee Eisenberg. But we needn’t feel guilty about the thrill of the buy

How to be a slacker at work

Do less at work with author Stanley Bing's ‘executricks'

The Office: A weekly look at work culture

Junior execs, workplace assault over mashed potatoes and office pet names for women

Earlier discussion
Ask a career coach

Michele Waters offers advice on how you can get ahead

Angela Self's Smart Cookies
Debt rising? Befriend a credit counsellor

Basic consultations with a counsellor are confidential and free

Earlier discussion
Holiday spending: How to stick to a budget

Need help keeping a lid on credit card bills? Credit counsellor Becky House takes your questions

A pedestrian walks by an Old Navy store on November 10, 2008 in Chicago
The Office
The biggest threat to cops? The weather

A weekly look at work culture

My last stupid purchase
1994 Mitsubishi Pajero

Adam Pesce, Reunion Island coffee product specialist, on his car

Living Better
How to score a cross-border deal with the high dollar

Our new guide to your life: this week, how to buy smart from U.S. e-tailers

Home Cents
How families can play the higher loonie

Book that Disney vacation or shop in the U.S. but beware of chasing currency-driven deals, says personal finance blogger Chaya Cooperberg

Disney characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse pose in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Hong Kong's Disneyland Park.
Amy Verner's Suitable
A dress code that will never go out of style

Top 10 tips for what to wear to the office

Video
Get Suitable makeover winner Jennifer Moore

When you've got it, why not flaunt it? A streamlined silhouette and strategic dashes of colour inject youth and vigour into this financial planner's look

Jennifer Moore