Being A Smart Canadian
Royal Bank’s RBC Rewards Visa Gold Card is yet another credit card with fringe benefits. RBC Rewards Visa Gold Card’s key features: No annual fee You get a point for every two dollars spent. This does not apply for cash advances, fees or on returns. According to the bank, you can shop anywhere, without having [...]
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists. These are two professions that have the most number of foreign trained personnel in Canada’s Ontario province. The province’s independent Fairness Commissioner’s latest report says more than a third of the almost 3,200 professionals in this sector were trained abroad. The report tracks the performance of the 34 regulated professions and [...]
Canada has introduced new, high-tech identity cards for its permanent residents. The federal minister for citizenship and immigration, Jason Kenney, said the new cards, which were rolled out beginning August 24, contain security features that comply with international standards for travel documents. However, the PR card, as it is more known, is not a replacement [...]
Do you want to have a credit card for which you do not have to pay any monthly/annual fee but from which you can actually earn some bucks through cash-back programs (these are like the rewards points – the difference being the credit is accrued in real dollar terms, not just points)? Well, MBNA’s Smart [...]
Canada, like most other countries, is going through a recession. And as jobs are being cut across the board, among those first to be affected are those with immigrant background, particularly those who are considered ‘new immigrants’. Recent studies have given proof to this. A report that appeared in the Globe and Mail newspaper says [...]
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