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The Bank of Canada (BOC) is in the process of raising interest rates, but they are still standing at near all-time lows. And this isn’t good for your savings accounts, guaranteed investment certificates (GICs), or cash deposits (CD)s.

You may be a sandwich investor: you’re apprehensive of dipping your toe in the stock market, but you’re also frustrated by the lack of returns on your savings. What’s the solution?

Should you want to refrain from mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and the myriad of other high-risk investment options, then perhaps a GIC is your best option.

It is true that many may scoff at the notion of purchasing a GIC. However, by shopping around, doing your due diligence, and locking in a sum of money, you can witness your money working harder for you in today’s booming market. Here are five tips for buying GICs with the best GIC rates:

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When it comes to personal injury lawsuits, there are those who still have many misconceptions about the whole subject. Being involved in an injury that affects your life can be incredibly hard to deal with, depending on the injury or injuries suffered. These can be both physical and mental. Then there is also the change in lifestyle or loss of income to contend with. It can be a traumatic experience that may have consequences for the rest of someone’s life. Continue Reading

With an increase in demand for continuing dental education courses, Genesis created a program in 2017 to address the need. Continuing dental education is also for more than just dental assistants, as there are options for an entire team that may include the dentist, dental assistants, treatment coordinators and dental hygienists. All the courses are help at a state of the art facility, and will present opportunities for anyone who is interested in pursuing a relevant career. Continue Reading

Simple, strong, safe, and affordable — steel provides builders with benefits beyond a new, exciting home, project, or building. A popular choice among the construction industry, and for many reasons, steel’s value is now seen beyond the downtown office buildings and condos; farmers and homeowners are using steel for their new building projects such as steel garages and steel garden sheds.

Aside from being the ideal material for your next project, steel is also environmentally friendly, affordable, and easy to use. Still not convinced? Here are the many benefits of why you should choose steel as your material of choice for your next project.

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Generational living, otherwise known as sandwiching, isn’t necessarily possible for every family. Whether it is the size of your living space or the cost of taking care of children and parents, attempting to have everyone reside under one roof is untenable for all.

So, what exactly do you do for your aging parents or grandparents?

You may be apprehensive about the idea, which is completely understandable, but a wide array of families across the country are opting for retirement homes, public or private.

Retirement communities have drastically transformed in recent years. They have turned into modern establishments with all of the necessary amenities and components to ensure residents have an impeccable standard of living in their senior years. Surprisingly, it isn’t the retirement home that makes interested prospects hesitant, it is the transitional period that proves most difficult. To overcome this hurdle, it requires a collaborative effort between you and the home.

Here are five tips for helping your loved ones enter a retirement home:

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Workplace harassment is defined as any verbal, written, or physical conduct towards a person where their continued employment is contingent on enduring the behaviour or the actions create an intimidating or hostile work environment. If this sounds all too familiar to you, it may be time for you to pursue a workplace harassment lawsuit or complaint against the company and the person considered the source of the behaviour.

While you may think you have everything you need for a ruling in your favour, there are many intricacies of a workplace harassment case and below are 3 factors that you will need in order to be successful.

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Despite a booming economy, many businesses are facing tight budgets. Even the most successful of companies are having a difficult time boosting their bottom lines: it’s more expensive to borrow, provincial governments are slapping the private sector with additional costs, and it seems like every enterprise is competing – directly or indirectly – with Amazon.

Simply put: private firms are opening their pockets and wondering what’s next.

For cash-strapped businesses, particularly of the smaller persuasion, there could be a lucrative solution: seeking out grants sponsored by governments, academia, non-profit organizations, or even corporations. Grants for small businesses can provide that funding stream you’ve desperately craved.

Of course, in an environment where every business is looking for some reprieve, the competition is fierce. However, with the right know-how and a little bit of luck, you can succeed.

Here are five grant tips for cash-strapped small businesses:

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Video surveillance systems are ubiquitous in public life. Not only are they prevalent on city streets and in commercial establishments, you are also finding them in homes across Canada.

Interestingly enough, it seems oftentimes that households have more state-of-the-art surveillance equipment than your average mom-and-pop shop. High-definition, remote control, and automation are just some of the many key features of their systems.

Now that you have spent hundreds or thousands of dollars on video surveillance systems, the crucial aspect is to ensure that it is properly taken care of. Should you be derelict in your duties as a homeowner or business owner to ensure your cameras are updated, then you may suffer the consequences. And nobody wants that.

How exactly can you make sure that your investment will pay dividends in the future?

Here are five tips for maintaining your video surveillance system:

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