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  • Kimberly Palmer: Fighting over money? Ways to seek common ground with your partner

    February 26, 2024 - 6:00 AM

    Figuring out how to manage money together might be an important part of a happy relationship, but it’s a skill that doesn’t always come naturally.

  • Millennial Money: What the 2024 Social Security COLA could mean for your retirement

    December 05, 2023 - 6:54 AM

    Social Security benefits for millions of people will rise by an average of over $50 a month starting in January, thanks to the Social Security Administration’s 3.2% annual cost of living adjustment for 2024, announced on Oct. 12. The change will immediately put more money in current retirees’ pockets, but it also could have a considerable effect on payouts to future retirees.

  • Golf has long been about making connections. That won't change in an LIV-PGA Tour world

    July 17, 2023 - 11:16 AM

    Kerry Bowie's daughters have dreams. Big ones. His 15-year-old wants to go to law school, maybe dabble in politics. His 12-year-old plans to be a business magnate.

  • Kimberly Palmer: How to balance competing savings goals

    September 12, 2022 - 6:05 AM

    Saving money sounds straightforward — set cash aside for a future purpose — but in reality, people often face competing savings priorities. We want it all: the travel, the house, the flush savings account. So how do we figure out which savings goals to put first, especially when we’re working toward so many things at once?

  • Millennial Money: What happens to your crypto if you die?

    November 02, 2021 - 4:34 AM

    If you’re merely dipping your toe in cryptocurrency, it can be hard to imagine your crypto as something worth talking to an estate attorney about. But that $100 in fun money could grow to a significant percentage of your total investments, sometimes overnight. Sorry to be a downer, but YOLO — so make a plan for your crypto in the event you pass away.

  • Slower mail, fewer office hours part of Postal Service plans

    March 23, 2021 - 6:35 PM

    Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling agency.

  • Liz Weston: Is your financial adviser really helping you?

    April 20, 2020 - 4:04 AM

    Stock market crashes don’t just test investors’ mettle. Abrupt downturns also can reveal what kind of financial adviser you have.

  • Lung illnesses send chill through US marijuana vape market

    September 26, 2019 - 12:54 PM

    PORTLAND, Ore. - Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what's causing a mysterious and sometimes fatal lung disease among people who use e-cigarettes.

  • Do your kids a favour: Pick retirement savings over tuition

    November 06, 2018 - 9:39 AM

    Most financial planners advise never tapping retirement savings to pay for your kid's education. Even as college costs climb, there are still options to borrow that cash, whereas it's often noted that you can't borrow for retirement.

  • Liz Weston: What good financial advice looks like

    January 15, 2018 - 12:09 PM

    Good financial advice can help you achieve your life goals. Bad financial advice can cost you a fortune and leave you worse off than if you had tried to go it alone.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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