Four steps to design a retirement that’s meaningful and fulfilling.

Posted on June 20, 2023
Image Credit: Pixabay via Pexels.comA highly coveted and much-awaited chapter in life is retirement, but…the anticipation and expectations around what retirement can or should be, often leaves people feeling overwhelmed and stuck. Contributing to this conundrum is the heavy focus on finances to the exclusion of what is meaningful and fulfilling. Clearing out the confusion and moving into a space that makes you feel energized, clear, and positive (even excited!) is possible for you. Here are four steps to get you started: 1. On your terms. There is a lot of baggage associated with the word “retirement.” Visions of…

The Best Specification Moissanite Diamond 

Posted on June 20, 2023
Moissanite is a beautiful and durable gemstone that is often compared to diamonds. Moissanite is created in a lab, and it has the same brilliance, clarity, and durability as diamonds. However, moissanite is typically much more affordable than diamonds. If you are considering buying a moissanite diamond, there are a few things to keep in mind.The most important factors to consider are the cut, color, clarity, and carat weight. Cut The cut of a moissanite diamond is the most important factor in determining its beauty and sparkle. The best cut for a moissanite diamond is a round brilliant cut.…

How student loans keep some people trapped in debt

Posted on June 19, 2023
When Samuel Bonne received $15,000 in student grants to fund his studies, he wasn’t expecting to have to pay it back. But just two years later — in the middle of the pandemic — those grants were converted to loans. At the end of his sophomore year at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) asked Bonne, originally from Mauritius, for his parents’ financial documents, but they couldn’t provide them. “My dad works in Kenya and my mom doesn’t work,” said Bonne. “So I ended up having $15,000 in loans that I did not know about.” Bonne,…

Sheet Harbor Marina project begins formal business plan

Posted on June 18, 2023
SHEET HARBOUR – An expert crew of economic planners and community developers will skipper the crucial next phase of Sheet Harbor’s long-awaited coastal marina, saying the community volunteers are in charge of the project. “We have officially gotten underway with our enhanced business plan and feasibility study,” Marilyn Munro, president of the Sheet Harbor Marina Association (SHMA), told The Journal last week. “We have hired Group ATN Consulting (GATN) in partnership with A. Langley Developments/DBA Superyacht East Coast (SYEC), who brings a deep knowledge of marina development, operations and destination marketing to this project.” Forecasting costs and revenues, overall market…

How AI is Transforming SEO for Small Businesses

Posted on June 18, 2023
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.Once upon a time, the SEO game was all about keywords and backlinks. The more you have of each, the higher your site will climb on the search engine results page. But boy, how the times have changed! Today, we’re standing on the brink of an AI revolution that’s flipping the script on SEO as we know it. Indeed, AI is whipping up a storm of transformations in the SEO world, and small businesses are finding themselves right at the heart of this tempest. In the fast-paced, ever-evolving realm of SEO, the…

As inflation ticks up in Canada, here is how much food prices went up in April

Posted on June 17, 2023
Overall food prices increased 8.3 per cent in April, according to Statistics Canada. (Lance McMillan/Toronto Star via Getty Images)Food prices in Canada remained elevated in April, even as price growth slowed in restaurants and grocery stores. According to Statistics Canada’s latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, food prices, which include groceries and food from restaurants, increased 8.3 per cent in April. That’s down from the 8.9 per cent year-over-year increase posted in March. Restaurant prices increased 6.4 per cent, a slowdown from the 7.2 per cent increase in March. The price of food purchased from grocery stores increased 9.1…

Click supports CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign

Posted on June 17, 2023
Click Travel prides itself on its employee perks and benefits; from offering employees additional purchased leave, to receiving travel discounts and a packed social events calendar. Flexible working has always been present among the many benefits offered by the company, with over 70% of employees either working part-time/flexible hours or working from home on a regular basis. This month Click has taken another step forward with flexible working, introducing flexible working requests from day one of employment, rather than after 26 weeks, supporting CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign.   What does this mean for Click? Click has grown by an…

Lawsuits mount for Fresno’s Bitwise and its former leaders

Posted on June 17, 2023
Former Bitwise Industries co-CEOs Jake Soberal, left, Irma Olguin Jr., center, pictured in a frame from a 2022 video presentation, and interim president Ollen Douglass, right, are named as defendants in several lawsuits filed against the company since June 1 , 2023. still frame from video; Motley Fool VenturesA lawsuit filed in Fresno County Superior Court last week by a Chowchilla agribusiness firm accuses Bitwise Industries of running “nothing more than a classic ponzi scheme” as one of its former co-CEOs scrambled to raise cash for the flagging company. [–It’s one of five cases pending in Fresno County…