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Mint.com - a fresh way to save and watch your cash

Do you know how much money you’ve spent, altogether throughout the month of May so far? I know what I’ve spent- to the penny. $301.25 between my chequing and credit card accounts. I also know my net income from December through May and the exact amount I spent on lottery tickets in February (won $0.00). Now, I’m not one of those people who carry a little black book around with them, writing down every transaction they make- because I have other things to do and I’m not 83. My tight lock on how m

High Park Heaven in Toronto

Toronto is described as the ‘city in a park’. This is a fairly accurate statement as you can’t walk more than a few blocks in any direction without hitting a park, parkette or grassy knoll. The greatest of all the parks is High Park. This massive 399 acre rambling forest in the city center is Toronto’s defining element and greatest asset. Spring in High Park is simply sublime. The flowering cherry trees in early May make a dazzling display. You can amble over its rolling hills or picnic on the

Province by province breakdown of Canada's unemployment rate

CBC recently dropped this interactive look [http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/unemployment-stats/] at the unemployment rates in Canada on a province-by-province level. Mouse over each major city (or entire province) to see the exact changes from March to April. Click through to see the sectors that bring the most jobs, the state of all our provinces and territories and much more.

Use Science (and these tips) to get a ton of happiness out of your spending

Coding Horrors’ Jeff Atwood neatly breaks down Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, the happiness associated with earning more, and offers a full look at spending styles/tips/strategies [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/buying-happiness.html]. Buying Happiness a truly entertaining read and is awesomely captured in the following quote: > But even if you’re fortunate enough to have a good income, how you spend your money has a strong influence on how happy – or unhappy – it will make you. And, a

Toronto Locavore Delights

More foodie posts from the Mogo Lounge! We’re your source for the best ways to spend your cash on great Canadian eats! Strawberries from Mexico, avocados from Peru and bananas from Brazil; with all that traveling, your summer salads may have the same carbon footprint as Boeing 747. We have grown accustomed to year-round availability of all our favorite produce and we don’t always stop and think about how far our well-traveled food has flown. Now a new movement is changing all that; locavore eat