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Don’t be hit with this 2 Factor Scam this Holiday Season
By now, most of us are familiar with 2-factor authentication. It’s a simple, but important, security precaution for your most sensitive online accounts such as your email and personal...
Lighting up your Home Safely this Holiday Season
Whether you just plan on hanging a string of classic white lights over the eaves or have full-on Griswold style ambitions on your mind of transforming your home into a winter wonderland,...
“Is Anybody Home?” How to Protect your Home During an Extended Absence
Whether you’re finally going to backpack across Europe, or on a temporary work assignment out of town, whenever you leave your home for an extended period you need to prepare. Unoccupied...
How to Properly Store your Lawn Mower for the Winter
The chilly months of fall might bring the "joys” of raking and cleaning leaves out of the gutter, but there is one upside -- you can finally put the lawn mower away for the season! You...
Picking the Right Halloween Costume for your Child
It’s the spookiest time of the year! If you have kids, chances are they’re already getting excited not just for candy and spooky movies, but for the chance to dress up and strut their...
How to Void Your Home Insurance and Get Hit with Nasty Surprises
Home insurance is your first line of defense against disaster. It’s a fundamental part of home ownership, and while it may not be mandatory, almost every homeowner recognizes the value of...
Protecting Your Home During a Thunderstorm
When we think about protecting our homes from the elements, we tend to focus on the most extreme events -- hurricanes, blizzards, golf ball sized hail stones crashing into your roof, that...
Should you consider pet insurance?
Whether you’ve just brought home a brand new mewling kitten, adopted a rescue dog, have a bunny that's two years, or noticed your faithful friend starting to slow down in her old age, you...
Window Security for Your Home
When considering home security, windows are an obvious weak point. While it is true that these large panes of breakable glass can quickly become a liability when your home is cased by a...
The (not so) Grand Old Home
There is something to be said for a classic, older home. Whether you are looking for stately elegance, or just love the old neighbourhood it’s in, you might decide that an older home is...
Renovating Your Home Without Becoming the Neighbourhood Pariah
Renovating your home may be exciting for you, but to your neighbours, it's a different story. Talk to your next door buddy while grabbing the morning paper about your plans to put in a new...
Open Water Swimming Safety for Your Kids
One of summer's classic joys is heading to cottage country and finding a smooth sandy beach or crystal clear pond and jumping in! Summer time swimming in open water is fun for the whole...
Be well Equipped for the Cottage
When I was growing up, my dad would make the same joke every year after staying at the cottage "that was fun, now I need a vacation from my vacation!” He was a devout DIYer and probably...
Make sure your Kids are Equipped for Bike Safety this Summer
With the warm weather here and summer just around the corner, your kids are probably eager to get out there and hit the road on their bikes! That's fantastic! Bike riding can be a fun and...
When Should you Re-Examine your Car Insurance?
We get it, insurance might be exciting to us, but the average person would rather spend their free time thinking about other things. For most people, the only time they think about their...
What to Remember When Opening the Cottage this Season
It's that time of the year when many of us hear the call of the lake and the trees - cottage season. There is nothing better than scheduling a little time off to pack up the family and get...
Lock away these 5 Items in your Fireproof Safe
A fireproof safe can be one of the best investments you make for your family's protection and ongoing security. These affordable, briefcase sized boxes are capable of withstanding...
Small Home Improvements can make a Big Difference
Being a homeowner is a job that is never finished, and let's face it, we're not all Bob Villa. So while you might not be knocking out a wall and installing a new walk-in shower or...
Why Both Tenants & Landlords Need Renters’ Insurance
According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, only half of all renters have any kind of renters' insurance. That's not great. If you break things down by demographics though, those numbers...