Rising costs push 3 in 4 Canadians to skip restaurants and rethink eating out as a luxury

Canadian restaurants are facing a perfect storm in 2025. Rising operational costs and shifting consumer habits are squeezing margins, while families are reconsidering dining out — often cutting it from their budget and considering it a discretionary expense. A recent report from Restaurants Canada shows three in four Canadians are eating out less due to […]

Wells Fargo employee is being accused of stealing, draining account of deceased 90-something woman — here’s how the niece figured it out. Could you?

A former Wells Fargo employee has been indicted on charges of allegedly stealing more than $26,000 from the account of an Oregon woman in her 90s. According to a Multnomah County indictment, Brittany Monique McLaughlin faces 20 counts, including aggravated theft, aggravated identity theft and first-degree theft. Must Read Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can […]

Canadian small businesses pay 20% more tax than U.S. competitors, CFIB warns

Canadian micro and small businesses are paying significantly more in taxes than their U.S. counterparts, according to new research from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). According to the report, a firm with four employees in Canada pays, on average, 20% more in taxes than one of the same size in the United States. […]

Texas drops over 1 million children from Medicaid and CHIP in just 2 years. Here’s what US families can do if they’re part of the post-pandemic purge

Texas removed over 1 million children from the state’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) over the course of two years, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. (1) More than 1 in 4 (27%) of children were disenrolled between March 2023 and June 2025. During the COVID-19 pandemic, states were required by […]