Mar 5, 2026 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
Over the last couple of years, Bridget and I have been keeping our eye open on houses. We bought our current house about a dozen years ago, looking to move out of the city. Unfortunately, with time and intense development, the City has started to come our way. With...
Feb 4, 2026 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
I think we can all agree that this past January was a particularly eventful month in terms of the news cycle. I debated just what to reference in this newsletter, but frankly, most of what we might tie in has been either too worrying or too depressing, and I’m sure...
Dec 3, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
One of the joys of this newsletter over the years has been that we’ve tried to make our final issue for the year something fun and entertaining. The downside of having been doing this newsletter for so long, is that I find that I have told most of the great stories...
Nov 6, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
After over a decade of writing these monthly newsletters, it’s easy to have a dry spell now and then when you wonder if you have run out of ideas. I spent this weekend wondering what I was going to write about for November, when, as almost always happens, a...
Oct 9, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Amplify, Stories that Empower, Stories that Enrich, Stories that Inspire
If you have been a long-time reader of our newsletter, you might have noticed that it was rather unusual for us to run an older article last month. To say last month was chaotic, would be an understatement! My wife and I were up north at Starfest, Canada’s largest...
Sep 10, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
Recently I probably had the most fun I’ve ever had working with a client. Joan (or so we will call her to protect the innocent) is in her late fifties, recently retired, and a chronic saver. She had realized that her chronic savings habits had placed her in a bit of a...
Aug 7, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
An interesting news article hit my feed last month, based out of New Brunswick. It is a cautionary tale of the importance of getting the terms of a gift in writing. The story, discussing two brother’s who made a gift in memory of their father resonated with me, as...
Jul 3, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
One of the things that brings us great joy in our office is finding unique and unusual news articles that tie into our work, and finding ways to incorporate them into our summer newsletters. This year, with news headlines describing all the chaos going on in the...
Jun 3, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
The last few months have been something of a political whirlwind here in Canada, with our recent federal election. It certainly was one of the more dramatic and unpredictable elections of my lifetime! I am sure that we are all wanting to move on from politics for the...
May 7, 2025 | Blog, Stories that Empower
With April winding up, and spring on the way, its been nice to see the daffodils and other early spring flowers beginning to wake up. For many years the Canadian Cancer Society has used April (and daffodils) as a major fundraising drive. Both the flowers, and an...
