The Estate Planning Mistake Many Blended Families Don’t See Coming When Diane married for the second time at 58, she and her new husband spent more time planning the wedding than reviewing their wills. Both had adult children from previous Read more
What MAID Means for Your Estate Plan Margaret had been thinking about it for two years. After her ALS diagnosis, she’d done her research, spoken with her doctor, and made her decision. She knew the date. Her family knew the Read more
What Retirement In Canada Would Look Like for ‘The Golden Girls’ Inspired by “What Retirement Would Look Like for ‘The Golden Girls’ in Today’s Economy” published May 2, 2026 by Stacy Sare Cohen at GOBankingRates. All figures in this Canadian Read more
Estate Planning in Your 30s: What Nobody Told You A few weeks ago, someone in their early 30s told me she’d been meaning to sort out a will for a couple of years. She and her partner had just bought Read more
Most Executors Don’t Know They Can Be Paid Most people who agree to be an executor do it out of love, loyalty, or a sense of obligation. It feels like the right thing to do. It rarely feels like a Read more
Cognitive Decline Can Sneak Up on Us Every family has their own version of this story. A parent starts showing signs, forgetting recent conversations, getting confused about finances, making decisions that seem out of character. The kids look at each Read more
Where Estate Plans Usually Fall Short There’s a gap in most people’s estate plans, and the frustrating part is that it’s completely avoidable. The even more frustrating part is that when that gap shows up, it’s rarely the person with Read more
When Everything Has to Go What happens when you have to say goodbye to everything you own?“The hardest part of moving abroad wasn’t the paperwork, the flights, or even leaving people behind. It was standing in the living room, looking Read more
Estate Planning Needs More Than Good Intentions “Hope is not a strategy” is one of those phrases that sticks with you because it’s true. And it’s especially true in estate planning. Most people don’t avoid planning because they’re irresponsible. More Read more
Okay, you can’t really disinherit the CRA It’s a bit of a cheeky title, I know. You can’t really “disinherit” the CRA. If tax is owing, it’s owing. But you can take steps to reduce unnecessary tax and help ensure Read more
