Less risk may mean higher returns The Montrealer May 14, 2008 4389 (This article discusses financial issues and uses fictitious names of people for illustrative purposes.) It’s the weekend and Steve and Rhonda Baker are sitting down to a late breakfast with their son, Adam....
Awesome Golf in the Mont Tremblant region The Montrealer May 4, 2008 6338 The heart of the Laurentians is home to some of Canada’s finest golf courses. Right from the get-go the most notable golf courses in Canada generally had one thing in common. Even before earth moving machines b...
Bernard St-Laurent, broadcaster and journalist extraordinaire The Montrealer May 1, 2008 7838 Known to friends and listeners alike as ‘Bernie’, he was initiated to politics as a boy listening to Uncle Louis - the Prime Minister- talking politics with his father and grandfather in their Compton genera...
“Asset allocation” can mean lower tax rates…and you keep more money for your future The Montrealer April 13, 2008 4868 Capital gains and dividends have a lower tax rate, and income in your RRSP is tax sheltered until you withdraw; usually at a lower tax rate in retirement (This article discusses financial issues and uses f...
Dutch Treat – Five days in Amsterdam The Montrealer April 3, 2008 4189 Amsterdam is like a magic brew. Its bewitching blend of flavours produces a spell filled with intoxicating images and its powers of seduction are potent. Moreover, the compelling character of Holland’s capital ...
Peter McAuslan – not your everyday Beer Baron The Montrealer April 1, 2008 3297 Peter McAuslan was not a great student, and so-so athlete. There wasn’t a lot of early evidence that the easy-going and fun-loving young man would become the driving force in one of Canada’s first successful sm...
Recent changes in tax rules may provide greater refunds from charitable donations The Montrealer March 11, 2008 4281 The Franz Group serves investors as part of MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier Inc. (This article discusses financial issues and uses fictitious names of people for illustrative purposes.) Last week we di...
Florida’s Amelia Island is a tiny paradise The Montrealer March 6, 2008 6118 Amelia Island wasn’t always the peaceful parcel of vacation land it is today. In fact, more than 300 years of see-saw battles occurred over ownership of this 13.5-mile-long sandbar now regarded as one of Florid...
Marianna Simeone The Montrealer March 1, 2008 10719 Many Montrealers know Marianna as a radio and television broadcaster. Her audiences feel that she is speaking directly to them as individuals – a rare and valuable commodity in that business. She has also been ...
Sunny Sanya is China’s tropical treasure The Montrealer February 22, 2008 5367 HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA. I’m on the other side of the world sitting across a dinner table from Tony Le Jun Jiang, winner of the 2006 Mr. China competition and second runner-up in the 2007 Mr. World contest. He glo...
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