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Creating a budget is fairly easy. You create a plan that allows you to live within your means, what's hard is actually sticking to the budget you create.

Creating a budget is fairly easy. You create a plan that allows you to live within your means, what's hard is actually sticking to the budget you create.

Creating a budget is fairly easy. You create a plan that allows you to live within your means, what's hard is actually sticking to the budget you create.

This week was "budget week" for Ontarians. The highlight of the "budget week" was that the federal government will finally stop producing the penny. Although you will be able to use the penny for as long as you want to, The Royal Canadian Mint will stop producing them this fall. I am sure you have read enough about the budgets this week so I won't get into it :) .

This week was "budget week" for Ontarians. The highlight of the "budget week" was that the federal government will finally stop producing the penny. Although you will be able to use the penny for as long as you want to, The Royal Canadian Mint will stop producing them this fall. I am sure you have read enough about the budgets this week so I won't get into it :) .

The great news is that understanding your cash flow doesn't have to be difficult. You can largely automate it when you use budgeting tools that allow you to see where your money comes from, and track where it is going. Here are 5 budgeting tools Canadians can use to improve their finances:

If you have tried to reign in your spending and get control of your unwieldy household finances, but still the credit card balance and other loans are heading upwards, you might be ready for a tool many governments and companies have used successfully - zero-based budgeting.

My University Money is proud to offer its own unique original resource with its interactive student budget.

I'm not someone who needs a new couch every few years. But that doesn't mean it's not important to you! And if it is, it should be in your budget!

We have been discussing our workout options, either buy some exercise equipment or join a health club. Which option is more budget friendly?

The recent Conservative budget has reopened the debate about the place of the CBC in the Canadian landscape. Do we even need the CBC?

You want to go out and do things with your date, but not nearly everything you both want to do is free.

Owning a car is an expensive proposition. It can add several thousand dollars per year in expenses to an already tightly stretched budget.

If there was even an easy-to-apply tip to save a student's budget, it's to drink cheaper booze.

Here\'s a review on Barkerville which is British Columbia\'s Gold Rush Town. Found lots of cool things! 

It's that time of the year again.  The time for beer that is cheaper than the usual cheap.  When pasta and "red sauce" 5 days a week consists of budgeting.

While our hearts may be in the right place when it comes to charitable gifting, we also must face the realities of budgeting for giving gifts to our friends and family.

I think that the best Air Miles rewards are items that will help subsidize my monthly budget, rather than using them for expensive flights and hotels.

In order to cut back, the Harper government's newest budget eliminates the penny. For quite some time, it has cost more to make a penny than a penny's face value -- even though it's been years since the penny was even made mostly of copper.

Canada just released it's budget for the coming fiscal year and announced that the Royal Canadian Mint will stop producing pennies come autumn.

Many think having more money means the rules of money management don't apply. Money management requires you to understand something could change and be prepared.

As stock market volatility continues, it's important to remember some timeless principles through your financial stages in life. Focus on the basics.