News Archive

Legal: Age Discrimination: Your Rights and Responsibilities
Make August your month for learning all about age discrimination. Understanding your rights and responsibilities as an older person, as an employer, as a provider of services to the public, and as a landlord or housing provider.

Legal: What Are The Alternatives To Bankruptcy
Feeling overwhelmed by your financial situation? Are you worried that filing for bankruptcy is your only option? Here are some alternatives to consider before bankruptcy that could turn your finances around today.

Legal: Legal Advice on Power of Sale Purchase
Planning on a Real Estate purchase? Do you want to get a property at a reduced price? Here are some tips for saving cash for something fun, the up side of a different market.

Legal: Breaking Up The Assets Can Be Hard To Do
Are you contemplating a break up or in the middle of a split? Most couples need help sorting out the complex financial issues during their marriage breakup.

Legal: Be a Fraud Buster, Make Canada Even Better
Spring into action. Start smart by protecting yourself and your loved ones.

Legal: The Green Act - Leading North America
Ground breaking steps being taken in Ontario towards a brighter and more sustainable future.

Legal: Legalese Made Easy
Warm up your knowledge of legal lingo and typical court room terminology.

Legal: Prepaid Legal Services, the Way of the Future
Would it be important to you to have affordable, quick access to a lawyer when you need one?

Legal: Giving While Living
You have accumulated some assets. Why not consider the timing of the legacy you wish to leave?

Legal: The Basics of Choosing a Lawyer
The best time to find a good Lawyer is when you have no need of one.

Legal: Good Guys Wear Blue
Enjoy the amazing scenery and wildlife that Canada has to offer. This summer pause and appreciate the people who protect our environment.

Legal: What It Takes To Be A Juror In Canada
Be proud to be Canadian and live in a free democratic country. With privilege comes the duty to do our part.

Legal: Quirky Canadian Laws
Whether Canadian trivia is your hobby or you're looking for some interesting conversation topics for your next social engagement, these laws will amuse and amaze you.

Legal: Greening Your Lawn Legally
As lawns come alive in your community are they truly green? The buzz around your town this spring should be by-law changes for the protection of the health, safety and well-being of it's residents.

Legal: Ensure You Are Not Being Greenwashed
It's great to be Green. Many manufacturers are realizing the importance of environmental issues to the Canadian consumer. Or are they?

Legal: Equal Access to Services for Every Canadian
For the love of equality and the needs of your family, friends and community shoppers now and in the future.

Legal: Start the New Year with Privacy Resolutions
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada suggests that you make a few New Year's resolutions to protect your privacy.

Legal: Give the Gifts of Lasting Value
Ensure your family is well taken care of this year.Celebrate the season by giving them the gifts of peace and understanding by taking care of everything you can.

Legal: Tips for Handling Telemarketers
Are you tired of receiving telemarketing phone calls in your home? With the holiday season fast approaching, who has time to take unsolicited phone calls from someone telling you they have the best price on windows or that you have won some wonderful prize that requires sitting through a 4 hour hard sales session before being able to collect.

Legal: Protect your Financial Expectations
"Who knows what tomorrow brings." So the song goes. Still we all plan for the future, whether it's a vacation, renovation or retirement. We save, invest and grow our nest eggs to ensure our comfort for tomorrow. Strange that almost half of us have given the final say away.

Legal: Routine Questions, Sound Advice
From time to time we are faced with decisions, some routine and some that require more thought. There is a place to go and get free, quick and sound legal advice. Legal Line® provides Canadians with sufficient legal information to make informed decisions and to know when the assistance of a lawyer is advisable, and to direct them to appropriate resources for further assistance.

Legal: Enviro Legal Heroes Working for Canada
This summer between BBQ's and baseball games take a few minutes to polish up your green facts on what Canada has been doing for our environment. Share this information with the people around you. Your knowledge will make them Green with envy.

Legal: Avoiding Family Feuds
Take advantage of all of your summer family gatherings to get a sense of which asset is most important to each member and why. When looking to the future, most people have trouble deciding how to share family assets.

Legal: Are you ready to pass the family farm on to the next generation?
Celebrations begin at home. Most conversations do too. Get everyone involved before making any decisions. Ask what the farm means to them and to ensure family harmony remains.

Legal: Buying a Cottage?
Ownership Structure Matters

Legal: Time to give your Will a spring tune-up
Life changes - marriages begin and end; children are born and grow up; you work for years and then retire - and that means your legacy plans should too. If you haven't reviewed your Will for a while, now is the time to do so.

Legal: The Law Society of Upper Canada
The Law Society exists to govern the legal profession in the public interest.

Legal: Probate Costs
What you can do to minimize them

Legal: Leaving Things Behind
Create a list of online information

Legal: Scanner Price Accuracy
Item Free Scanner Policy

Legal: Thanksgiving
Charitable Giving and You

Legal: General Tips For Preventing Frauds and Scams
Thinking of having work done around your home before winter...

Legal: Compassionate Care for Caregivers Expanded
For those who are taking care of critically ill loved ones...

Legal: Your Blended Family and Your Estate
Blended families, are becoming increasingly common...

Legal: Types of Long Term Care Insurance Policies
There are three types of long term care insurance policies...

Legal: Do You Need A Living Will?
Creating a living will is a concrete way to make sure that your wishes are followed...

Legal: Continuing Power of Attorney for Property
What is a Continuing Power of Attorney for Property (CPOA)...?

Legal: The Importance of Estate Services
Tips on estate planning...

Legal: Create Peace of Mind
Nervous about having the talk...

Legal: Choosing Your RRSP Beneficiary
Take advantage of all your options...

Legal: Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT)
SALT is an advisory council and an action committee ...

Legal: Is it time to make plans for your parents?
Your parents -- in the not too distant future, may need to rely on you as you once depended on them ...

Legal: About Powers of Attorney and Wills
A Power of Attorney (POA) is a legal document ...