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These are some of the best sites for particular information you may be looking for. If you come across any others that should be included please forward the link to cheryl@careyvandenberg.com.

Charities & Volunteering

  • Canada Helps to donate to any charity in Canada
  • Covenant House
  • Electronic Recycling Association (Drop Off Your Old Electronic Items, Vancouver B.C.)
  • Habitat For Humanity
  • Karen Initiative (Burmese Refugees)
  • Union Gospel Mission
  • Volunteering Opportunities on Volweb
  • The Water Project (Africa)
  • World Vision

    Computers and other Tech

  • Anti-Virus Software (Free Version of AVG)

    Financial Advice

  • Credit Rating - find out yours online or by mail for free
  • How To Get Good Financial Advice
  • Financial Planning Designations, The Plethora Of

    Financial Planning Topics

  • Mortgage Life Insurance
  • The "Smith Manoeuvre" - Making Your Mortgage Tax Deductible

    Financial Product Solutions

  • Canada Life, Lifetime Income Benefit
  • Manulife Income Plus (Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit - GMWB)
  • Manulife One (by Manulife Bank), A New Way To Bank
  • Sunwise Elite Plus (Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit - GMWB)

    Investment Scam Education

  • Affinity Frauds, “Preying On Those That Pray” (Part 1 of 3)
  • Affinity Frauds, “Preying On Those That Pray” (Part 2 of 3)
  • Affinity Frauds, “Preying On Those That Pray” (Part 3 of 3)
  • Are You Investing Because of FAD or FACT?
  • Red Flags for Scams
  • Social Network Investment Scams

    Investment Topics

  • Bear Markets Of The Past 50 Years
  • Bonds, The ABC's of
  • Conference Call (Audio for) with Larry Lunn, CEO & CIO Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management, Nov 7th 2008
  • Conference Call (Slides for) with Larry Lunn, CEO & CIO Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management, Nov 7th 2008
  • Depression - What Was Then Is Not Today (a comparison between 1929 and 2008)
  • Ethical Investing (Introduction to, Eugene Ellmen of the SIO)
  • Hedge Funds Explained
  • Investment Dictionary
    li>Market Timing - Proof It Doesn't Work (1927 - 2007)
  • Mutual Fund Research & News

    Legal Topics

  • Legal Advice / Direction with Dial-A-Law

    Plans and Planning

  • Can Learn
  • Government Benefits (all) - Seniors in B.C.
  • Government Services
  • Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) Rules
  • Private Health Services Plan (PHSP)
  • RDSP Fact Sheet
  • RESP Rules
  • Retiring Allowance / Severance Pay Rules
  • RRIF's - All You Want To Know
  • RRSP's - All You Want To Know
  • Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA's)

    Tax and Payroll

  • Payroll Topics, CRA Forms and Publications
  • Tax Rates in B.C.
  • Tax Savings & Benefits You May Be Entitled To (CRA)