Monthly Archive: January 2026

Just when you forgot all your New Year’s resolutions and thought there was nothing else to worry about, along comes a cold-hearted announcement from Ottawa. The Old Age Pension, otherwise known as the pogey, has been increased for 2026 by a piddly 2 percent, less than the rise in the cost of living last year. According to the economic advisory group CanAge, seniors are turning down the heat in their homes and buying expired food to save money. Even the economists at Canada’s six major banks couldn’t come up with anything more positive about the coming year than “cautiously optimistic”...