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Spent

It could be worse, of course. It could be New York City, where the average apartment goes for $1,789 a month (in Manhattan, it’s $3,454). It could...;

Photo: Anya Chibis/The Grid. Hair and Makeup by Gianluca Orienti.

Living large (with mom and dad)

Living with your parents is not cool. Let’s just get that out of the way. After I graduated from university, I moved into an awesome apartment on Ossington...;

Doug Ford doesn’t understand much about the private sector

In the City Hall drinking game, every time Councillor Doug Ford gets up and starts a speech with the words "folks, let me tell you how it works in the...;

student loans

Life on loan

On the day Alex Kenjeev was set to make his final student-loan payment, he decided to have a little fun with it, as any newly debt-free graduate might...;

Orangutan

Trending: Aug. 23

2. Ontario's teachers unions say they will take the province to court if Dalton McGuinty passes legislation that denies teachers pay raises and blocks...;

photo: DAVID COOPER/TORONTO STAR

How the new mortgage rules will affect first-time buyers

Canadians take on too much debt—plain and simple. The downtown core is full of twentysomethings who think nothing of paying for $250 bottle service...;

Photo: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Trending: May 9

2. We may be accustomed to living with huge amounts of debt these days, but a CIBC report released today shows consumer debt in Canada actually declined...;

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The Grid Podcast #3: Is there life after debt?

In your 20s or 30s? Neck-deep in debt? You're not alone: Canadians owe $150.60 for every $100 we make, and young people seem to be especially bad at spending...;

PHOTO: KERRY SHAW/THE GRID

The rise of premature affluence

It was a Saturday night a couple of months ago and my fiancé and I were eating dinner with my parents at Woodlot, a restaurant at College and Palmerston...;

PHOTOS: KAYLA ROCCA/THE GRID

Real-life debt confessions from Generation Owe

Tuition! I don’t buy things I can’t afford. Although when I finished my undergrad, I went on vacation to Southeast Asia for a year and racked up $...;