Immigration Minister Kenney: Start-Up Entrepreneurs, Canada Wants You!
It’s Dragon’s Den at a much larger scale: Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced in early April that Canada is opening its doors to the best and brightest entrepreneurs and start-up business ventures from anywhere in the world. Just as it did in the past, Canada is looking to small businesses to once again be the backbone and the foundation of sustainable economic and innovative...
MOM-preneurs: Mixing business with child-rearing has never looked more appealing
It’s every mother’s dream to be able to work doing something they love and earn decent money while at the same time being able to stay home to raise their children. Many women have been able to live the dream and achieve success as entrepreneurs without having to leave the home. There are many successful “MOM-preneurs” around us and Alma Latina Online Magazine had the chance to chat with Karla Conflitti,...
MOM-preneurs: Mujeres de Negocio y Madres, una tarea difícil
Es el sueño de todas las madres el poder ganarse la vida haciendo algo que les encante pero al mismo tiempo poder quedarse en casa cuidando de sus hijos. Hay ya muchas mujeres que han realizado este sueño y han alcanzado el éxito en los negocios sin tener que abandonar el hogar día a día. En Canadá contamos con muchas de estas exitosas “MOM-preneurs” ó madres que incursionan en el mundo de los negocios, y Alma Latina...
Financial Literacy Series: Teaching our Young People Sound Money Skills
Being a young person in today’s society is very difficult. Add to that the fact that our kids are not receiving any courses or proper training in financial literacy, obtaining a credit card is as easy as asking for one (sometimes they don’t even have to ask and it’s readily handed to them) and the overabundance of material things– a lot of times very expensive stuff– in today’s world, it’s,...
Taking the Kids Out for a Free Meal
Living with kids can not only be hard on the wallet, but it can also very exhausting. This is why Alma Latina thought it would be a great idea to compile a list of places where on any given day parents can take a day off from the kitchen and treat the kids to a family day out, going for a meal at a restaurant, but without having to break our wallets… too much, that is. To follow up on our “Where to Eat Free on Your...
Where to get a Free Meal on your Birthday
You’re turning a year older and as the years start piling up you realize birthdays become a bittersweet occasion: it’s a time to celebrate but also to get just a little bit older with each passing year. So what better way to celebrate yourself and see the positive side of the occasion than with a free meal? You see, what you save on a good meal you can add to what you’ll spend on yourself later… it’s a...