Christmas Debt Stress

Dec 27, 2017 | 4:00 AM

With all of those great Boxing Week sales, it might be hard to hold off on any buying sprees.  But that’s the advice of a local Licenced Insolvency Trustee at John Beverley & Associates.

Melody Desmarais suggests we may need to take a closer look at our personal budgets before buying.  She adds, it’s better to save and pay with cash than to rack up credit.

An IPSOS poll found nearly three in ten British Columbians say they feel anxiety over the arrival of their holiday spending bills and 19% of B.C. residents will actually lose sleep over their Christmas spending.