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Helping Kids Make Cents: Part 1

Lessons for Life – Helping Kids Make Cent$ Part I “Back-to-Money-Basics” By Sheila Stark-Perreault,PHEc Play is kids work, from the youngest toddler to the teen. It will look different at various ages and …

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Taking Charge of Your Finances

Updated in July 2015 by the Manitoba Association of Home Economists Do you wonder where your money has gone? Do you get a cheque at the beginning of the month, …

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Women and Finance: Finding the Balance

Adapted from Women and Wealth: a Financial Golden Age has Arrived by BMO Wealth Institute We’ve all heard the statistics before: women live longer than men, women earn less than men …

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Canadian Housesoldiers and War Time Rations

During World War II, a call to help win the war went out to housewives across the country.  They were being enlisted as “housesoldiers” to keep their families strong and healthy by …

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Debt is Not the Problem

That’s right. You heard me. The reason you are reading this blog, the reason you watch Till Debt Do Us Part and Princess, the reason you search this website, is …

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Buy Now, Pain Later

By Christi Posner I struggle with impulse spending. I can justify any purchase if I want it badly enough. Being a professional in personal finance though, if I talk the …

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The Joneses are BROKE!

By Christi Posner Doesn’t it feel like your neighbours, your family, and your friends are always getting pretty, shiny new things? One day your co-worker has a new iPad, the …

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What is the role of the Credit Bureau?

By Betty Burwell, Home Economist Answer: Provincial laws govern credit bureaus so rules and regulations vary. Credit bureaus offer credit history to financial institutions, credit card issuers, retailers and oil companies. …

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An Adult with an Allowance

By Christi Posner I am guilty of this. My mom and sister are guilty of this. My co-workers are guilty of this. Someone compliments you on your new pair of …

Consumer Smarts / Housing / Money Matters

Four Ways To Cut Mortgate Interest

If you’re like most people, you want to pay off your mortgage as quickly as possible. So a key mortgage strategy should be to find all of the ways you …

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