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Learning and discussion plans and selected educational news from The Globe & Mail, designed to work in your home and classroom. Developed by the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education.

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The latest Bank of Canada rate cut will drive these five personal finance trends in 2025

In the News   |   December 12, 2024

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Financial uncertainties for 2025 are piling up, but we at least have a degree of clarity on interest rates and the economy. Twelve months ago, we waited anxiously for interest rates to finally start falling... read more

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Buy a business, or start from scratch. The pros and cons

In the News   |   December 10, 2024

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Karen Man and her husband Elliot Pobjoy did not consider themselves entrepreneurial types until a few years ago. A dentist and a lawyer, respectively, they fit the classic “work your way up while working for... read more

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How to teach your kids how to buy gifts - without spending too much

Articles of Interest   |   December 9, 2024

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Gift-giving is a life skill and the holidays are the ideal time to teach your kids how to do it in a thoughtful and budget-friendly way. Giving gifts can be a beautiful experience for both... read more

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The Assad regime’s downfall leaves Syria in uncertain hands

In the News   |   December 9, 2024

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Thirteen violent years after Syria first rose up, the Arab Spring has finally prevailed in Damascus. On Sunday, the country got the change it first demanded in February, 2011, when a wave of pro-democracy revolutions was... read more

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Ottawa bans more assault-style firearms on eve of Polytechnique massacre anniversary

In the News   |   December 6, 2024

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The federal government is banning even more firearms as it seeks to fulfill a long-standing promise to enact the tightest gun restrictions in a generation, and is also finally getting its much-delayed buyback program off... read more

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Overall food prices to rise 3 to 5% next year: report

In the News   |   December 5, 2024

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A family of four could pay $800 more for groceries in 2025 because of climate change, labour challenges, new policies and geopolitical events, says a report published Thursday. The 2025 Food Price Report used artificial-intelligence... read more

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Canada Post strike weighs heavy in northern communities, where some residents worry ‘Christmas is cancelled’

In the News   |   December 4, 2024

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Nicole Hannah is preparing to tell her two teenage kids that their Christmas presents won’t be coming this year – not on time, at least, as the postal strike drags on. Ms. Hannah had ordered... read more

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Meet the athletes turning their platforms into a force for good

In the News   |   December 3, 2024

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Cynthia Appiah never imagined herself becoming an Olympic bobsledder. Growing up in Toronto Community Housing as the child of Ghanaian immigrants, she didn’t dream of steering a fiberglass sled down an icy track at breakneck... read more

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Liberals’ tax-holiday plan divides business owners as reality of preparing for it sinks in

In the News   |   November 29, 2024

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If you work with yarn and need some guidance, Sharon Hudemka has got you sorted. Along with spinning wheels, needles and other supplies, the owner of Knitting Time in Lethbridge, Alta., carries more than 2,000... read more

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Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah reach ceasefire deal

In the News   |   November 27, 2024

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Israel announced a ceasefire plan with Lebanon after more than a year of war that has brought trauma and destruction to both sides of the border and forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. The... read more

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Trump vows to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all products from Canada, Mexico

In the News   |   November 26, 2024

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U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is vowing to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico as soon as he takes office, saying he will keep them in place until both countries crack down... read more

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In raising nuclear threat, Putin bets Trump is willing to back down on Ukraine

In the News   |   November 21, 2024

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Vladimir Putin has escalated Russia’s hybrid war against the West again and again over the past decade, betting each time that the United States, in particular, will back down before he does. Now Mr. Putin is upping... read more

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Ottawa takes aim at corporate investors buying single-family homes

In the News   |   November 20, 2024

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The federal government is seeking to restrict large investors from amassing single-family homes, as it tries to deal with the lack of affordable housing in the country. With the launch of a formal consultation on... read more

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Complaints about Taylor Swift concert ticket scams under investigation by Toronto-area police forces

In the News   |   November 18, 2024

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Three separate Greater Toronto Area police forces are investigating scores of complaints about Taylor Swift concert ticket scams, including one that is alleged to have affected hundreds of people, among them enthusiasts travelling from other... read more

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Canada Post workers on strike ahead of busy holiday season

In the News   |   November 15, 2024

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Thousands of Canada Post workers went on strike Friday, after the national postal service and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers failed to reach a deal for a new collective agreement. The strike will significantly... read more

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