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CFEE knows young people take an active interest in today's issues – politics, the economy, the environment, careers, and more. CFEE and The Globe and Mail are collaborating to bring news, relevant to the issues, to young people across Canada. We hope you visit the NextGen Edition regularly - and please share your opinions with us through Letters to the Editor.

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Grandparents sometimes help save for their grandkids’ education. Should they focus on a down payment instead?

In the News   |   October 7, 2024

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When clients come in for advice about saving for their grandkids, financial planner Jason Heath says it’s usually about setting aside money for college. But with the housing market increasingly out of reach for many... read more

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Gazans, families of Israeli hostages feel forgotten as focus shifts to Lebanon and Iran

In the News   |   October 4, 2024

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Shaaban Abu Dayyeh’s heart sinks each time he sees the latest news about Israel’s invasion of Lebanon or the fallout from Iran’s missile attack on the Jewish state. Each headline from elsewhere, he fears, draws attention away from the... read more

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Canadians looking for ways out of Lebanon as Ottawa steps up evacuation efforts

In the News   |   October 2, 2024

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Canadian citizen Fatima Haidar and her family arrived in Paris on Tuesday, after spending more than a week fleeing escalating violence in Lebanon. “We’re exhausted, we’re shaken, we’re terrified,” said Ms. Haidar, who left her... read more

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Cellphone bans in schools seem to be working, but some wonder how long that will last

In the News   |   September 25, 2024

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For many students and teachers across the country, the school year has looked a bit different from years past, as provinces have established policies to remove a common classroom distraction: the cellphone. Students are required... read more

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Rising number of Canadians support major health care reform, survey finds

Articles of Interest   |   September 25, 2024

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Nearly half of all Canadians say their access to medical care has worsened over the last few years, with two-thirds experiencing what they consider an unreasonable wait for surgeries and other services, a new survey... read more

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Young adults increasingly find their best financial move is to live with their parents – is that bad?

Articles of Interest   |   September 25, 2024

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The last time that a generation of young adults moving back home was a news story, much mockery ensued. Remember “failure to launch,” or “boomerang kids?” The cliché of millennials living slothfully in their parents’... read more

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Why Rogers taking control of MLSE won’t stop the mushrooming TV chaos for sports fans

In the News   |   September 19, 2024

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For the 12 years that BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. have co-owned 75 per cent of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, rumours have persisted about behind-the-scenes tensions between the corporate behemoths. So, when they... read more

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A bold new tool is targeting money laundering. But it may be violating Canadians’ basic rights

In the News   |   September 18, 2024

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First, authorities moved to seize a house on British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island, bought for $1-million cash by the former spouse of a man accused of having ties to a global pump-and-dump stock scheme. Next,... read more

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Liberals lose Montreal riding to Bloc, NDP hold on to Winnipeg stronghold

In the News   |   September 17, 2024

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The Liberals lost yet another major by-election on Monday night, signalling that their Quebec base is at risk in the next federal election, while the New Democrats held onto their own stronghold in Winnipeg, in... read more

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Harris mocks a flustered Trump in heated U.S. presidential debate

In the News   |   September 11, 2024

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Kamala Harris came out swinging against Donald Trump during their only scheduled debate and first-ever meeting ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, putting in an aggressive performance calculated to pre-empt and bait her notoriously combative opponent. The high-stakes... read more

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Tens of thousands of international students who spent years finding a pathway to permanent residency are out of options

In the News   |   September 10, 2024

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Tens of thousands of temporary residents who came to Canada as international students might be forced to return to their home countries in the next year – the result of a recent series of immigration policy changes that has... read more

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Why AI poses an existential danger to humanity

In the News   |   September 9, 2024

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Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book is Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, from which this essay has been adapted. Many experts warn that the rise of AI might result in the... read more

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Jagmeet Singh ends Liberal-NDP deal that helped support Trudeau’s minority government

In the News   |   September 5, 2024

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pulling his party out of its supply-and-confidence agreement with the minority Liberal government, withdrawing automatic support on confidence votes and creating uncertainty for the Liberals less than two weeks before Parliament... read more

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Canada’s schools enter silent mode

In the News   |   September 3, 2024

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This fall, almost every province is rolling out new restrictions on cellphones in class. Many are in doubt about how rule-breakers will be punished, and the merits of the science behind the rules. Two years... read more

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Is there a right way to give your children allowances?

Articles of Interest   |   September 3, 2024

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When COVID-19 restrictions lifted and Denise Gray’s kids, aged 14 and 12, were back at school, they began asking for money to go out for lunch. Frequently. “I would give them $10 a time and... read more

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