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I’ve written before about the pitfalls of paying bills late due to being overscheduled and somewhat disorganized - and every time I pay late and get dinged with a charge, I wonder if I should just sign up to have our monthly payments automatically deducted from our bank account.

My husband can’t take the heat — literally. Sizzling summer days are not his friend: he’d rather lock himself in the house with the air conditioning on full blast and not go back outside until September.

According to this lecture by Joseph F. Coughlin at MIT’s AgeLab, developed economies like Canada and the US have rapidly aging populations as the Baby Boomer generation hits 65 and starts to retire. The thing is, women live longer so, in just a few short years, we’re going to outnumber men...

I have a lot of degrees — I spent the bulk of my 20s at school earning them, scraping by on scholarships and extra money I earned through a string of part-time jobs.

In a world of rising prices and stagnant wages, it’s nice to see that at least some things are getting cheaper. The latest report on family finances by the Vanier Institute shows Canadians are paying a lot less for these items.