How to know if a flight is a better deal through points or with cash – Globe and Mail, August 15, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-aeroplan-flights-rewards-air-canada-strike/
Salmaan Farooqui discusses the work of Barry Choi, a credit-card and loyalty points expert, and how “After years of sifting through flight rewards on different platforms, Mr. Choi has a formula to find the “cost per point” (or CPP), which determines whether you’re getting a good deal on Aeroplan points.”
No workplace pension? Here’s how to DIY your retirement income – Globe and Mail, August 14, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-no-workplace-pension-heres-how-to-diy-your-retirement-income/
Joel Schlesinger discusses how “For people who are their own pension manager, the challenge is building retirement income that’s steady, sufficient and tax-smart.”
Don’t Make These Estate-Planning Mistakes> – GoodTimes Magazine, August 6, 2025
https://goodtimes.ca/dont-make-these-estate-planning-mistakes/
Jessica Dostie advises that “If your will isn’t put together properly, the result can be that what you want to happen won’t”
These four healthy habits can boost cognitive function in older age, study finds – Globe and Mail, August 11, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/article-old-age-cognitive-function-prevent-dementia-alzheimers-disease-study/
Leslie Beck examines how “The 2024 report of the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention identified 14 modifiable risk factors – many related to lifestyle – that, if addressed, could reduce or delay 45 per cent of dementia cases.”
Do you need long-term care insurance? – MoneySense.ca, August 8, 2025
https://www.moneysense.ca/spend/insurance/do-you-need-long-term-care-insurance-2/
Renée Sylvestre-Williams looks at how “More and more Canadians require hands-on personal care in their declining years, but few plan ahead for it. Here are the options for footing the bill.”
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