October 26, 2025

The Past Week’s Reads — March 24 – March 30, 2025

Price vs. patriotism: How to shop Canadian without blowing your budget – bnnbloomberg.ca, March 27, 2025
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/personal-finance/2025/03/27/price-vs-patriotism-how-to-shop-canadian-without-blowing-your-budget/
The editors at The Canadian Press present one woman’s search for Canadian products without blowing the budget.

After losing her husband early in retirement, this former financial educator turned to travel, writing and painting – Globe and Mail, March 25, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/globe-advisor/advisor-news/article-after-losing-her-husband-early-in-retirement-this-former-financial/
Brenda Bouw chats with a woman who “retired a decade ago from a financial career and has since been travelling, painting and taking online courses.”

Hello, from the retirement planning 101 beat – Globe and Mail, March 25, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-hello-from-the-retirement-planning-101-beat/
Meera Raman, a new retirement and financial planning reporter at the Globe takes on Rob Carrick’s beat while he is on vacation. In this piece she lays out what her goal will be as she covers “not just the numbers, but the lifestyle shifts that come with retirement.”

The made-in-Canada tools that are helping make ‘buy Canadian’ more convenient – Globe and Mail, March 25, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-buy-canadian-shopping-apps/
Dominique Gené and Mariya Postelnyak take a look at several of the many “new apps, websites and grassroots initiatives that have cropped up to help shoppers locate Canadian products and navigate the country’s bewildering labelling rules.”

Why Spain is a great destination for Canadian snowbirds – SnowbirdAdvisor.ca, March 20, 2025
https://www.snowbirdadvisor.ca/why-spain-great-destination-canadian-snowbirds
Looks like others have picked up on the message. 🙂

“My Weekly Reads” are articles I have read throughout the week because they were of interest to me … for good, or for bad reasons. 🙂 Sharing them does not mean that I endorse them unless I explicitly state that. If concepts contained in the financial articles I share are of interest to you please remember that is always a good idea to ask your financial adviser’s advice when considering making changes to your financial portfolio or changing your spending habits.