CBC: Cancer survivors' income falls $5K a year

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, June 8, 2015
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/health/cancer-survivors-income-falls-5k-a-year-statscan-finds-1.2782380
CBC News | September 30, 2014

Cancer survivors see a $5,000 drop in income, on average, a year after their diagnosis, according to a new report by Statistics Canada.

Tuesday's report linked census, cancer registry and vital statistics databases with personal income tax records to evaluate the effects of cancer on employment status and earnings.


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Golden Girl: Are you saving enough?

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
http://goldengirlfinance.com/inspiration/?post_id=1921
Lena Rizkallah | August 15, 2013

My teenaged nieces came to visit me in New York a few weeks ago.  Besides spending three hours agonizing over what color “cheeksters” to buy at Pink, waiting another 45 minutes for them to stand in line to try on ONE tank top at H&M, and then rounding out the rest of the day with more, um, shopping (i.e. THEM going through racks of midriff-baring tops and teeny ’distressed’ jean shorts, ME sitting in...


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