Canadian Banking Trends Spotlight New Retail Savings Accounts
The piece reviews shifts in Canadian banking driven by consumer pressure and recession. It highlights two new products from TD and Bank of Montreal, Investment Builder and Investment Chequing, detailing high daily interest for large deposits, access via cheque or ATM, and downsides like zero interest under thresholds and fees for extra cheques.
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Bank of Montreal
Joan Johnstone
Johnstone
Why It's Hard to Fire Johnny's Teacher explainer
Michael Czuboka surveys cases on teacher tenure from Wheaton v Flinklon to Ontario Evershed, detailing arbitration, court rulings, and back pay. It outlines evolving policies as boards debate core subjects, licensure actions, and trustee visiting rights amid calls for clearer standards.
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Batoche
Harvey Wheaton
Wheaton V. Flinklon
Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench
Supreme Court of Canada
Wheaton
Michael Czuboka
Johnny
Communigraphics
Playgirl
Ontario
Waterloo
Raymond Evershed
Evershed
Canada as a sandpile or a temple: quotes from McClung and Gottschalk
In 1921 Nellie McClung contrasted Canada to a sandpile needing cement to unite its grains toward national unity. In 1862 Louis Moreau Gottschalk likened Ottawa to a cramped Parsons-like Parliament House, comparing it to Robinson Crusoe’s canoe amid deputies and limited space.
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Canada
Nellie McClung
Ottawa
Robinson Crusoel
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Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
P.O. Box 70
Hamiota, Manitoba
Romoto
Manitoba
U.S.A
England
F. D. (Don) Venables
CNA
Canadian Community Newspapers Association
By Fred McGuinness
Bow Island
Herald of
Hanna
Patricia Smith
Tere
Brooks
Bulletin
Peace River
Record Gazette
Claresholm
Yorkton
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
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