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Barbara Balfour

Reporter · CA

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Sep 28, 2026
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Aug 4, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Barbara Balfour

    Wealth means more complex financial decisions, but there’s an art to keeping things simple (opens the original)

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    Between waking up and having breakfast, an investor may be warned of an impending recession, reassured by record-high markets, and wonder how a friend managed to earn a 30-per-cent return. For affluent Canadians juggling a growing menu of financial options, more choice can mean more anxiety – and more opportunities to second-guess every decision. “One of the most misunderstood parts about wealth is that more money doesn’t ease financial decisions. Instead, it often gives you more decisions to ma

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Barbara Balfour

    Geopolitical and economic instability add to ‘ethical ambiguity’ around ethical investing (opens the original)

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    Ethical investing used to sound relatively simple: avoid sectors such as fossil fuels, weapons or tobacco and favour renewable energy and companies with strong environmental and social practices instead. Now, as geopolitical instability and economic sovereignty reshape how investors define a “responsible” investment, that distinction is becoming much harder to make, says Andrew Feindel, portfolio manager, senior wealth advisor and senior investment advisor with Richie Feindel Wealth Management a

  3. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Barbara Balfour

    Discover the Tuscan seaside resort beloved by Italy’s upper class (opens the original)

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    Before we’ve even ordered lunch, Salvatore Madonna has spotted something I completely missed. He smooths a hand across the crisp white tablecloth beside Hotel Byron’s pool, studying the slightest indentation in the linen before quietly suggesting another table. It’s an almost imperceptible gesture, but one that tells me everything I need to know about life in Forte dei Marmi. In this Tuscan seaside town, where generations of artists, literary giants and celebrities have come to escape the spotli

  4. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Barbara Balfour

    How one Alberta university is reshaping campus life (opens the original)

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    On any given afternoon, students settle into lounge chairs beside floor-to-ceiling windows, faculty members gather over coffee in shared social spaces, and classmates rearrange furniture into impromptu study pods before disappearing into quiet corners to prepare for exams. Just a few years ago, none of this existed. The century-old Dentistry and Pharmacy building at the University of Alberta sat largely dormant. Today, it has been transformed into University Commons, a 405,000-square-foot campus

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