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A study shows that hockey is the second most expensive of 44 sports for kids.The Globe and Mail

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Hockey now pricier than horseback riding for kids
A study shows that hockey is the second most expensive of 44 sports for kids. Water-skiing came in at Number One.

Tales from two expensive housing markets
Toronto Life profiles some young families raising kids in condos, including a couple with a 10-month-old baby living in a 607-square-foot, one-bedroom-plus-den unit.

Britain's Gen Y cohort is "panic buying" houses before soaring prices make home ownership unaffordable.

Beware the stock market melt-up
Some market-watchers worry that stocks can make a sharp, speculative run higher, thereby increasing vulnerability to a sharp pullback.

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