Can money buy happiness? It depends on your personality and how you spend it
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Can money buy happiness? It depends on your personality and how you spend it00:56 | June 27, 2017 -
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Can money buy happiness? It depends on your personality and how you spend it00:56 | June 27, 2017
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Business Matters: Canada’s inflation holds at 3% in August02:28 | 10 hours ago
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Dairy, liquor, motorcycles among Canadian goods facing U.S. ban02:07 | September 9, 2026
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Bank of Canada holds key rate steady, as risks to inflation and economic growth increase01:48 | September 2, 2026
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Canada’s Champagne extends federal fuel excise tax pause to January 202704:44 | September 2, 2026
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What Trump’s Venezuela oil deal means for Canada’s energy sector01:51 | August 31, 2026
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Back-to-School Tech Picks That Parents Will Love05:35 | August 31, 2026
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Canada’s GDP rises 3.3% in 2nd quarter, but US trade war could halt that momentum01:37 | August 28, 2026
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Business Matters: Loblaw is bringing back food labels to signify impact of tariffs02:26 | August 26, 2026
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Former U.S. trade official says trade war could get ‘a lot worse before it gets better’04:19 | August 24, 2026
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Trump threatens new auto tariffs after Carney vows to retaliate02:22 | August 24, 2026
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Business Matters: Canada could lose 90,000 jobs due to new U.S. tariffs02:01 | August 24, 2026
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147th Canadian National Exhibition opens to visitors05:22 | August 22, 2026
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg buys 19th-century castle in Ireland00:55 | August 21, 2026
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Business Matters: If U.S. alcohol returns to store shelves, will Canadians buy it?02:25 | August 20, 2026
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What we know about Canada’s tentative trade deal with U.S.02:35 | August 19, 2026
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Business Matters: Mortgage renewal wave of ultra-low COVID rates continues to raise anxiety for borrowers02:29 | August 19, 2026
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Trump hits pause on imposing 50% tariffs on Canada for 3 days05:54 | August 19, 2026
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Possible deal between Iran and Oman could reopen Strait of Hormuz for shipping02:05 | August 17, 2026
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Blockbusters bring Canadians back to movie theatres this summer02:10 | August 16, 2026
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Quebec and Newfoundland race to seal new hydro deal01:45 | August 14, 2026
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B.C. wildfires deal another blow to Okanagan wineries01:58 | August 14, 2026
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Trump tariffs loom as Canada-U.S. talks enter overtime03:29 | August 14, 2026
Can money buy happiness? It depends on your personality and how you spend it
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June 27, 2017
We’ve always heard the conventional wisdom: money doesn’t buy happiness. But a new study published in the journal Psychological Science is turning that notion on its head.
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