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How much debt danger are Canadian students in? As young adults across the country head back to campus, the issue of students’ cost of living – and the loans they’ll require – is a national discussion.
It’s argued that steep tuition sets young adults up for decades of debt repayment – up to 14 years for the average grad, according to our 2012 Cost of the Future study – and that millennials are effectively delayed from reaching the financial milestones enjoyed by previous generations.
Now, it’s reported that consumer debt levels are a growing concern for this group. A recent piece in the CBC states credit card debt has spiked among students over the past five to 10 years, heaping thousands in interest on top of already massive student loans. And we’ve all heard the cautionary tales of students who sign up for cards marketed directly to them, right on campus.
However, this conflicts with reports that students are eschewing credit cards altogether – a recent American study commissioned by Bankrate and compiled by Princeton Survey Research Associates International found 63 per cent of millennials don’t carry a credit card at all, while another survey found pre-paid credit card use is growing in prevalence among students…

Forget the stick. A new app uses the carrot to get Canadians to pay attention to their health.
The Carrot Rewards App dishes out loyalty points every time someone opens the app to look at a healthy recipe or take a quiz on the flu shot, for example.
Launching this fall in B.C. and in January in the rest of Canada, the app is backed by Ottawa, the government of B.C. and several health-related charities.
It’s the brainchild of Social Change Rewards, a Toronto-based startup whose CEO, Andreas Souvaliotis, formerly led the social change division of Air Miles rewards at Loyalty One.
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The app aims to “nudge” people to make healthy choices, Souvaliotis told Canadian Grocer.
“We want to focus on the small things. Why should you eat more lettuce? Why should you get a flu shot?” he said.
Learning the answers to such questions through articles and quizzes will earn users loyalty points. They can also get points by referring the app to friends.
Souvaliotis said users will be offered points from top rewards programs such as those for airfare, grocery shopping, movies and credit cards…

Surprise move comes 10 days after credit rating issued its most recent forecasts