News Releases

- Report reveals why Canadians feel motivated to buy and eat local food

- Locavore movement - those who make an effort to eat locally - happening across the country

- Regional differences: Albertans buying beef; Quebecois choosing cheese; Ontarians wanting wine; Atlantic Canada feeding on fish

- Eighty percent of Canadians with a will have chosen a family member as their Executor

- Know your role: Executors of a will must carry out close to 70 separate duties

- Summer months are an ideal time to consider who your Executor could be and discuss the topic with him/her

- Majority of first-timers are taking steps to stress-test their mortgage

- According to BMO Economics, rate hikes expected to start in the second half of 2014

- Three-quarters plan to "stress-test" their first mortgage against a higher interest rate

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Recognition includes a $500 team prize and a $500 donation to the team's charity of choice

- Team in running to become 2013 BMO Team of the Week Champion, a title that comes with $125,000 towards a local field refurbishment

- Canadians expect to spend an average of $1,599 on impulse purchases

- Survey also reveals another one-third review their financial plan less often during the summer and/or spend less time monitoring their investments