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We Built a Budget Planner Spreadsheet for Canadian Households — Here's What's Inside

  If you've been reading our RRSP/TFSA/FHSA and household budgeting pieces, you already know the line we keep coming back to: a plan is only as good as your ability to actually track it. So we built something to close that gap. Introducing the Canadian Budget Planner It's an editable spreadsheet — not a course, not a subscription, just a tool you can start using today — built specifically around how Canadian households actually budget. What's inside: Monthly Budget tab — Planned vs. Actual across Housing, Transportation, Debt, Food, Personal and more, with totals and your savings rate calculated automatically RRSP, TFSA and FHSA contributions get their own line — treated as a required part of the budget, not whatever's left over at the end of the month Annual Overview tab — a 12-month view with an auto-updating income-vs-expenses chart and a savings-rate chart, so you can see your trend across the year Just fill in the blue cells — every total, difference, and percen...

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Pentagon Weighs Weeks‑Long Ground Operations in Iran Amid Rising Tensions

 

US soldiers cross a floating bridge during a joint river-crossing exercise in South Korea in Yeoncheon.


Pentagon Preparing for Extended Ground Operations in Iran

The Pentagon is laying out plans for weeks of limited ground operations in Iran, according to reporting from The Washington Post and multiple news outlets. These operations, while falling short of a full-scale invasion, would likely involve Special Operations forces and conventional infantry units conducting targeted raids on strategic sites such as Kharg Island and coastal areas near the Strait of Hormuz

U.S. officials say the objectives under consideration could take “weeks, not months”, though some estimates extend to a couple of months depending on conditions on the ground. The missions would expose U.S. personnel to significant risks, including Iranian drones, missiles, ground fire, and improvised explosives

Whether President Donald Trump will authorize any of these plans remains uncertain. The White House emphasized that Pentagon planning does not indicate a final decision, but rather ensures the Commander in Chief has “maximum optionality.” Meanwhile, thousands of U.S. Marines and soldiers have already been deployed to the Middle East as the conflict enters a more volatile phase. 

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