Listowel students top winners at national Money Fair

Ave Robertson, Laila Blazek take first, second in multi-faceted educational competition

June 23, 2022 @ 11:27 amListowel Banner, Local News, News

Listowel’s Ave Robertson (left, with dog Charlie) and Laila Blazek with teacher Crystal Brennan-Yeo. The two Blessed Carlo Acutis Continuing Education Grade 7 students finished first and second, respectively, in the ‘Talk With Our Kids About Money’ National Virtual Money Fair, a competition conducted annually by the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education. (Dan McNee photo)

LISTOWEL – It would be tough to determine the odds of two friends from the same school, the same town and the same neighbourhood finishing first and second in a national competition. But that’s exactly the way it played out for Listowel’s Ave Robertson and Laila Blazek. And on the subject of crunching numbers, the…

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