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Women's health is getting more attention now, but many women have spent years being told to push through symptoms that were misunderstood, dismissed, or normalized.  In this episode, Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe, family physician and medical director of Primary Care Outreach at Wome…

Artificial intelligence has quickly become part of everyday life. It helps people write emails, summarize meetings, generate code, and answer questions in seconds.  But the next phase of AI may be less about generating information and more about taking action.  In this episode, Ty …

With a slightly more positive but cautious tone, the Bank of Canada announced Wednesday that interest rates would stay put, marking its sixth consecutive hold.   As part of the decision announcement, Bank of Canada Gov…

Oil prices have been moving again, and Canadians are feeling it at the pump. But while changes in gas prices are easy to spot, the forces behind them can be much harder to untangle.  In this episode, Jennifer Stevenson, Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Scotia Global Asset Management, expl…

For the fifth time in a row, the Bank of Canada announced it would be keeping interest rates unchanged as many economists expected.   There are numerous economic factors the Bank of Canada says it’s monitoring before making any interest rate moves including the ongoing conflict in the Middle East,…

Food inflation is becoming harder to ignore, and it may still have further to run.  As geopolitical tensions push up energy prices, those pressures are beginning to move through the broader economy. If it persists, it could impact what Canadians pay for food.  Scotiabank’s Rebekah Young joins the…

The Bank of Canada announced it would be keeping the overnight interest rate at 2.25% as uncertainty looms with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the renegotiation of the trade deal between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.   Scotiabank’s Chief Economist Jean-François Perrault talked with us …

In this episode, we break down how gold functions in today’s financial system, from the different ways people invest in it to why it often gains attention during periods of inflation, volatility and uncertainty, with guest Robert Cohen, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Scotia Global …

For many, the word “productivity” evokes thoughts of completing a to-do list or running errands. But in economics, productivity refers to how efficiently a good or service is produced with inputs like labour or energy.  And Canada’s economic productivity has been stalling and it’s impacting our ec…