Dear friends, I hope this letter finds you and your loved ones healthy and looking forward to the spring and summer weather. Tax season is now behind us, and the garden centres are opening, and there are good reasons to be optimistic about the coming months. The global economic recovery is continuing at a fast…
Just over 12 months ago, provinces and territories responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by declaring states of emergency. Restrictions and lockdowns have affected Canadians in different ways, and one of the starkest differences involves savings. Some people needed to tap into their savings, while others saw their savings accumulate. When income decreases Business owners, professionals…
By Andrea Yu Walking isn’t just a way to get from one place to another. This simple, low-impact activity can help lower your risk of heart disease, arthritis and type 2 diabetes. But can walking help you to lose weight? And does walking count as cardio? To answer these questions, we talked to Mark Vrbensky, a…
By Renée Sylvestre-Williams How do you manage a healthy work-life balance when your career and personal life merges in one location? Here are some things to consider as you continue to work from home. The pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of our lives. That’s true at work, too, with so many people working from…
By Julie Marchand and Valérie S. Legendre, psychologist and Director of Mental Health Solutions at Sun Life Learning to control something as simple as breathing can help you reduce anxiety and regain control of your well-being. Here’s how. Learning to control something as simple as breathing can help you reduce anxiety and regain control…
What are the benefits of spending time outdoors in nature? According to the report, the list of benefits of spending time in nature is a long one. It’s good for your health, both physical and mental. 1. The physiological benefits include: a reduction in cortisol levels (a stress indicator), slower heart rate, and lower blood pressure. 2….
You may have friends or neighbours who have started renting out all or part of their homes or vacation properties on a short-term rental website and you may be thinking about renting out yours. But could this impact the principal residence exemption (PRE) that could otherwise shield the appreciation of your home or vacation property…
Dear friends, 2020 was a year none of us will soon forget. It started strongly, with equity markets at all-time highs and unemployment near record lows. But by mid-March, a new coronavirus had reached North America after emerging overseas in late 2019. Governments around the world abruptly shuttered their economies and issued shelter-in-place orders in…
Dear friends, As we enter the colder months, COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in some parts of the country, prompting a second round of regional closures to limit business operations and social gatherings. At the same time, investor anxiety surrounding the U.S. presidential election and its potential impact on financial markets continued to…
Frances Donald – Chief Macro Economist I try not to focus on headlines, but rather on economic data itself. That being said, inflation will take the mainstage for many years to come and I am happy to share my opinion: Click on the link: https://on.mktw.net/338zJGz We are not big believers in material inflation: in general,…