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Ransomware attacks have become more prominent in recent years, with major breaches of hospitals, like Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in 2022, and companies like Indigo in 2023. In 2025, damages from ransomware attacks were expected to reach US$57-billion dollars worldwide. ...  Show more

Billy Bishop Airport, located on the western edge of the Toronto Islands, just south of downtown, has long been the subject of controversy. There was opposition to its expansion when Porter Airlines launched back in 2006, and again in the early 2010s when Porter wanted to allow j ...  Show more

The Bank of Canada’s monetary policy supporting decades of low interest rates has been a strong tailwind for the Canadian housing market. Coupled with robust demand for all types of housing - driven by demographic trends and ambitious immigration policies, Canadian house prices r ...  Show more

Today the Wall Street Journal reported that we could be facing a synchronized slowdown in home prices. On today’s show we’re talking about how to make sense of the conflicting data out there. But what’s reported in the news for individual home owners is very different from wha ...

Description: How have aggressive interest rate hikes impacted the housing markets in both Canada and the US? And how will stable rates impact current housing affordability? BMO Senior Economists Sal Guatieri and Robert Kavcic discuss corrections, market stability, and signs of a ...  Show more

House hunters have struggled with mortgage rates above 6.5%, stubbornly high home prices and low inventory — but now, they may finally have the upper hand. Wall Street Journal reporter Nicole Friedman joins host Julia Carpenter to talk about what the changing number of buyers and ...  Show more