Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. November 1st, 2024

According to a new survey by TD Canada, nearly 3-in-5 Canadian parents expect to financially support their children after they become adults. At the same time, two-thirds of those surveyed parents don’t feel confident in their ability to do so. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Miranda Hamilton, a Senior Manager of Youth and Student Banking at TD Canada. Meantime, medical experts are flagging an unusual increase in the number of pneumonia cases across the country. To be more specific, they are concerned about the number of serious and more complicated cases of the virus here in Canada, the uptick in cases at children’s hospitals, and the younger ages who are fighting this illness.