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February 3, 2026
What is your retirement plan? Do you feel prepared? And if you’re retired already, how’s that plan coming along? According to IG Wealth Management’s annual retirement study, less than half of non-retirees in Canada have a workplace pension plan. They are describing it as a generational shift that could re-shape how Canadians approach their final days in the workforce. It also notes that many are struggling to keep up with the changing realities. Kristy Cameron opens this complex can of worms with the help of Aurele Courcelles. He is a Vice-President of Tax and Estate Planning at IG Wealth Management. You’ll hear that conversation in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
Ontario’s top court agreed house arrest was an “unfit” sentence for a man caught with 22,746 images and 741 videos of child sexual abuse, but it declined to give him prison time.
A year ago, Justice Clayton Conlan of the province’s Superior Court of Justice handed Matthew Elias a conditional sentence of two years less a day on house arrest and three years of probation. The Crown appealed the sentence, arguing that Elias should get three years behind bars.
“I agree with the Crown that the sentencing judge erred in principle by failing to recognize aggravating factors and failing to...
February 21, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
The call to adventure came from a stranger in July 2020. It was a regular day in that plague year. Amid the mix of work emails came one from an address I didn’t know but with a subject line that immediately pulled me in: “Charles Saunders.”
Hi Jon, I am hoping you might know or know about the writer, Charles Saunders, who lives in Dartmouth, the message opened.
Reading his name conjured up strong images of the towering newspaper editor I’d worked with a decade ago. Built like a heavyweight boxer, but he moved like a cat. A genius with words and a wealth of writing wisdom, Charles was the...
February 21, 2026 - 06:30 | Jon Tattrie | Walrus
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February 21, 2026 - 06:00 | Sophie Siew | Walrus
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