Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. August 4th, 2026

They say money can’t buy you happiness, but a new report highlights that financial peace of mind certainly has a steep price tag. Researchers say they have calculated the ‘income satiation’ point – the exact threshold where earning money no longer boosts your daily life satisfaction. That’s according to data from a newly released study by Remitly, an international payment company. The benchmark across 19 Canadian cities is over $155,000. But in bigger cities like Toronto and Vancouver, it’s even higher. Kristy Cameron checks in with John Helliwell, a Professor Emeritus at UBC and co-editor of the global World Happiness Report. Meantime, if you find that it’s an ongoing struggle to complete a single task, you are not alone. In this crazy world of 2026, our collective attention span is actively shrinking. So in this week’s edition of Self-Help Tuesday with Westboro-based psychotherapist Benslyne Avril, we tackle the modern struggle to stay focused in a world built on distractions.