Public spending on prescriptions rises to $20.1-billion in 2024 as use of Ozempic grows
Public spending on prescription medications in Canada grew by more than 9 per cent in 2024, with one…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan earns 6.7% return, marks down private equity and real estate assets
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan earned a 6.7-per-cent return in 2025 but missed its internal benchmark for performance by…
AI is practising medicine without a licence
Open this photo in gallery: OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health in January and claims that more than 230 million…
Canada must remember that the future is electricity, not fossil fuels
Kevin Thomas is chief executive officer of the Shareholder Association for Research & Education, which recently released the…
Janet Bannister bucks tough venture-capital trend, raising $50-million for early-stage fund
Open this photo in gallery: Janet Bannister, managing partner at Staircase Ventures, in her Toronto home.Fred Lum/the Globe…
Is the $1.7-million retirement savings target a ‘meaningless’ number?
Open this photo in gallery: Visual Generation/iStockPhoto / Getty Images A recent survey from BMO found that Canadians…
Ultraprocessed foods may play a role in children’s behavioural development, Canadian study suggests
Open this photo in gallery: Dr. Kozeta Miliku, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, in June,…
Ottawa announces more than $100-million in funding for electricity push in Western Canada
Open this photo in gallery: Federal backing for electricity transmission projects is aimed at boosting access to potential…
Ex-finance professional’s momentum approach guides his TFSA to $500,000
Open this photo in gallery: The Globe and Mail/Getty Images Doug, a 69-year-old retiree residing on the West…
GLP-1 drugs are reshaping people’s eating and spending habits, survey suggests
Open this photo in gallery: Weight loss is the No. 1 reason people are taking or considering taking…
Are further BoC rate cuts on the horizon? Here’s what markets and economists think after today’s weak GDP reading
Money markets are pricing in modest – but not insignificant – odds of renewed Bank of Canada interest…
CAAT interim executive vice-president resigns, adding to turnover at pension plan
Open this photo in gallery: There has been rapid turnover in the senior ranks of CAAT as the…