With people stuck at home, more are turning to video games and online fitness to keep their attention occupied and their bodies busy. How are video games becoming more and more mainstream?

Guest: Dr. Kristopher Alexander a.k.a. 'The Video Games Prof', Professor, RTA School of Media, Ryerson University

The first home test for COVID-19 that doesn’t require a prescription will soon be on U.S. store shelves.

U.S. regulators Tuesday authorized the rapid coronavirus test, which can be done entirely at home. The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration represents another important — though incremental — step in efforts to expand testing options.

Regulators granted emergency use for a similar home test last month, but that one needs a doctor’s prescription.

GUEST: Dr. Lorne Small, Infectious Disease Specialist, Trillium Health Partners

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Restaurants Canada launches “Picture life without restaurants” Campaign calling on consumers to support their local restaurants

Restaurants Canada, the not-for-profit foodservice association representing over 30,000 members across Canada today launched their “Picture life without restaurants” Campaign calling on consumers across Canada to take action and support their local restaurant through dine-in (where available), takeout, delivery or by purchasing gift cards.

GUEST: Cindy Simpson, Ontario spokesperson for Restaurants Canada who is the Executive Vice-President of Imago Restaurants

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A new report by Capital Economics looks at what would happen to the economy, interest rates and the loonie if Canadians unleashed those savings.

The household saving rate in Canada has jumped more than in most countries, hitting a record 28% in the second quarter, and 15% in the third, five times the pre-pandemic rate.

Canadian households are set to save an extra $200 billion in 2020 than in 2019 and $50 billion more in the first half of 2021, said Capital’s senior Canada economist Stephen Brown.

GUEST: Rubina Ahmed Haq, Personal Finance Expert

Mayor's Town Hall with Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger 

Topic includes Lockdowns, Grace Villa and more. 

Hospitals across Ontario have been ordered to brace for a spike in COVID-19 patients.

A memo from Ontario Health obtained by CBC News tells hospitals to prepare to activate emergency plans immediately. For hospitals in the province's grey lockdown and red control zones that means clearing up to 15 per cent of their beds for COVID-19 patients

GUEST: Dr. Michael. Warner, Head of ICU at Michael Garron Hospital

Overflowing intensive care units and crowded inpatient hospital wards have dominated the COVID-19 public discussion, but what about the patients on the other hospital floors? Think about the daughter admitted with pancreatic cancer, or the grandfather who required an urgent surgery and a prolonged rehabilitation stay – how has COVID-19 affected them?

GUEST: Dr. Alexandra Rendle is a staff physician in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University Health Network's Toronto Rehabilitation Institute