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Guest
Grant Outerbridge, Senior Manager, Electrification & Energy Optimization, Transmission Interconnections and Business Development, NL Hydro


Topic
Nancy and Grant will be speaking to today’s government/NL Hydro announcement re: the plan to lower heading costs in NL (heat pumps, greener homes plan) – and the takeCharge program. Advice to reduce energy costs as we head into winter.

Topic

Securian Canada’s recent survey that shows recent grads are optimistic about their financial future – despite financial pressures

Guests

Nigel Branker, Chief Executive Officer, Securian Canada
Al Antle, Credit Counselling Services Newfoundland and Labrador

Guest
Peter Tzanetakis, President and CEO of the National Payroll Institute 

Topic
the 2026 National Payroll Institute’s Survey of Working Canadians

Guest
Shannon Lee Simmons, Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Investment Manager, bestselling author, and founder of the New School of Finance

Topic
Nancy and Shannon will be discussing how more Canadians are feeling broke - even those earning a decent living. Shannon will be sharing advice.

Topic
the 2026 National Payroll Institute’s Survey of Working Canadians

Guest
Peter Tzanetakis, President and CEO of the National Payroll Institute

Guest
Julie Kuzmic, Head of Consumer Advocacy and Compliance at Equifax Canada.

Topic
They’ll discuss a recent Equifax survey showing that one in four Canadians expects to make only the minimum payment on their credit cards.
Julie will also offer advice on managing your finances amid tariff uncertainty, rising costs and growing concerns about the cost of living.

Guest
Alanna Abramsky, CFC, Financial Coach and Educator, Speaker and Founder of Broad Money

TopicNancy and Alanna will be discussing the various budgeting methods and advice on how listeners can choose the best method to suit them.

Topic
Special Back-to-School Food Prices Report 2026, as well as concerns regarding rising food costs as the US trade war escalates

Guest
Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab’s

Guests
David-Alexandre Brassard, CPA Canada’s Chief Economist
Louis-Philippe Gauthier - Vice-President, Atlantic, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
Rhonda Tulk-Lane, President & CEO, Atlantic Chamber of Commerce.

Topic
Nancy and the guests will be discussing the latest on the US tariffs and the impact nationally, regionally, and in NL.

Guest 
 Li Zhang, Director Social Impact, Financial Literacy Leader CPA Canada

Topic
Nancy and Li will be speaking about "Doom Spending". Li will share advice on how to be aware of it, and of course how to avoid it.

Guest
Julie Cole Award-winning Entrepreneur,  Co-Founder and Senior Director at Mabel's Labels Inc, Professional Speaker, Media Personality, Parenting Expert, and award-winning author.  

Topic
back-to-school budgeting, ways to save and avoid taking on debt.

Guests
Craig Bannon, Director of Regional Financial Planning Support at RBC, and Julie Kuzmic, Head of Consumer Advocacy and Compliance at Equifax Canada.

Topics
Nancy and her guests will discuss a recent survey on Canadians' emergency savings, as well as a new poll that found many Canadians are unsure how to rebuild or improve their credit scores.

Guests 
Craig MacLennan, National Head of Policy & Government Relations, Financial Planning Canada  Eloise Duncan, CEO and Founder, Financial Resilience Institute

Topic
The joint research carried out by the Financial Resilience Institute and FP Canada that shows financial planning strengthens household financial resilience.

The findings were in the joint report released a week ago: Financial Planning: A Catalyst to Improved Financial Resilience and Financial Well-Being.

Guests
Shereen Benzvy Miller, FCAC Commissioner, and Zoe Marks, Director General of Program and Policy Innovation.
Topics
The focus of the show will be the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada's recently released strategic plan for 2026-2029 - and a discussion regarding the rising level of debt.

Guest
Jackie McCann-Scott, Certified Financial Planner, and owner at Lupin Planning Group

Nancy and Jackie will focus on a recent survey that shows 1-in-5 Canadians feel anxious about their financial future.

Guest

Peter Tzanetakis, President and CEO of the National Payroll Institute

Nancy and Peter will be discussing NPI's recent survey that shows Employed Canadians Are Struggling to Put Food on the Table

Guest
Barry Choi, personal finance expert, public speaker, blogger and freelance finance writer.

The focus of this discussion will be summer travel advice and ways to keep costs down amid ongoing cost-of-living pressures. A TD survey released yesterday shows Canadians plan to cool down summer spending. 

Guest

Julie Kuzmic, Equifax Canada Head of Consumer Advocacy and Compliance 

The discussion between Nancy and Julie will focus on the Equifax Canada reports re: first-party fraud and the latest consumer trends report, then segue to advice regarding maintaining a positive credit score.

Guests

Claudiu Popa, Cybersecurity Expert, head of the nation’s largest consortium of cybersecurity organizations and the founder of Canada’s only cybersafety foundation. He is also a speaker, blogger, and podcaster.

Jeff Horncastle, Client and Communications Outreach Officer, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre

Guests
Laura Tamblyn Watts, President CanAge, and Kimberly Leonard, CEO Seniors NL

Topic
They will be discussing the survey that came out last week, which shows the financial strain 
caregivers are experiencing.