It's the most wonderful time of the year to take a much-needed break from work responsibilities. We talked to Katharine Coons about how to prevent job burnout leading up to the holidays. With the restrictions on gathering with friends and family eased, at least for now, experts predict that we're going to enjoy our holidays with a greater sense of gratitude. Happiness columnist Jennifer Moss talked to us about the science behind why we may be more excited for the holidays than in years past. Kingston's Dr. Gerald Evans discussed the Omicron variant and how it is impacting Ontario's pandemic response and what do we in the public need to know about this new variant? The best and brightest have been honoured as the Top 40 Under 40 in Canada. We talked Dr. Teresa Purzner, a neurosurgeon in Kingston, who's on the list. The House of Commons is back up and running and MPs have a lot to accomplish before heading home for the holidays.For more on this and other Canadian political news, we spoke to Alex Ballingall. He covers federal politics for the Toronto Star. The annual hunger report on food bank use in this province is out. Seniors are coming in more and children are coming in less but overall, more and more people are relying on food banks to survive.We talked to Sui Mee Cheng who is executive director of Feed Ontario who put together the report.