This Matters

The Blue Jays clinched a playoff spot on Sunday and will start the Wild Card series agains the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. The Star's baseball podcast Deep Left Field has gone daily for the playoff r…

Hosts: Toronto Star columnists Edward Keenan and Emma Teitel

In this episode: The week that was in Toronto and beyond: Including questions about whether the Eglinton Crosstown will be built in any of…

On this episode: Guest host Althia Raj talks with Bernie Farber, the founding chair of the anti-hate network, the former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress

Last week, the Speaker of the House of Com…

Guest: Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie

In this episode: Doug Ford’s foray into a mayoral election he promised to stay out of was just the start of a summer where nothing seemed …

Guest: Brandi Morin, French/Cree/Iroquois journalist from Treaty 6 in Alberta

Indigenous people have been on the frontlines of fighting to protect and sustain the land and environment for years. They…

Guests: Martin Regg Cohn, Queen’s Park columnist

In this episode, columnist Martin Regg Cohn joins to tackle the avalanche of news coming from Queen’s Park including Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s visit…

Guest: Mark Maloney, author

Mark Maloney is the author of the book “Toronto Mayors,” which profiles all 65 people who’ve held the city's top job. He joins “This Matters” to talk about the rogues gall…

Guest: Ed Jackson, community historian

Hanlan’s Point is known as Toronto’s clothing-optional beach, but it has deeper significance as a historically queer space and has recently been recognized for…

Guest: Wendy Gillis, crime and policing reporter

Chilling testimony has been delivered in the ongoing trial of the man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family in 2021. For Canadian Muslim…

Guest: Bill Vigars, author of “Terry & Me”

It was 43 years ago when Terry Fox dipped his leg in the Atlantic Ocean and embarked on a run across the country to raise money for cancer research. He ran …

Guests: Edward Keenan and Emma Teitel, columnists

Mayor Olivia Chow spoke with John Baird, the former federal minister of foreign affairs, and they agreed Toronto needs a new deal. So far the federal…

Guest: Katie Daubs, senior writer

At a time when reports of dog bites and complaints about dog behaviour are on the rise, a motion at city council will review rules for dog off-leash areas. Senior wr…

Guest: Peter Howell, movie critic

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off last Thursday with relatively less buzz. As the red carpets rolled out for the annual festival, org…

Guests: Edward Keenan and Emma Teitel, columnists

In this episode, hosts Edward Keenan and Emma Teitel discuss the fiasco “inside a clown show wrapped in a dumpster fire” that is the Premier Doug For…

Guest: Alex Boyd, staff reporter

If you’re a parent, you might believe your child can teach you a thing or two about the internet. You wouldn’t be wrong but did you know teens are more susceptible t…

Picture this: A swarm of bees, millions of them, unleashed and spilling out onto a highway. Sound like the plot of a horror movie? This happened recently in Burlington, Ont. when a truck carrying fiv…

Guest: Clarrie Feinstein, real estate reporter

Real estate is becoming mission impossible in Canada. With interest rates holding high, there is less demand for properties on the market and an increas…

Guest: Jeremy Nuttall, reporter at the Toronto Star

In May 2014 the New York Times published an opinion piece that generated much buzz, claiming that Canada might have stolen the famous “American Dre…

Guest: Wendy Gillis, reporter at the Toronto Star

Imagine someone going through a serious mental health crisis — and calls for help to prevent hurting themselves — and is then seriously hurt by those…

Guest: Edward Keenan and Emma Teitel, columnists

Mayor Olivia Chow’s executive committee met this week for the first time to tackle new tax and revenue options and get something started on affordable…