This Matters

Guest: Isabel Teotonio, education reporter

The Toronto District School Board has been experiencing a staffing shortage that is leaving administrations scrambling for teachers and some parents and st…

Guest: Lex Harvey, transportation reporter

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT continues to be a nightmare for the residents of that area and the end is nowhere in sight. With reports of “no credible plan” to…

Guest: Mark Richardson, technical lead for HousingNowTO

According to polls and the platforms, housing affordability is THE big issue in this mayoral election campaign, especially as the city’s Housi…

Guests: Katie Daubs, senior writer, and Christine Dobby, business reporter

As cities around the world return to the office, Toronto lags behind other global centres as many workers are choosing to c…

Guest: Wendy Gillis, crime reporter

When George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, protests erupted around the world. Calls to defund the police rang out and, for a moment, it seemed…

Guest: Noor Javed, staff reporter

The Ontario government has made building more housing fast a priority and, to get that done, it wants to throw out planning rules that set guidelines for how municip…

Guest: Joanna Chiu, staff reporter

The Canadian government is creating a list of foreign universities and labs that it says pose a national security risk. The news comes at the same time several Can…

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and guest host Edward Keenan

More than 70 candidates have registered to run for may…

Guest: Dr. Fahad Razak, internist at St. Michael’s Hospital

After more than three years, the World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19 is over as a global health emergency. However, the o…

Guest: Alex Boyd, Calgary-based reporter

The writ has dropped in Alberta and the campaign for premier is on. The NDP’s Rachel Notley would like to win back power, while UCP incumbent Danielle Smith m…

Guest: Wendy Gillis, crime reporter

After two Toronto police officers stole drugs for their personal use from evidence lockers, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated and found a lax and dated …

Guest: David Miller, former mayor of Toronto and managing director of the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy

While other issues have grabbed more headlines, Toronto faces no more fundamen…

Guest: Raisa Patel, federal politics reporter

Bill C-11, Canada’s new Online Streaming Act, is now law. Considered a refresh to the outdated Broadcasting Act, there are still several questions about…

Guests: Nagwa El Mamoun, Safiya Abbadi and Omar Mosleh

It’s been just over two weeks since violence erupted between two rival military factions in Khartoum, the Capital city of Sudan. The Canadian go…

Guest: Peter Edwards, crime reporter

The theft of $20 million in gold and other high-end items from Pearson airport was likely a well-planned professional job, but authorities are tight lipped about…

Guest: Stephanie Levitz, federal politics reporter

Over 100,000 federal civil servants went on strike on April 19, impacting government services like passport offices, immigration support and the Can…

Guest: Steve McKinley, Atlantic correspondent

Nurses are in demand across the country, so much so some provinces are offering perks like cash incentives to entice them to come work and live there. W…

Guests: The Toronto Star All-Star Opinionator Panel, featuring columnists Emma Teitel, Shawn Micallef, Matt Elliott and host Edward Keenan

After a snooze of an election in October, Toronto thought it…

Guest: Kenyon Wallace, investigative reporter

Malcom Madsen went missing in Mexico in 2018, and when the authorities did little to pursue an investigation, his daughter, Brooke Mullins, took matters…

Two years ago, Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of 715 unmarked graves near the site of a former residential school. The news shocked the world and ignited a national conversation on Ca…