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Guest: Bruce Arthur, sports writer and Star columnist

Canada’s national women’s soccer team is playing in the SheBelieves Cup in Orlando, Fla. this week, an important warm-up event in the lead-up to …

Guest: Charles Burton, Senior Fellow from Macdonald-Laurier Institute

When the alleged Chinese spy balloon floated across the United States earlier this month, it ignited a firestorm of concern about…

This Matters would like to introduce a new podcast from the Toronto Star, by playing episode 1 of “The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman.” Episode 2: The Bodies…

Guest: Ali Mustafa, Istanbul-based correspondent for TRT World

The United Nations has launched an appeal for $1 billion in aid to help victims in Turkey as the country reels from massive decimation a…

Guests: Justin Piché, University of Ottawa

A landmark report from the Ontario Chief Coroner’s Office has revealed there were almost 200 inmate deaths in Ontario jails in just eight years, almost all …

Guests: Noor Javed and Charlie Pinkerton

Premier Doug Ford’s ties to developers are under scrutiny again. As reported by The Star’s Noor Javed and freelance journalist Charlie Pinkerton, several wel…

Guest: David Rider is the Star's City Hall Bureau chief.

An hour after the Star’s City Hall reporters David Rider, Ben Spurr and Alyshah Hasham reported Toronto Mayor John Tory had a consensual affai…

Guest: Ben Spurr, City Hall reporter

CaféTO is a city program created during the pandemic to help restaurants generate business by allowing them to build patios around their establishments on sidewal…

Guest: Tonda MacCharles and Robert Benzie

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed a $46.2 billion, 10-year deal in health funding this week, writing a prescription to help deal with a health care cri…

Guest: Estair Van Wagner of Osgoode Hall Law School

A recent court ruling in Waterloo concluded the city could not evict people from an encampment if there was not adequate shelter space available in…

Guests: Raisa Patel and Asmaa Malik

It was Jan. 26 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Amira Elghawaby, a visibly Muslim woman, as point-person on Islamophobia and just days later, Elghawaby…

Today, we're bringing you the first episode of season 2 of It's Political with Althia Raj. She welcomes the Star's Susan Delacourt, in conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Guest: Jessica Mudry, associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University

When the change in recommended guidelines for alcohol use was served last month, the reaction was spirited. While once the…

Guest: Victoria Gibson, affordable housing reporter

While hospitals are still struggling with staff shortages and overflowing ERs, some have also been pushed to the front lines of Toronto’s homelessn…

Guest: Dr. Sean B. Rourke, neuropsychologist at St. Michael’s Hospital

Smart vending machines have launched on Canada’s East coast. They’re the first of what will be 100 nationwide. But instead of di…

Guest: Katie Daubs, feature writer

Scarborough is the former city and Toronto borough that feels like it never gets any respect. Now as the federal government looks to update electoral districts base…

Guest: Marco Chown Oved, climate change reporter

After the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the U.S. said it was considering banning new gas stoves amid research that links them to childhood ast…

Guest: Lex Harvey, transportation reporter

There have been 10 high-profile, violent incidents reported on TTC vehicles and property in just over a week. With so many seemingly random attacks, passeng…

Guest: Grant LaFleche, investigative reporter at The Hamilton Spectator

It was only a year ago the so-called “Freedom Convoy” held a three-week demonstration in Ottawa, later termed an “occupation” b…

Guests: Brendan Kennedy and Morgan Bocknek, investigative reporters, and Leah Mosier-Farquharson, TMU student

A string of sexual assaults and security incidents on the Toronto Metropolitan University…