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Guest: Alyshah Hasham, courts reporter

Warning: Contains graphic content.

After six days of intense deliberations and being deadlocked twice, a jury has found Canadian rock star Jacob Hoggard guilty …

Guest: Justin Ling, Freelance Investigative Reporter

As the Conservative leadership race continues, several leadership hopefuls are embracing conspiracy theories in order to win support. For instanc…

Guest: Jeremy Grimaldi, crime reporter at Yorkregion.com

With other 200 charges and 20 suspects, last year’s Project Platinum was hailed as a successful operation led by York Regional Police. Now, s…

Guest: Stephanie Levitz, politics reporter for The Star

In the shadow of mass shootings in the U.S., and another grim look at America’s lack of gun laws, Canada made a move to tighten its own. Earlie…

Guest: Christine Dobby, business reporter

If you’re a working Canadian, chances are your retirement investments are going into at least one of the country’s big eight funds. But, do you really know w…

Guest: Lex Harvey, politics reporter

On the eve of Ontario’s election, we take a look at the provincial party leaders and how they fared under The Star’s fact-checking process. While touting their ow…

Guest: Bailey Martens, Toronto Star reporter

Despite 2.6 million people in Ontario being disabled, there is no policy mandating barrier-free housing for those who need it. There is not even a mention…

Guest: Edward Keenan, Washington Bureau Chief

Despite calls to cancel, the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting went ahead as planned in Houston this weekend, a mere 482 kilometres away from U…

Guest: Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief

With less than a week until the June 2 election in Ontario, and as most polls point to a Progressive Conservative victory, there are still plenty of qu…

Guest: Moira Welsh, investigative reporter

In the middle of the pandemic, when baby boomers hit the milestone age of 75, they awakened to the reality of growing old in Ontario and they’re not going q…

Guest: May Warren, reporter for the Toronto Star

As of Wednesday, the Public Health Agency of Canada says there are 15 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Quebec, and health officials are investigating m…

Guests: Sylvain Charlebois is a Canadian researcher and professor in food distribution and food policy at Dalhousie University.

A recent Angus Reid poll showed that almost half of Canadians are findi…

This Matters would like to let you know about another Toronto Star podcast, ‘Death in a Small Town,’ hosted by Kevin Donovan. We are broadcasting episode 1, Just Another Day. Episode 2 is available a…

Auto thefts are soaring in the GTA, which is now punctuated by a carjacking spree that saw several incidents in the past week, including one involving Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner. There hav…

Guest: Karon Liu, Food writer at The Star.

The Michelin Guide to restaurants is coming to Toronto. This dining guide is known around the world for its three star rating system which highlights some o…

Guest: Brendan Kennedy, social justice reporter on the Star investigations team

A Toronto Star investigation has revealed that Canada confines hundreds of non-citizens in conditions meant for a crimi…

Guest: Richard Warnica, Business feature writer

Plastic recycling in Ontario has been called a “green lie.” For instance, Canada produced about 1.9 million tonnes of plastic packaging in 2019, accord…

Guest: Martha Paynter, registered nurse and author of “Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada.”

The U.S. Supreme Court may soon strike down its 50-year-old landmark ruling e…

Guest: Rosa Saba, Business Reporter

Leaving on a jet plane, don’t know if I’ll be making my flight out of the airport? That’s not how the song goes, but it’s a reality for many people in Canadian air…

Guest: Noor Javed, Star reporter

Did you know that Toronto used to be a leading city for cricket a few decades ago? As the sport continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in Canada, with an i…