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Guest: Alex Boyd, Star reporter

COVID-19 continues to circulate with the very transmittable Omicron variant BA.2 now dominant, just as most parts of the country have dropped mask mandates, restrictio…

Guests: Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Rachel Mendleson, Star reporters

While Ontario Premier Doug Ford touted rapid tests as a "game changer" and directed for them to be distributed to hot spot neighbourhoo…

Guest: Alex Ballingall, Ottawa Bureau

The latest report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been damning. It’s now or never, as scientists warn the wor…

Guest: Jennifer Yang, investigative reporter

Even if you’re not a dog owner, it is always nice to check out your local dog park to see which furry creatures are out for an afternoon romp. But where d…

This Matters is running today's opening day episode of Deep Left Field, the Toronto Star's baseball podcast, with host Mike Wilner. He gets down on the field with the Jays. It's a longer episode toda…

Guest: Dr. Tim Sly, an epidemiologist and professor emeritus from the School of Public Health at Ryerson University

Ontario is in the sixth wave of COVID-19. It is not known how many people are infec…

Guests: Victoria Gibson, affordable housing reporter, and Gru, a resident of a temporary shelter

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Toronto leased a number of hotels to augment the number of h…

Guest: Dr. Siddharth Sridhar, virologist at the University of Hong Kong

If it feels like suddenly COVID-19 is everywhere again, that is because it probably is. As Ontario’s indicators point to a sixt…

Guest: Brandi Morin, a French, Cree, Iroquois journalist from Treaty 6, reporting from Rome

After a week of historic meetings between the Pope and 32 Métis, Inuit and First Nations delegates, a forma…

Guest: Lauren Haw, CEO and Broker of Record at Zoocasa

Spring is usually the busiest time of the year for the real estate market, but many are wondering what this year might look like two years into …

Guest: Laura Armstrong, sports reporter

It almost seems like a fantasy to long-time followers of the sport but the Canadian's Men's National Team has qualified for the World Cup and are heading to Qa…

Guest: Robert Benzie and Tonda MacCharles, Star reporters

With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford signing on the dotted line confirming the province of Ontario is in, Canada will hav…

Guest: Rosa Saba and Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Star reporters

Jerry Dias was one the most high-profile and well known union leaders in Canada, but now Dias is under investigation for breaching union rules …

Guest: Arthur Brooks, author of the bestselling book, “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life”

What if everything that brought you to succes…

Guest: Dr. Samantha Nutt, War Child Canada and War Child USA

It’s been exactly a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. According to the United Nations, more than three million people have been forced t…

Guest: Susan Delacourt, national columnist

With a deal in hand with the federal NDP, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government will be staying in power until at least 2025. Effective immediately, Tr…

Guest: Richard Warnica, business feature writer

Ontario's Blue Box paper and plastic recycling program is in the midst of the overhaul, catching up with jurisdictions all over the world by putting mo…

Guest: Alyshah Hasham, courts reporter

A recent court ruling in Brampton, where a Superior Court judge ordered a man to pay his ex-wife $150,000 in damages for a 16-year pattern of abuse, might chang…

Guest: Katie Daubs, feature writer

Many of us have gotten that call from someone saying they are returning your call even though you never dialed their number. Then there are calls about owing money …

Guest: Noor Javed, reporter for The Star who focuses on municipal politics and affairs in the 905 region.

As Premier Doug Ford pushes ahead with two major highway projects, how those roadways actuall…