This Matters

Guests: Jacob Lorinc, Business Reporter, The Star, and Tonda MacCharles, Senior Reporter for the Star’s Ottawa Bureau.

As the “Freedom Convoy” protests that have paralyzed Ottawa’s downtown enters it…

John Honderich, who has served as both editor and publisher of the Toronto Star, as well as chair of Torstar, died on Saturday, February 5, at 75. “This Matters” spoke to some of John’s former friend…

Guest: Kathleen Newman-Bremang, deputy director at Unbothered, Refinery29’s sub-brand made for and by Black women

Black women are exhausted. Two years into a pandemic that includes the bitter taste o…

Guest: Diana Chan McNally, training and engagement co-ordinator for the Toronto Drop-in Network

Host: Jennifer Pagliaro

As the city grapples with another pandemic budget and how to pay for basic city…

Guest: Carolyn Bennett, federal minister for mental health and addictions

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his cabinet last fall, Carolyn Bennett was named the first Minister of Mental Hea…

Guest: Wendy Gillis, crime and policing reporter

Ottawa remains under siege and in a state of emergency, as declared by the city mayor on Sunday. There were other Freedom Convoy demonstrations across…

We are rebroadcasting episode one of Torstar partner podcast, Between Us With Wes Hall. In the first episode of a series that explores the journeys of BIPOC visionaries in Canada, the entrepreneur si…

Guest: Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious disease physician at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga

The Omicron wave might be cresting and the province is starting to reopen things more widely, …

Guest: Morgan Campbell, senior contributor for CBC Sports and a former Star reporter

On the first day of Black History Month, the NFL was rocked by allegations contained in a class-action lawsuit by …

Guest: Ben Spurr, Transportation Reporter Host: Jennifer Pagliaro, City Hall Reporter

A freedom of information request filed by the Star’s Ben Spurr revealed emails that show staff inadvertently incl…

Guest: Moira Welsh, investigative reporter and author of the book "Happily Ever Older"

In the latest Omicron wave, many long-term care homes have had to go into lockdown, forcing residents back into …

Guest: Supriya Dwivedi, contributing columnist at the Star and senior counsel for Enterprise Canada

What will the political aftermath be from the trucker convoy and their protest in Ottawa? With plen…

Guest: Lex Harvey, reporter at The Star

Ivermectin has become a much more well known drug during the COVID-19 pandemic as it has made news as the treatment choice for many high profile anti-vaccine p…

Guest: Lisa Brosseau, a bioaerosol scientist & industrial hygienist at the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy 

With most of us interested in having the best lev…

Guest: Bruce Sellery, CEO of Credit Canada Debt Solutions, personal finance author and host of “Moolala” radio show and podcast

Canadians have been experiencing sticker shock with the rising price of…

Guest: Dr. Nathan Lachowsky, an associate professor from the University of Victoria

The ban that restricts gay, bisexual and some trans men from donating blood might soon officially end in Canada. La…

Guests: Jacob Lorinc, business reporter at the Star, and Peter Ramsay, a long-time restaurant worker who changed careers

As restaurants prepare to reopen after another pause on indoor dining, many wi…

Guest: Wendy Gillis, crime and policing reporter at the Star

It's not uncommon to see horses and uniformed officers patrolling Toronto's downtown streets. The mounted unit is a long-standing traditio…

Guest: Julian Savulescu, professor and director of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has overwhelmed hospitals around the world. Some are mak…