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Guest: Jennifer Pagliaro, staff reporter

When the proposed city budgets were announced (first by city staff and later by the mayor), the police chief and the association representing officers went on…

It’s been one year since John Tory announced his surprise resignation and what difference those 12 months have made at city hall, never more in evidence than in the budget scheduled to be passed next…

Guest: Dr. Saskia Sivananthan, neuroscientist and health data scientist 

A new landmark study predicts that the number of Canadians living with dementia will increase by 187 per cent by 2050. That wo…

Guest: Richard Warnica, staff reporter

The housing crisis in Toronto, and in Canada, has become the dominant issue for politicians at all levels of government and for voters up and down the income sp…

Guests: Maryam Affana, Mirvat Al-Sharafi and immigration lawyer Aidan Simardone 

Last month, Canada launched a new emergency program permitting up to 1,000 Palestinians who are extended family member…

Mayor Olivia Chow’s version of the city budget was released this week, and one of us was there in person at the Scarborough Town Centre to hear about it. The tax rate’s a bit lower, the feds came thr…

"This Matters" would like to share an episode of the third season of the Toronto Star podcast "Millennial Money." The show includes millennials speaking about relatable financial dilemmas that are of…

The city budget moves from committee to mayor’s office, though tax rates, federal funding commitments and other big questions are still in flux. Ed and Emma met with Budget Chief Shelley Carroll this…

Guest: Nicholas Keung, immigration reporter 

On Monday Canada’s immigration minister Marc Miller announced the federal government’s move to introduce a temporary cap on foreign students as part of an…

Guest: Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief 

Yet another wrinkle emerged in the Greenbelt scandal with the revelation of an email showing the Premier’s office might have been engaged with the ma…

"This Matters" would like to share an episode of the third season of the Toronto Star podcast "Millennial Money." The show includes millennials speaking about relatable financial dilemmas that are of…

Guest: Toronto Star reporter Richard Warnica, reporting from the U.S.

Amid criminal trials, civil convictions, and courts ruling him ineligible to serve again, Donald Trump remains the dominant force…

Daniel Langlois may not be a household name but his work is. He was a pioneer of Hollywood 3-D movie effects, working on films like "Jurassic Park," "Harry Potter" and "The Matrix."

On Dec.1, he and …

He’s still waiting for the Guinness people to certify it, but former advertising executive (and long-ago Toronto punk musician) Ben Pobjoy believes he’s set a record for walking the most “freestyle m…

Voters seemed to want change when they voted for Olivia Chow to run Toronto, and a property tax increase of as much as 16.5 per cent certainly is a break from the past. Edward Keenan and Emma Teitel …

Guest: Kevin McGran, hockey reporter

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed star forward William Nylander to a record-setting $92-million, eight-year contract, a monster deal amid what has been a monster sea…

The city is hyped for the sold-out inaugural season of Toronto’s new professional women’s hockey team, and so are hosts Ed Keenan and Emma Teitel. They also turn their attention to city hall, talking…

This Matters would like to share the first episode of the third season of the Toronto Star podcast "Millennial Money." The show includes millennials speaking about relatable financial dilemmas that a…

This Matters is pleased to publish the year-end episode of the Toronto Star's political podcast It's Political, featuring: National Columnist Susan Delacourt, Ottawa deputy bureau chief Stephanie Lev…