Ontario’s Greenbelt, Doug Ford and an explosive audit
Last Wednesday, Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk delivered a scathing report about the province’s plans to build on parts of the protected Greenbelt. While Premier Doug Ford had promised to preser...
14 Aug 202324min
Weekend Listen: Buffy
Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has announced that she's retiring from live performances. For 60 years Buffy’s music has quietly reverberated throughout pop culture and provided a touchstone for ...
12 Aug 202333min
The Eras Tour, and Taylor Swift’s massive popularity
Taylor Swift has been on tour for months but finally, Canadian fans have been given a chance to see her here. She’s having not one or two but six shows at the Rogers Centre in Toronto next year and ...
11 Aug 202324min
Metro workers on strike and a “Hot Labour Summer”
Right now, some 3,700 workers from 27 Metro grocery stores across the Greater Toronto Area are on strike – and they’re not alone. From British Columbia’s ports to Manitoba’s liquor stores to Hollywood...
10 Aug 202324min
Worldcoin’s utopian aims, dystopian fears
A metallic orb scans your iris and turns it into a numeric code, providing a unique ID that confirms you as human. This is the process people in dozens of countries are undergoing for Worldcoin, a n...
9 Aug 202324min
Anti-LGBTQ backlash spurs debate in Canada’s Muslim community
In June, a group called YYC Muslims organized a large protest in front of Calgary's city hall. They were there to oppose what they call "gender ideology" in schools. They chanted, “leave our kids alon...
8 Aug 202320min
Front Burner Introduces: Stuff The British Stole | Season 3
Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today the Empire's loot sits in museums, galleries, private collections and burial sites with polite plaques. But its history is often me...
7 Aug 202342min
How Shohei Ohtani is changing Major League Baseball
It has been five years since Japanese phenomenon Shohei Ohtani left Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball to fulfil his dream of playing for Major League Baseball in the U.S. The 29-year-old has been ...
4 Aug 202323min
