Toronto Star
How the cartels from Mexico made inroads into Canada
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- How the cartels from Mexico made inroads into Canada
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- 20:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Peter Edwards is a reporter covering crime at the Star. Luis Najera is a journalist who covers crime, and is in exile from Mexico. They are the co-authors of The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld.
When many of us think of organized crimes, the images that endure are those of mafia movies from the 70s, or shows like The Sopranos. In their new book, The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld, author’s Edwards and Najera paint a picture of diverse, digitally savvy criminals who hook up with the Mexican cartels and help them build their beachhead into Canada. Filling in the backstory behind many crimes in Canada over the past two decades, it’s a fascinating look at how criminal organizations work now.
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- Is COP26 the turning point in fighting climate change?
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- 20:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Heather Scoffield, Toronto Star’s Ottawa bureau chief and economics columnist
COP26, the United Nations-led summit on climate change is underway in Glasgow, where world leaders and their delegates are meeting for a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change. Despite the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, many of the world’s biggest emitters have not backed up promises with concrete policies. Climate activist Greta Thunberg has accused leaders of empty words and “blah, blah, blah” when it comes to taking the threat seriously. The world is heading to a 2.7 degree Celsius increase by 2050, according to the UN’s latest report on climate change. Are countries around the world treating climate change with enough urgency? Will COP26 be a turning point or a final missed opportunity to stop the climate crisis?
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- VIDEO | Police interview with Bruce McArthur after 2016 arrest for assault
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- 11:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Convicted serial killer Bruce McArthur is interviewed by Toronto police Det. Paul Gauthier on June 20, 2016. McArthur was briefly arrested for assault after a man called police to report McArthur had attempted to strangle him but was released with no charges after the interview. McArthur went on to kill two more men. The 11-minute recorded interview was ordered to be released to the public by a panel of Ontario Superior Court judge on Monday, November 1 after a legal challenge brought forward by the Star, CBC, CTV and Postmedia.
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/11/01/i-put-my-hand-to-his-throat-newly-released-video-gives-first-glimpse-of-serial-killer-bruce-mcarthur.html
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- How pandemic burnout is affecting teachers and schools
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- 18:09
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Nadine Yousif, reporter covering mental health issues, the Star
New data shows that the number of teachers taking sick leave during the pandemic has doubled over the past two years of the pandemic. Researchers at Brock University have done early research that shows teachers are dealing with higher levels of stress and burnout, in large part due to the disruptions to the education system brought on by COVID-19. From the demands of remote, virtual and hybrid schooling, to the ever-present threat of students and teachers catching COVID-19 in a classroom setting, it is has been an extraordinarily unsettling time for many educators, which also has an effect on the students and the system as whole.
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- How ‘A Better Tent City’ is trying a new way to tackle homelessness in Kitchener
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- 19:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Liam Casey, reporter at The Canadian Press
Trying to tackle the issue of homelessness is a difficult one, as there is no one singular fix. But one issue for many people living on the streets is that they dislike the shelter system, which in many communities is seen as the only real solution. During the pandemic, the feeling of unease best showed itself as many people experiencing homeless set up tents in public parks throughout the province. In Kitchener, a radical new idea called A Better Tent City was undertaken by citizens in that community. Using sheds and creating a communal space, this homeless encampment has been embraced by officials in the community and is being accepted by those that are seeking help. It’s certainly not perfect, but it is a new approach that already has other communities asking about a closer look.
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- Will Toronto’s hotel industry ever bounce back to its pre-pandemic peak?
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- 17:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Tess Kalinowski, real estate reporter for the Star
Toronto’s hotel industry has been one of the hardest hit in the COVID-19 pandemic. With the start of the first lockdown, hotel rooms emptied as dozens of hotels were closed completely. Thousands of workers were badly impacted by the loss of jobs and working hours. Many just never came back.
As more people are vaccinated and travel restrictions get lifted, hotels are slowly coming back to life. But experts say there’s still a long, difficult road to recovery for a city that was at its peak of marketing itself as a global destination before the pandemic. On “This Matters” today, we take a look at what it will take for Toronto’s hotel and tourism industry to bounce back, nearly two years after the first lockdown all while reeling with financial losses and a severe staff shortage.
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- Going green with special effects makeup artist Megan Fraser
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Megan Fraser says an extended COVID-19 lockdown became an opportunity to practice her body painting.
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- Why are Toronto's roads so dangerous?
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- 22:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Shawn Micallef, columnist, and Gilbert Ngabo, reporter
Toronto is one of the major Canadian cities where collisions with pedestrians are at a dangerous high. More than a hundred pedestrians were killed on Toronto roads between 2018 and 2020. Among those, 69 per cent were age 55 years or older, according to the Toronto Police Service. It’s been nearly five years since the launch of Toronto’s $123-million Vision Zero plan with aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries. The city hasn’t come close to that target even with an unprecedented decline in car use last year. There have been 46 casualties in 2021, and the year hasn’t ended yet. October has been particularly deadly with a string of traffic deaths that included a 17-year-old girl and a much-loved couple.
Today on “This Matters,” columnist Shawn Micallef and reporter Gilbert Ngabo talk about why Torontonians are dying on the streets of their city, and what needs to happe...
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- Long COVID in kids and the hope of a children’s vaccine
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- 13:59
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Omar Mosleh, Toronto Star reporter
The medical community is only beginning to understand long COVID, the debilitating and often mysterious symptoms so-called “long hauler” patients face that can last for months after they’ve fought the virus. Even less is known about long COVID in children, flipping the misconception that the worst of the illness only impacts adults and seniors. To date, only people 12 years of age and older have been approved by Health Canada to receive a COVID vaccine in Canada. The children and families affected with long-haul symptoms are speaking out about how their lives have been turned upside down, and now the questions and calculations they’re making with an approved COVID vaccine for children in the works.
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- The pandemic pet boom is driving a vet shortage emergency
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- 16:46
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Dr. Louis Kwantes, president of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, and Jory Bocknek, veterinarian
The phenomenon of the pandemic pet boom is real. According to an Abacus Data research poll, more than 900,000 Canadians got a pet who didn't have one before. Animal shelters and rescue organizations have seen a dramatic rise in requests from hopeful pet owners. But all those new pets have led to an unprecedented demand in veterinary care, which was already stretched to its limits pre-pandemic. If there's an emergency for your four-legged family member, can you get them medical care? Veterinarians and medical associations say the situation is reaching a breaking point with the ever-growing number of pets in Canada.
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- Canada’s Succession: Rogers’ boardroom drama explained
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- 17:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Christine Dobby, Business Reporter at the Star
It has been an extraordinary week at the highest level of power at Rogers Communications, one of Canada's largest telecommunications empires. A battle for control has been underway, pitting Edward Rogers against other family members as he attempted to change the company's CEO and put his hand-picked replacement in his place. While that manoeuvre was thwarted, the power struggle has resulted in Twitter storms from Martha Rogers, Edward's sister, and John Tory, the mayor of Toronto, being called in to attempt to mediate. Now the company seems to find itself with two board of directors, with each claiming legitimacy. On top of all that, exclusive Star reporting confirmed that Edward tried to meddle with the Raptors' leadership this past summer, in a manner that may show some patterns to his corporate activism. With 24,000 employees and the ongoing $26 billion acquisition of former rival, Shaw Communications, there is at...
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- Why is there a high rate of vaccine hesitancy among pregnant people?
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- 16:08
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Megan Ogilvie, Toronto Star health reporter
It's well documented and well-known now that pregnant people and their unborn babies are at significantly high-risk due to COVID-19, with many requiring hospitalization and intensive care. Six months ago, COVID's third wave in Ontario saw more pregnant people in ICU's than both the previous waves combined. Now we are seeing similar tragedies play out in Alberta as the province grapples a devastating fourth wave. Babies are being delivered while pregnant patients are on ventilators. This is why there was such the push and prioritization of vaccination for those who are pregnant. There is now global data proving that the vaccines have no risk for pregnant people, in fact it could save lives. Yet, vaccine rates of pregnant people remain low in Ontario and vaccine hesitancy remains high. There are multiple reasons for that and they're important to understand.
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- Breaking the silence: Dancers accuse choreographers of sexual harassment and grooming
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- 12:03
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Star journalist Morgan Bocknek, and Keanu Uchida, professional dancer
The world continues to witness the ripple-effects of the MeToo movement, that has led to scores of people opening up about their experiences with sexual misconduct, sexual harassment and sexual assault. It has sparked conversations, controversy and, in many cases, cultural change within industries. A similar story has emerged at prominent dance company, Break the Floor, a big part of the dance community of North America. An exclusive Star investigation has found allegations of widespread sexual harassment and predatory behaviour by BTF coaches over their younger students.
Break the Floor CEO Gil Stroming did not respond to specific questions, though told the Star that the dance company did not have “fully thought out policies and procedures regarding this” and, “over the last year and a half we have worked very hard to make BTF a better and safer environment for everyone,...
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- Are Ontario’s new election laws being used to muzzle dissent?
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- 20:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Star reporters Noor Javed, who covers 905 municipal politics, and Kris Rushowy, Queen’s Park reporter
Earlier this year, the Ontario government controversially used the notwithstanding clause to push through a new election advertising law which, despite being found to be unconstitutional, added new restrictions on third-party advertising to curb large scale, American-style special interest political fundraising in the election process. Now, exclusive Star reporting has found that a sitting minister contacted Elections Ontario and asked it to look into at least three small community groups to see if they were in violation of the new laws. Critics say it could lead a muzzling of political dissent in the province and change the rules for political advocacy.
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- Can you get fired for refusing to get vaccinated?
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- 15:14
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Rosa Saba, Business Reporter at The Star
With vaccine mandates now being enforced in many establishments, workplace mandates are now proliferating across many businesses as they try to return to normal. This raises questions about employer and workers rights if an employee chooses to remain unvaccinated. It’s something we are seeing play out on large stages, like the NBA, where star player Kyrie Irving has been told to stay away from his team until he decides to get vaccinated. But we are seeing it all across North America, as health care workers and police officers and others choose to remain unvaccinated. In Canada, the question is, can people be fired with cause? Do accommodations need to made? Is the employee eligible for Employment Insurance? These are all questions that need to be worked through and dealt with by all kinds of organizations and their personnel.
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- What you need to know about the Canada-U.S. land border reopening
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- 18:29
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Edward Keenan, Toronto Star’s Washington Bureau Chief
More than 18 months it closed due to the pandemic, the world’s largest undefended border will reopen in November. The closure has resulted in long delays and frustration, and fraught with clear-as-mud guidance around the air travel and policies around mixed doses and vaccination. As Canadians get ready to cross the land border once again, we sort through the many questions that still remain on how the reopening will work amidst the politics of the pandemic.
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- Why won't City Hall move forward on rooming houses and renters' rights?
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- 16:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Shawn Micallef, contributing columnist for the Star
This summer, the city of Toronto spent almost $2 million on private security guards and police to forcefully clear encampments in public parks. Despite the obvious need for housing, council has once again delayed a decision on legalizing rooming houses citywide, a debate that's been ongoing for ten years at City Hall. Rooming houses, also called multi-tenant homes, are currently illegal in most of Toronto, yet they are said to be an accessible and affordable living option for students, newcomers, and individuals with low income in a city where the cost of living is among the highest in Canada. Columnist Shawn Micallef joins "This Matters" to explain the significance of rooming houses, renters' rights and why encampment clearing should not have taken place the way it did in the middle of a pandemic and an escalating housing crisis.
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- Supply chain reaction: Product delays, stock shortages and higher prices
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- 22:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: David Johnston of the Schulich School of Business at York University
With the holiday season fast approaching, many retailers have been ramping up their efforts to make sure there is enough stock on the shelves for consumers to buy, but experts warn that disruptions in the global supply chain are already resulting in product shortages, delays in delivery and higher prices. There are container ships lined up outside of U.S. ports waiting to off-load their freight, and there aren’t enough docks or truck drivers to move the goods through. While COVID-19 has exposed some of the weak links in our global supply chain infrastructure, many issues were already there and experts are warning it might be some time before things return to normal.
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- Can a computer glitch dash immigration dreams?
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- 16:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Nicholas Keung, immigration reporter
The pandemic, travel restrictions and the recent refugee crisis in Afghanistan have created some serious issues within Canada’s immigration system. From refugees, to permanent residency holders trying to make their landing in Canada, to those already living in the country waiting for citizenship, everyone has been in limbo as the backlog piles up. To try and address some of this, the federal government announced a special one-time immigration program in April, as a potential pathway to permanent residency for those already in Canada who might be eligible. To qualify, applicants needed to jump through a lot of hoops and navigate a tricky new system, all within a limited time window for limited slots. For thousands of students and workers, this was their only chance to make a life in Canada. Now those who made it that far are in danger of having their dreams dashed, all potentially because of a computer glitch. The Star’s Im...
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- New Zealand abandons COVID-Zero. Is hope of elimination over?
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- 17:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Alex McKeen, Toronto Star reporter
For much of the pandemic, New Zealand has avoided mass outbreaks, a large number of deaths and high case counts, and in doing so has been heralded by COVID-Zero supporters as the poster-child of the strategy to eliminate the virus. But that’s all come to an end as New Zealand, like a number of other nations, has all but abandoned the official strategy. The goal now is low rates of transmission, rather than total elimination. The COVID-Zero movement has drawn a number of supporters from epidemiologists and public health experts as well its share of criticism from people who compare the approach to the anti-vax movement. Where does the goal of eliminating COVID spread go now? Is it even possible to achieve? Why is the dream of eliminating COVID spread such a controversial one?
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- How far will new long-term-care legislation go?
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- 17:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- COVID-19 showed how under-resourced and ill-equipped many Canadian nursing homes were to cope with a crisis. It also opened up an important conversation on structural and systemic issues within the long-term care industry — and the right of senior citizens to a better quality of living. Ontario has now opened up legislation on this front for the first time in more than ten years. Star investigative reporter Moira Welsh explains what the current state of Ontario’s long-term care is and what those changes could look like.
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- A look at the GTA real estate market now
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- 15:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Tess Kalinowski, real estate reporter at The Star
The real estate market has been one of the few things that this pandemic has not really disrupted. After an initial lockdown, the Greater Toronto Area market has been soaring to new heights in terms of prices and sales. After 21 months of the pandemic, there is cautious optimism that the market might return closer to normal — at least in terms of a sense timing — but there will remain challenges, mostly exacerbated by a lack of houses for sales.
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- TSO Double Basses Timothy Dawson and Paul Rogers perform at the Toronto Zoo
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- 3:46
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and Toronto Zoo have teamed up to offer a new creative collaboration called “Zoophony” which will explore the musical side of animal sounds, and the animal side of musical sounds for young audiences. This digital concert will be released to schools on November 22 through the TSO website.
TSO Double Basses Timothy Dawson and Paul Rogers took a break from filming to present their piece written especially for “Zoophony” called Double
Bass No. 10, “Mother and Calf”. Shaun Rogers (Paul’s son and a bass player
himself), wrote “Mother and Calf” especially for the Toronto Zoo’s Masai Giraffes. The three short sections of the piece depict giraffes walking and reaching with their necks towards food, the sounds of a baby giraffe, and, the low humming sounds giraffes make at night. The piece finishes with a cheery ending.
Featuring 21 musicians from the TSO and a host of animals from the Toronto Zoo, ...
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- Transit ‘death spiral’: Will post-pandemic Toronto be led by cars?
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- 20:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Ben Spurr, the Star’s transportation reporter
The pandemic has been near catastrophic for public transit. Ridership dropped for the TTC, costing the transit service millions in fare revenue and the Ontario government more than $140 a ride as the province covered the cost of near-empty GO Transit and UP Express trips. But the worst could still be to come and the fear of the "death spiral" remains a real possibility. Today on "This Matters," we explain the pain and drain of the "transit death spiral" and whether how we move in a city post-pandemic will be led by cars instead of buses and subways.
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- How Alberta and Saskatchewan lost control of COVID’s fourth wave
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- 21:22
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Kieran Leavitt, politics reporter for the Star
The fourth wave in western Canada has become a crisis. COVID-19 patients in Alberta are dying at four times the rate of the national average as the province leads Canada in active cases and deaths. After a sharp uptake when vaccines were first available, Saskatchewan’s vaccination rate has stalled and now ranks as the lowest of all provinces. We look at the political decisions in Alberta and Saskatchewan that brought them to this moment and whether they can control the fourth wave.
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- Opening the Pandora Papers and what they reveal
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- 20:27
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Robert Cribb & Marco Chown Oved, investigative reporters at the Star
In what is being called the largest collaborative journalism project in history, hundreds of journalists around the world have released their findings from The Pandora Papers, which detail the financial details of how the ultra-rich move and hide money around the world in tax havens and through other mechanisms. The findings include some well-known world leaders as well as other wealthy and famous people. There were several revelations about prominent Canadians, and by shining a light on these dealings it opens up questions about what can and should be done about it.
NOTE: The following people are discussed in this episode and, when reached for comment, provided these statements.
David Tassillo’s wrote a statement saying the offshore structure the Star “was the first and only I have ever set up on behalf of MindGeek, and the transactions and structure w...
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- Candice holds her son for the first time
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Candice Cruise was just 22 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with a rare condition and told she'd need new lungs. Doctors put her on life support until her son could be safely delivered. Here Candice holds her son Cameron for the first time with husband Collin close by.
Read the story: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/10/02/pregnant-woman-lung-transplant-toronto-doctors-hospital-world-first.html
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- Many businesses are refusing the new vaccine certificate rules. What now?
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- 13:29
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Jacob Lorinc, Toronto Star business reporter
Ontario's anti-vaccine movement has expanded. Hundreds of businesses have formed a network to refuse the new vaccine certificate rules, and take a pass on screening for unvaccinated customers. Mayor John Tory says the city has received more than 500 complaints of these violations, but there doesn't seem to be any clarity on implementing Ontario's mandatory vaccine rules. Business reporter Jacob Lorinc joins "This Matters" to explain why hundreds of businesses are going back to business as usual and ponder Ontario will flatten the curve of the fourth wave and end a pandemic if vaccine rules are actually just suggestions for some.
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- Annamie Paul and the Green Party: what it reveals about Canada’s misogynoir problem
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- 18:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Erica Ifill, columnist for the Hill Times
Green party leader Annamie Paul's resignation came after a defeat in her own Toronto Centre riding but it was a long time coming. After the party's own internal report leaked earlier this year and revealed the extent of systemic racism within, many said that she was set up to fail and the outcome was built into the system from the onset. A study of Paul's journey as leader of the Green Party of Canada has also been considered by many as a microcosm of misogynoir, and the systemic failures reserved only for the Black and racialized women. Erica Ifill, columnist for the Hill Times, co-host of the "Bad + Bitchy" podcast and founder of equity and inclusion consultancy Not in My Colour, joins "This Matters" to help unpack whether it's "just politics" when a strong, outspoken Black Jewish woman steps away from her platform and potential, or was this a sinister reflection of Canada's real problem with racial double standards.
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- Residential school survivors recall haunting memories from Mohawk Institute
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains references to residential schools and sexual abuse.
Former students of Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford Geronimo Henry and Sherlene Bomberry share difficult memories of their time at the school.
Read their stories:
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/09/24/i-still-had-my-trauma-inside-residential-school-survivors-honoured-on-orange-shirt-day.html
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/05/31/grim-discovery-in-bc-a-stark-reminder-for-residential-school-survivors-in-brantford-hamilton.html
Video edited by Kelsey Wilson
Video courtesy of The Hamilton Spectator.
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- How should Canada handle former residential school sites? Ask the Indigenous community
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- 19:48
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As Canada reflects on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Star reporter Olivia Bowden wrote a piece titled: How do you teach children about residential schools? Mix history with kindness. Olivia was on the show in August and we are rebroadcasting her episode, as it is as relevant today as it was then.
Guest: Olivia Bowden, Toronto Star reporter
As Canada goes through the painful process of identifying hundreds of Indigenous children’s remains who were buried in unmarked graves outside the sites of former residential schools, conversations have turned to what to do next with the locations, how to commemorate the children lost and how to honour those victimized. For some in Indigenous communities, those discussions have actually been taking place for decades. Olivia Bowden visited the site of the former Mohawk Institute residential school, now a part of the Woodland Centre under the ownership of the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, to list...
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- It’s a travesty that the Raptor isn’t in the Mascot Hall of Fame. Let’s vote him in now
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Of all the egregious wrongs in the world of sports — too much video replay to take the human element out of games and extend them unnecessarily comes quickly to mind — one stands out above all others and it’s time to fix it.
The Raptor, a close personal friend for more than a quarter century and unquestionably one of the best stuffed animals in all of sports, is not yet in the Mascot Hall of Fame and we need to get that fixed.
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_smiths_sports_blog/2021/09/29/its-a-travesty-that-the-raptor-isnt-in-the-mascot-hall-of-fame-lets-vote-him-in-now.html
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- What we know about vaccines and younger kids
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- 17:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guest: Alex Boyd, Toronto Star reporter covering COVID vaccination
As parents await news on vaccines for younger kids, Pfizer recently announced shots for children aged five to 11 are not far away. While the world awaits for it to be officially approved, there are still questions about efficacy, timelines and rollouts. But with spiking cases among children in the U.S. and other symptoms like “long COVID” showing up in younger people, the clock is ticking to get the largest remaining cohort their jabs too.
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- Can an MP be forced to resign and, if so, how?`
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- 15:20
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Jacques Gallant, Toronto Star political reporter
Whenever a politician gets into trouble, people look up the steps for recourse but the truth is it's very difficult to remove an elected official from office. Such a mechanism is once again in the spotlight in part due to Kevin Vuong, a controversial politician who recently won a seat as a Member of Parliament for Spadina-Fort York in Toronto. Amidst growing calls for his resignation, he currently remains adamant he will serve out his term. Will it happen? Options are few and rarely used.
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- A brief overview of Annamie Paul’s year as Green leader
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Two Michaels return. Where does that leave Canada and China?
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- 22:03
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Joanna Chiu and Jeremy Nuttall, Toronto Star reporters covering Canada-China relations
After nearly three years, Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, have been freed from Chinese detention. With their release coming in lockstep with the resolution of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s legal case, many former diplomats and analysts say the ordeal was clear evidence of ‘hostage diplomacy.’ Joanna Chiu, Toronto Star’s Canada-China politics reporter and author of the book China Unbound, and Jeremy Nuttall, investigative reporter for the Toronto Star, join “This Matters” to discuss.
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- Vaccine passports are the law in Ontario. Here’s how they’re working
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- 17:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guest: Rosa Saba, Toronto Star business reporter
A vaccine certificate system is now the rule of law in Ontario. Customers will have to show proof of vaccination in many public spaces and businesses, like indoor dining at restaurants, gyms and sporting events. After months of debates and doubts from the Ontario government, the passports are being touted as a way for businesses to avoid another set of lockdowns in the fourth wave. But there are many questions over the reality of how the vaccine passports work. Why isn't the passport on an smartphone app like Quebec's system? How easy is it for bad actors to forge their certificates? Is it on businesses to enforce the passports at the door? Today on "This Matters," we have your need-to-know guide for how the vaccine passports are working right now.
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- Facebook’s relationship with its own research is complicated
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- 19:27
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guest: Will Oremus, tech journalist for the Washington Post
It has been a very bad few weeks for Facebook, the world’s largest social network, whose platforms also include Instagram and WhatsApp. Through a number of leaked documents, it became public that Facebook has been aware of the negative effects of its platforms on a number of levels. For instance, use of Instagram is said to have a detrimental effect on the mental health of teenage girls. and also it was reported that human traffickers were using the platform to target and recruit. The company’s own research points to problems its platforms exacerbate, and the pattern reveals that the company just moves on without making changes or addressing the known issues. Today on “This Matters,” we discuss why and how that occurs and what can and should be done about it.
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- The election is over. Now where will Trudeau's Liberals take Canada?
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- 24:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Heather Scoffield and Susan Delacourt, Toronto Star Ottawa bureau
Climate, affordability, housing, child care, the economy, health, race relations, guns, reconciliation: today on “This Matters,” we look forward to what we can expect from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s third mandate. Heather Scoffield, economics columnist, and Susan Delacourt, national columnist, from the Star’s Ottawa bureau join to discuss.
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- What you should know about Ontario's vaccine passport
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Déjà vote: Unpacking the election
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- 27:15
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Guests: Gerald Butts, former Trudeau campaign strategist and principal secretary, and James Moore, former MP and minister of industry
After calling a $600 million federal election, the results are basically the same — Justin Trudeau will remain Canada’s prime minister with a minority government. To unpack everything that went down Monday, guest host Althia Raj is joined by Gerald Butts, Trudeau’s former principal secretary who is now the now vice chairman of Eurasia Group, and James Moore, former Conservative MP and minister of industry for the Harper government who is now a senior business advisor at Denton’s.
Sources: CTV News, CPAC, CBC, CTV Question Period
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- The state of the race
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- 18:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guests: Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Ottawa bureau, and Cliff van der Linden, CEO of VoxPopLabs (the Star’s poll aggregator)
Polls suggest opinions are mixed and this could be one nail biter of a federal election. Today, Althia Raj speaks with Tonda MacCharles and Cliff van der Linden, and they take a look at the state of the race as we wait for results to trickle in from the polls.
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- Title
- VIDEO | Election Night Hangover Pizza
- Runtime
- 42:24
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Stress eating? Here’s an easy election night pizza recipe that won’t leave your gut rotting tomorrow
- Title
- From fringe to fourth place, these are the people fueling the PPC momentum this federal election
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Ahead of a looming federal election Monday, the once-fringe People's Party of Canada is riding a wave of anti-vaccine mandate and anti-lockdown sentiment exacerbated by increased distrust in sitting politicians and growing interest in conspiracy theories.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-election.html
- Title
- Fact checking the leaders on the campaign trail
- Runtime
- 15:52
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guest: Lex Harvey, who has been fact checking the party leaders on the campaign trail for The Star
Are Canada’s leaders being honest on the campaign trail? Fact checking leaders has become en vogue over the past decade, in part due to former U.S. President Donald Trumps regular speeches filled with exaggerations, misinformation and false claims. In the pressure cooker of a campaign, fact checking leaders is a good barometer of our democracy, and no matter what you feel about this election, you may surprised at the results of The Star’s audit.
- Title
- How candidates say their party will address racism
- Runtime
- 19:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guest: The Star’s political reporter Raisa Patel
Many say race wasn’t really a top-of-mind election issue until last week’s federal leader’s debates, and the conversation remained at surface-level, without getting into what actually is — or isn’t — on party platforms to tackle systemic racism. So, what exactly are Canada’s electoral candidates saying on how their party will address racism beyond just the reactionary statements and controversies?
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- Affordability, housing and recovery: what are the parties promising?
- Runtime
- 23:00
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guest: Heather Scoffield, the Star’s Ottawa bureau chief and economic columnist
Affordability is at a crisis level in Canada. From sky-high housing and rental costs, to childcare, to cellphone bills — the cost of living is putting a vice grip on the finances of middle-class and young Canadians. But it’s not a new problem to be tackled in federal elections, rather one that has been at the centre of campaign promises in 2015 and 2019 too. So what’s different this time? How do the party leaders say their fiscal policies will solve housing supply-and-demand issues and fix the financial pressures that Canadians are facing. We look behind the numbers to see whether the promises of party leaders will properly tackle affordability.
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- Title
- Temperature check: Comparing platforms on climate change
- Runtime
- 17:43
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guest: Alex Ballingall, Ottawa based politics reporter joins to talk climate change in the election.
As wild fires burn in Western Canada, it seems like a day does not go by without further news about the climate crisis and the worsening shape of the planet, and the real consequences we are already seeing. Many experts are saying that changes need to be made immediately to tackle the problem, and in this election all the parties have released their platforms to how they would do that. We take a look at the plans and discuss how the issue of climate change has been in a factor in the election so far.
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- Title
- In battleground ridings, what does the federal election campaign look like? A Star roundtable...
- Runtime
- 21:50
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guests: Host Althia Raj sits down with the Star’s Heather Scoffield, Richard Warnica an Jeremy Nuttall
After four weeks of campaigning, the federal party leaders head into the home stretch. Polling puts the Liberals and the Conservatives basically neck and neck nationally. But on the ground? What does the contest really look like? Today, we’ll take a deep dive into three battleground ridings. Heather Scoffield is the Star’s Ottawa Bureau chief and economics columnist. Richard Warnica is a business feature writer, who has joined the politics team for the duration of the campaign. And Jeremy Nuttall is a Vancouver-based reporter who covers politics in B.C. for the Star.
- Title
- Two journalists from opposite hemispheres discuss a post-9/11 world
- Runtime
- 20:40
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guest: Michelle Shephard, a journalist, author and filmmaker who was the Star’s national security reporter for nearly 20 years
Everyone who is old enough has some kind of memory of where they were and what they were doing on September 11, 2001, when the two towers of the World Trade Centre in New York were brought down by commercial planes hijacked by members of the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda. Almost 3,000 people lost their lives.
9/11 led to two decades of wars, including the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq, hundreds of thousands of dead, a complete shift in border and security laws, personal freedoms – and implications for Muslims that continue today. With the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, leaving the same Taliban back in power that the war was meant to topple, many are questioning the last twenty years since 9/11 and what it all meant.
Michelle Shephard, a journalist, author and filmmaker who was the Star’s national securit...
