The Final Word

By Met Radio

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Met Radio's The Final Word gives a weekly look at the top news stories taking place in and around Toronto and around Toronto Metropolitan University.

Episode Date
New exhibition addresses the loneliness crisis
May 25, 2026
Inside a World Press Freedom Day Celebration
May 25, 2026
Trinity Bellwoods farmers market kicks off 20th season
May 13, 2026
Bill 101 criticized as “disaster” for students with disabilities
May 03, 2026
Eight years after Toronto van attack, addressing gender-based violence remains critical
Apr 24, 2026
Parents Speak Out on Special Education at TDSB Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting
Apr 17, 2026
The Art of Adventure highlights how art contributes to environmental advocacy
Apr 15, 2026
The Queer Space TMSU addresses student isolation and mental health challenges
Apr 04, 2026
TMU event sparks debate amid external investigation
Mar 30, 2026
Oscar win puts spotlight on Canadian film and its funding
Mar 20, 2026
Breaking down the TMSU $20-million lawsuit over election interference
Mar 13, 2026
Activists Rally Outside PDAC Mining Convention
Mar 06, 2026
How TMU’s BBSA Is Creating Opportunities for Black Students in Business
Feb 27, 2026
Not Just Tourists Delivers Medical Aid Abroad
Feb 23, 2026
Eglinton LRT Opens, Riders React on Launch Day
Feb 18, 2026
CineFEMME Brings Racialized Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers to the Forefront
Feb 18, 2026
What a record-breaking snowstorm reveals about Toronto’s commitment to accessibility
Feb 04, 2026
Popular Toronto copwatcher talks new police budget and why residents engage with counter-surveillance
Feb 04, 2026
Met Radio journalists discuss updates with the NDP leadership race
Feb 04, 2026
TTC passes 2026 budget with fare freeze and cap, and warnings of future budget crunch
Jan 09, 2026
The Met Radio news team discusses news in 2025, and reporting in Toronto
Jan 02, 2026
Allan Gardens food bank threatened by redevelopment: 'We don't have anywhere to go'
Dec 26, 2025
Treaty 9 First Nations sue province over land use and Bill 5, Ontario wants case thrown out
Dec 19, 2025
TTC to give free rides with 2026 fare cap plan, post-secondary students left out
Dec 12, 2025
UofG cancels Palestinian solidarity conference, hosted anway by local community
Dec 08, 2025
More balance? Advocates say Bill 60 rolls back rights, burdens tenants
Nov 28, 2025
TMSU heads into by-election: Do students know?
Nov 21, 2025
Toronto housing, senior workers vote for strike mandate amid 'sense of despair'
Nov 14, 2025
Federal budget 2025 sparse on affordability, targets 'business community'
Nov 08, 2025
Rising online misogyny impacting classrooms, supports lacking: report
Oct 31, 2025
'Unnecessary, a distraction from underfunding': Student groups slam Bill 33
Oct 24, 2025
Toronto starts Public Budget Consultations, facing $1B shortfall
Oct 17, 2025
Toronto's Bubble Zone Bylaw could Change University Protests
Oct 10, 2025
TMSU holding fall elections, outside interference likely: report
Oct 03, 2025
Students & Community protest TMU stance on Palestine, 1 Arrested
Sep 26, 2025
Draw the Line Movement Unites Grassroots Groups Across Canada
Sep 25, 2025
National Film Board honours Asian Heritage Month with Asian Canadian Perspectives Channel
May 21, 2025
Residence Program brings builders from across the country to The Canadian Canoe Museum
May 21, 2025
#AltElxn 2025 Show 3
May 21, 2025
Scouts Canada to plant 1M trees per year as part of 2025 Scoutrees fundraiser
May 21, 2025
REMIC survey finds that 64% of Canadians think the country’s nation are “mortgage masochists”
May 21, 2025
Over 150 venues in Canada have joined the 'Order An Angelot' program
Apr 10, 2025
TTC fare inspections expand from streetcars to buses, subway stations
Apr 10, 2025
Entrepreneurs and businesses should take advantage of U.S. tariff threats, expert says
Apr 03, 2025
Tax season is upon us. Here’s what you need to know
Apr 03, 2025
Mining Injustice Solidarity Network holds march to protest the largest mining convention
Mar 14, 2025
Comedians Carson and Taylor performing at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
Mar 14, 2025
CJTM partners with TMU's J-School students for brand new weekly news segments
Mar 14, 2025
New government care worker program launched "quietly," organization says
Mar 14, 2025
Registered Clinical Counsellor Allan Wade appointed as Member of the Order of Canada
Feb 06, 2025
KUUMBA festival celebrating its 30th year in February
Feb 06, 2025
LJI's Mia Johnson and Gabriela discuss their favourite stories of the semester
Feb 06, 2025
St. Joseph's hospital experiences unexpected boiler system failure
Dec 20, 2024
67% of Canadians can't comfortably pay for a $1,749 monthly mortgage, survey finds
Dec 20, 2024
AccessBC launches campaign to speed up Pharmacare Act's implementation
Dec 03, 2024
Taylgate 2024 brings Taylor Swift fans together at Metro Convention Centre
Nov 25, 2024
Pink Triangle Press Awards honour achievements in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
Nov 25, 2024
Food bank usage increasing dramatically, Allan Gardens Food Bank president says
Nov 19, 2024
Cinefranco Film Festival held at Carlton Cinema
Nov 05, 2024
Spring's Red October Rally held at TMU
Nov 05, 2024
Immigration policies continue to cause tension in Canada
Oct 29, 2024
Nuit Blanche performance gives "moving arts" a whole new meaning
Oct 21, 2024
Toronto Burlesque Festival returns after its pandemic hiatus
Oct 07, 2024
Studiosity’s 2024 National Wellbeing Survey shows a student need for timely support
Oct 07, 2024
Lululemon exemption leaves small business at a disadvantage, says advocate
Sep 24, 2024
Jarvis Collegiate Institute Among MusiCounts Award Recipients
Sep 16, 2024
Fan Expo and the art of cosplaying, TMU Freshmen Orientation in full swing
Sep 10, 2024
un/SHELTERED Toronto Design Challenge encourages creative ideas to address city's housing crisis
Aug 28, 2024
Local jazz & funk band Caliber Funk performs at Beaches Jazz Fest StreetFest
Aug 28, 2024
Katherine Festeryga wins Toronto's Women4Climate pitch competition
Aug 28, 2024
HOUSECanada works with student groups and developers to build affordable, equitable student housing
Aug 28, 2024
Women in the Studio National Accelerator now in its sixth year
Aug 28, 2024
This year's Toronto Fringe Festival has over 70 shows, coverage
Aug 28, 2024
Toronto-based theatre company, Makeshift Company, sells out debut original production
Aug 28, 2024
Canadian Swifties Unite Against Climate Crisis, NFB Highlights Canadian Filmmakers for Canada Day
Jul 04, 2024
Toronto's Annual Mermaid Ball Took Over the Drake Hotel this Month
Jun 26, 2024
TMU graduate Akash Jones creates short-film "Amma" for NFB's Hothouse
Jun 26, 2024
Women make up 25% of the heads of the top 200 universities around the world
Jun 26, 2024
Sports festival The GOOD Games coming to Guelph this July
Jun 26, 2024
Climate Finance Scholarship awards youth in Canada for their visions of a climate-safe economy
Jun 26, 2024
Federal government announces increased budget to the Canada Music Fund
Jun 26, 2024
Owen and Gabriela discuss their favourite stories from the year so far
Jun 26, 2024
TMTC hosts annual musical, high turnout rates
Apr 15, 2024
More Neighbours Toronto disappointed in Doug Ford's government
Apr 15, 2024
Canadian detainee’s mother goes on tour to raise awareness
Mar 24, 2024
Tandem Experiences co-founders and entrepreneurs tell all
Mar 17, 2024
ImagineNATIVE announces 2025 festival dates
Mar 17, 2024
The Angie app aims to help keep university students safe
Mar 11, 2024
IKEA launches new Plan and Order points
Feb 26, 2024
Body Peace Canada speaks out about Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2024
Feb 26, 2024
Minister Miller imposes new restrictions on international students in Canada
Feb 26, 2024
Nordstrom's failure and what it means for its employees
Mar 22, 2023
The rising cost of living for women in Canada
Mar 22, 2023
The story behind Hanlan's Point and the push back from the queer community
Mar 22, 2023
What's next after John Tory's resignation?
Mar 22, 2023
How TMU students are responding to Turkey's earthquake
Mar 22, 2023
Is increasing campus security the solution to creating a safer environment?
Mar 22, 2023
Remembering Steven Trumper
Jan 28, 2023
The Saskatchewan stabbings and the influx of parachute journalism
Dec 14, 2022
Bringing awareness to sustainability on campus
Dec 07, 2022
Team Canada at the 2022 World Cup and why this World Cup is different than others
Nov 29, 2022
Should TMU reinstate mask mandates?
Nov 29, 2022
TMU increases mental health fees, plans for a new Student Well Being Centre
Nov 15, 2022
Ontario's New Bill 23 and what it means for the housing crisis
Nov 08, 2022
How Toronto's Municipal Election will affect students
Oct 22, 2022
Vaccinations on Campus
Oct 22, 2022
Truth and Reconciliation Day, Reconciling Toronto Metropolitan's Legacy
Oct 22, 2022
Cycling in the City
Sep 29, 2022
Canada’s new luxury tax, explained
Sep 16, 2022
How to battle climate anxiety
Aug 30, 2022
Board gaming and the gendered division of leisure
Aug 30, 2022
The NIA’s Long-Term Care COVID Tracker pause, and the importance of reliable data
Aug 18, 2022
Garden suites and their place in Toronto’s housing market
Aug 10, 2022
The current rise in spiritualism, explained
Aug 02, 2022
The Kensington comedy bar trying to break the standup mold
Jul 25, 2022
The defence of extreme self-induced intoxication, explained
Jul 18, 2022
How to solve the housing supply crisis
Jul 11, 2022
Roe v. Wade and Canadian abortion care
Jul 04, 2022
A new way to study social media behaviour
Jun 27, 2022
The fight to protect queer Ukrainians
Jun 20, 2022
Robin Buxton Potts, CareTO, and Italian restaurants
Jun 13, 2022
Hot Docs - a talk with an award winning director
Jun 01, 2022
A chat with Karen Steele - a radio trailblazer
May 25, 2022
Toronto's vintage clothing show is back
May 18, 2022
Toronto Met and Why are groceries so expensive?
May 10, 2022
Café Latino and lockdowns in Alberta compared to Ontario
May 06, 2022
Ontario's rising gambling industry and the tale behind 3 Italian restaurants in Toronto
Apr 25, 2022
The ultimatum on Highway 413
Apr 12, 2022
The rise of Nashid Chroma
Apr 06, 2022
The Big Push
Apr 02, 2022
Mass student survey and lead leading to lower IQ
Mar 21, 2022
Troy the Enigma's new project, BoC’s rate hike and small business rental crisis
Mar 14, 2022
Tackling Gender-Based Violence
Mar 06, 2022
The last North Atlantic Right Whales
Feb 23, 2022
Meet Harkness
Dec 14, 2021
The Turtle Project and how TTC's employee shortage is affecting our commute
Dec 01, 2021
Getting kids playing to play again and Ryerson's new vaccine policy
Nov 30, 2021
The live video game that explores Toronto's past
Nov 19, 2021
Where Ontario's environmental policy is headed and the minimum wage increase
Nov 18, 2021
The 22nd annual ImagineNATIVE film festival
Nov 17, 2021
Reflecting on 3 years of legal cannabis
Nov 02, 2021
So, you're in the arts right now?
Oct 19, 2021
The Waiting List
Oct 13, 2021
Canada's first Day for Truth and Reconciliation and the 2021 Polaris prize
Oct 07, 2021
The federal election and Ryerson's vaccine mandate
Oct 06, 2021
A Farewell to Ryerson Prof. Kamal Al-Solaylee
Aug 06, 2021
Young VoicesTO and Hostile Design (pt.2)
Jul 30, 2021
Returning to Campus and Hostile Design (pt.1)
Jul 23, 2021
Ravyn Wingz and the Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism
Jul 16, 2021
RSU's Board of Directors Meeting and ACORN
Jul 09, 2021
Wigwam Che-Chemung and 'Planet Fabulon'
Jul 02, 2021
Circles for Reconciliation and Word on the Street
Jun 25, 2021
'Find My Vax' and Afro-Indigenous Storytelling
Jun 18, 2021
The Fall of Egerton Ryerson and Dr. Lila Pine
Jun 11, 2021
'Wreckonciliation' and 1492 Landback Lane: Revisited
Jun 04, 2021
Black Existence: Then and Now
May 28, 2021
Resigning from the RSU and 'Cash Back'
May 21, 2021
May 7, 2021
May 11, 2021
Ford's Paid Sick Leave Plan
May 01, 2021
Facing the Pandemic as an International Student
Apr 10, 2021
Student Groups Fight the Student Choice Initiative
Mar 26, 2021
RSU Elections and Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Mar 19, 2021
March 12, 2021
Mar 13, 2021
February 19, 2021
Feb 20, 2021
Disability and the Health Care Consent Act
Feb 05, 2021
January 29, 2021
Jan 29, 2021
January 22, 2021
Jan 22, 2021
January 15, 2021
Jan 16, 2021
January 8, 2021
Jan 09, 2021
December 11, 2020
Dec 12, 2020
December 4, 2020
Dec 04, 2020
Nov. 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
Nov. 20, 2020
Nov 20, 2020
Nov. 13, 2020
Nov 13, 2020
October 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020
1492 Landback Lane
Sep 09, 2020
The Scope News - December 9, 2019
Jan 06, 2020
The Scope News - December 2, 2019
Dec 17, 2019
November 18, 2019
Nov 25, 2019
The Scope News - November 11, 2019
Nov 13, 2019
The Scope News - November 4, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - October 28, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - October 21, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - October 14, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - October 7, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - September 30, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - September 23, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
Scope News - September 16, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - September 9, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - September 2, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - August 19, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - Aug 5, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - July 22, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - June 24, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - June 10, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - May 13, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
The Scope News - April 29th, 2019
May 03, 2019
The Scope News - April 15th, 2019
Apr 17, 2019
The Scope News - April 1st, 2019
Apr 03, 2019
The Scope News - July 16th 2018
Mar 13, 2019
The Scope News - Sept. 17, 2018
Mar 13, 2019
The Scope News - Oct. 29, 2018
Mar 07, 2019
The Scope News - Mar 4, 2019
Mar 07, 2019
The Scope News - Nov 12, 2018
Mar 07, 2019
The Scope News - Oct. 22, 2018
Mar 07, 2019
The Scope News - Oct. 15, 2018
Mar 07, 2019
The Scope News - Nov 19, 2018
Mar 07, 2019
February 4, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
December 17 2018
Feb 28, 2019
The Scope News - Feb 18, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
January 7 2019
Feb 28, 2019
November 25 2018
Feb 28, 2019
February 18, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
January 21 2019
Feb 28, 2019
The Scope News Special: Cuts to Education
Feb 28, 2019
July 9, 2018
Jul 18, 2018
May 28, 2018
Jun 13, 2018
June 11, 2018
Jun 13, 2018
April 23, 2018
May 03, 2018
April 30, 2018
May 03, 2018
April 16, 2018
Apr 16, 2018
March 19, 2018
Mar 19, 2018
March 12, 2018
Mar 12, 2018
March 5, 2018
Mar 05, 2018
February 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018
February 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018
February 5, 2018
Feb 05, 2018
January 29, 2018
Feb 02, 2018
January 15, 2018
Jan 16, 2018
December 4, 2017
Dec 05, 2017
November 20, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
November 13, 2017
Nov 14, 2017
November 6, 2017
Nov 07, 2017
October 23, 2017
Oct 23, 2017
September 25, 2017
Sep 25, 2017
Unpacking the Opioid Crisis (rebroadcast)
Sep 18, 2017
Sep 11, 2017
Sep 11, 2017
Sep 4, 2017
Sep 04, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 14, 2017
Aug 14, 2017
July 17, 2017
Jul 17, 2017
July 3, 2017
Jul 03, 2017
April 24, 2017
Apr 24, 2017