This is Toronto
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Tap into the stories that the GTA is talking about. Hosted by David Common. If you listen to one Toronto podcast, make it this one. From the team that brings you CBC Radio’s Metro Morning.
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Making Toronto home after war: Syrians reflect on 10 years here
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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We Finally Got a New Transit Line... Why Is It So Slow?
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Is sexual misconduct normalized in Toronto's nightlife industry?
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Why violent assaults on the TTC have skyrocketed
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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How overdose became a leading killer in Toronto
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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'They're a bunch of diddlers': We ask the Sol-Gen about risks of a public sex offender list
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Why can't Toronto have more GO Train stops?
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Will Toronto avoid another snow SNAFU this winter?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Daughter of murdered billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman speaks out
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Are homes in the GTA becoming... affordable?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Toronto is used to losing. How did the Blue Jays win?
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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David's Pick: How Viggo Mortensen ended up performing with hundreds of kids from Toronto and New Brunswick
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Crypto ATMs are all around the GTA. And many people using them are victims of fraud
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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'Bail reform' gets thrown around a lot... but this GTA couple believes it could have saved their daughter's life
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Doug Ford thinks speed cameras are a 'tax grab.' His solicitor general explains why
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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David's Pick: Carney's plan to bring small modular reactors to Ontario’s Darlington nuclear power
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Whatever it takes: A Degrassi Documentary
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Tackling the misconceptions and stereotypes of sex workers through film
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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David's Pick: Is this the right time to buy your first home?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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What determines genocide?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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The surprising benefits of the office suck-up
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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David's Pick: The 'God Father of A.I.' says the technology needs to be built with maternal instinct
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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The tragic death of 8-year-old Javhai Roy
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Businesses in Little Jamaica fear they won't survive the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The future of Old City Hall and the surprising economy of worms
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Can HRifying your relationships really keep them running?
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Fascist Fight Clubs in Hamilton and Niagara
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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How A.I. is making waves in the music industry in the GTA and beyond
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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It's all a bunch of sludge: The tactic used by big companies to keep you from cancelling subscriptions
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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David's Pick: The Grade 5 class behind Niagara Fall's first-ever inclusive car show
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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The Zamboni-like robot roaming Ontario's shores this summer
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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David's Pick: Puking, squawking and pooping all over the place. Why the Cormorant is Toronto's most divisive bird
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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How a new wellness centre at St. Mike's Hospital hopes to build trust with Toronto's Indigenous people
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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David's Pick: What a Toronto man learned after hitting a pedestrian with his car
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The landlord offering private healthcare as a perk to its tenants
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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David's Pick: On tyranny, freedom and empathy with renowned U of T scholar Timothy Snyder
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Royson James receives the Order of Ontario for his work at the Toronto Star
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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David's Pick: What Stephen Toope thinks about the brain drain, academic freedom and Donald Trump's fight with Harvard
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May 30, 2025 |
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The American fugitive living as a self-styled psychic and trivia host in Toronto
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May 28, 2025 |
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David's Pick: Does the GTA need to rethink how condo projects get financed? This developer thinks so.
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May 15, 2025 |
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'Recession indicators' are everywhere on social media. But do they accurately reflect our economic situation?
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May 14, 2025 |
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David's Pick: The Markham pharmacist behind one of the world's most notorious deepfake porn sites
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May 08, 2025 |
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What does your phone number say about you?
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May 07, 2025 |
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As Premier Doug Ford calls for elected judges, is the move being supported by Ontario's law community?
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May 01, 2025 |
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Does strategic voting have a harmful impact on democracy?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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In the 2025 federal election, were there any real winners?
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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It's been five years since the army was called into Ontario's long-term care homes. What have we learned?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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A GTA mother speaks out after Uber drove away with her 5-year-old in the back seat
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Why 'please' and 'thank you' might go a long way in the era of artificial intelligence
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Can rubbing a banana peel on your face lead to a more productive day?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The controversial TTC campaign encouraging Torontonians to talk to strangers
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Did Therme misrepresent itself to secure its controversial 95-year lease at Ontario Place?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Could cable cars be the future of transit in Oshawa and ... beyond?
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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The federal election races reaches its midway point. Political strategists weigh in on what could make or break a campaign
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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As summer approaches, here's why political tensions between Canada and U.S. might change vacation travelers
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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What does the U.S want from this global trade fight? Even within the Trump administration, the answer varies
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Trade tensions a business person's nightmare but an entrepreneur's dream, auto parts CEO says
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Who is behind the shady network scamming people through fake election news ads?
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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What Canadians need to know about crossing the border
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Planning to buy a car in the midst of a trade war? Here's what you need to know
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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'Introverts' happy hour': why silent reading clubs are taking off around Toronto
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Why this renowned academic is leaving the U.S. for UofT
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Tesla and roller derby: two new fronts in the ongoing dispute with the U.S.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Days into the election campaign, have you already been exposed to disinformation?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Why one Toronto designer pulled her products from The Bay's shelves
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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To Infinity and Beyond: Widower honours wife by blasting her ashes into space
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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A day in the life of Brampton Civic Hospital
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Bats are returning to the skies. Here's why that's a good thing
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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It's been five years since pandemic lockdowns. Are you still working from home?
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Why newcomer groups are already feeling the impact of federal cuts
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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The government's own experts say removing bike lanes may not improve traffic
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Maybe you can't win a trade war, but you can fight anyway
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Five years since the global pandemic, are we ready for the next health crisis?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Nature is healing, and it looks like a giant ball of slime in the Don River
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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How to have a (trade)wartime effort
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Oshawa, Oakville and beyond -- Trump's tariffs could shut down the entire auto industry
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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It's not 'lying,' it's 'bullshit': why one academic is studying Trump's communication style
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Making sense of the provincial election results
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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A giant Ramadan sign is lighting up Nathan Phillips Square. Meet one of the teens who made it happen.
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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How a snowstorm changed one woman's perspective on community and asking for help
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Snow problems: why it's taking Toronto so long to recover from a massive snowfall
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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When RRSPs just aren't for you -- a financial planner breaks down your options
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Why can Montreal dig itself out of a snowstorm so much faster than Toronto? We went straight to the source
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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How flight attendants were able to evacuate an upside-down plane after a crash landing
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Chaos at Pearson, and lingering questions about the plane that crashed on a runway
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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New Democrat leader Marit Stiles
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Green Party leader Mike Schreiner
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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A 5k race through the PATH?! Meet the mastermind behind it
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Worried about the price of a vehicle, with tariffs potentially on the way? This journalist breaks down what to expect
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Why some buyers are on the hook as the condo market tanks
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The swastika isn't illegal in Canada, but Whitby's town council is pushing for it to be
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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After an injury, she couldn't remember anything, even her partner. So she turned to TikTok
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Why some worry a 'fentanyl czar' might do more harm than good
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Tariffs are off—for now. But how do we live with the uncertainty of Trump?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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How tariffs could shut down the auto industry within a week
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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His family vacation at an all-inclusive resort ended in tragedy. Now he's speaking out
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Harassed and intimidated, leaders from diaspora communities are looking for help
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Can you trust DeepSeek? Can AI be your new best friend?
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Could stem cells help people with spinal injuries regain function? A Toronto startup is working on it
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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What's behind a surge in jewelry store robberies in the GTA
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The story of Toronto police's biggest drug bust ever, and the new cartel behind it
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Life after being held hostage by Hamas: the Toronto cousin of a freed hostage shares how her family is doing
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Good question for a cold, gloomy month: How do you measure happiness?
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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How do you negotiate in the face of crippling tariffs? Labour leader and senator Hassan Yussuff is gearing up
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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What a ceasefire would mean for those with family in Israel and Gaza
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Meet the head of the Toronto Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Donate your $200 government cheque? One Torontonian is turning that idea into a movement
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Tariffs or not, Ontario's rep in Washington continues to work with the U.S.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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With stores closing left and right, what's going to happen to the city's malls?
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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He moved from Toronto to Los Angeles. Now he's had to flee wildfires twice
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Life after going to prison on terrorism charges: a journalist connects with a member of the Toronto 18
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Understanding what happens now that Trudeau is resigning
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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What is 'space medicine'? How do black holes work? This student started a magazine to help people understand the cosmos
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Federal election? Provincial election? Political strategists weigh in on what 2025 might bring
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Maverick Toronto MP Nate Erskine-Smith is Canada's new housing minister
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Making sense of this massive year for women's sport in Toronto
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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A real Liberal leadership dilemma... and a fake Christmas mug
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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'Devil is in the details' says family doctor about GP shortage and the cure is complex
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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What is the Prime Minister's political future? Three strategists weigh in on what happens next
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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He was traveling with CBD. His flight had a stopover in Dubai. Now he faces life in prison
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Why Oshawa's mayor supports new powers, and money, to deal with encampments
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Gift hunting for a picky friend? This bookseller's list might help
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Doug Ford gets hot under the collar and threatens to turn off energy supply to the U.S. But who will get burned?
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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After 10+ years, a music program in Jane-Finch will get a permanent home
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Security guards are becoming de facto mental health workers. This psychiatrist is helping to train them
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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For Syrians who settled in the GTA, it's an incredible moment to watch from afar
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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A grocery haul for less than $20? An couponer shares why it's not actually that hard
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Toronto's WNBA team has a name. Now what?
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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‘Not fair, transparent or accountable’: a bombshell report lands at the feet of the Ford government
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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With harassment and violent threats way up, who would even want to go into politics anymore?
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Meet the people behind a clinic for pregnant drug users in Toronto
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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We're being asked to tip way more often. But where does that money actually go?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Why one Torontonian is opening up her apartment to groups of strangers every weekend
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Did u no ppl h8 it when you txt like this? A Toronto professor has academic proof
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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'You got a day job': why a TV exchange about a Torontonian's side hustle is resonating with so many
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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How an Ajax student became a Rhodes Scholar... by performing in Murder on the Orient Express
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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The province is protecting itself from being sued by injured cyclists. This lawyer calls that 'undemocratic'
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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A former diplomat and fellow at Toronto's Munk School weighs in on the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Their daughters were murdered by Paul Bernardo, and now they want to confront him in person
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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An acquaintance with a hookup for Taylor Swift tickets sounded like a dream come true...until it wasn't
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Why good grades may not be enough to get into Ontario universities in the future
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Six years after his brother was killed in an Ontario jail, he's still looking for accountability
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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As we learn more about Trump's cabinet picks, does Canada have any friends in the new U.S. administration?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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100 shots fired, 23 arrests: A massive gunfight broke out in Toronto, with police officers caught in the middle
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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"Am I crazy?" A 65-year-old Swiftie's solo journey to see Taylor in Toronto
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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His actions in Afghanistan won him the Medal of Bravery. Now, he's sharing his story for a new teaching resource.
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ontario is the top trading partner to 17 U.S. states. But will that matter when Trump takes over?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Commemorating the Toronto connection of a civil war hero you've probably never heard of
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Making sense of Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. Presidential election
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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After violent demonstrations, Brampton's mayor wants to ban protests outside places of worship
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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What violence outside a Hindu temple could mean for Canada's already strained relationship with India
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Introducing: This is Toronto
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Nov 01, 2024 |