Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 87
- How Canada and the Western world failed Afghanistan
There are millions of Canadians for whom the rapid fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has been a shock. The images coming from the country right now are disturbing and will likely…
- Why are we having an election right now?
It's August. It's hot. People are on vacation. Parents are preparing for back-to-school. There's a fourth wave of COVID-19 rising. A lot of forests are on fire. And Canadians are g…
- Is the restaurant industry about to change dramatically?
Food costs more. Employees aren't returning. Pandemic protocols are costly, but necessary. Indoor dining won't be full for some time yet. COVID-19 has altered the way restaurants s…
- Will you ever shake hands with strangers again?
At the height of the pandemic last year, top public health officials were openly hoping that COVID-19 meant the end of the handshake. Even if the greeting doesn't effectively trans…
- How the IPCC report is about more than just climate change
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN-sponsored body that periodically releases a synthesis of current climate science, doesn't reveal a…
- Are mandatory vaccine passports impeding our Charter rights?
In recent weeks, as demands for a vaccine passport grow around the world, politicians are citing our rights to life, liberty and security as a reason to allow portions of our popul…
- Will new federal legislation finally end the gender pay gap?
The Liberal government has released new pay equity legislation that goes into effect on August 31. The goal is to provide all employees in a few federally regulated sectors "equal…
- How far do you go to fight for Indigenous rights and climate action?
On November 28, 2020, a 24-year-old was arrested for installing a shunt—a wire that mimics the electrical signal of a train and causes oncoming trains to derail—along the railway t…
- The Greatest Raptor of All Time
After nine seasons as a Toronto Raptor, Kyle Lowry is leaving for a three-year, 90 million dollar contract with the Miami Heat. He led us to our first-ever championship and along t…
- Dear Manager, I Quit (Because I'm Burned Out)
A new study by RBC found the number of people who left their jobs in June tripled compared to the same month in 2020. RBC expects 125,000 people to retire in the second half of the…
- How to talk about the end of the world
In recent weeks, there has been disastrous flooding in Europe, India, Arizona and in China. Summer temperatures have broken records from Canada to Pakistan. Toronto had the second…
- Be curious, not judgemental: Ted Lasso and TV's pivot to kindness
In the pandemic's darkest months, millions of us were looking for comfort and solace. And we found it in an unlikely comedy about an American football coach going to England to coa…
- As election looms, CSIS warns of foreign security threats
When Canada's intelligence agency warns about threats from foreign powers in the expected fall election, it's easy to assume they're referring to the kind of online meddling the Un…
- Can Toronto police itself out of a homelessness crisis?
Over the past few weeks, Toronto police have stormed into at least three park encampments where homeless people have been living. They've been met with protesters and journalists,…
- Nurses are quitting by the thousands. What happens if we can't recruit more?
Since the early days of the pandemic, experts have been warning about the stress constant emergency work places on medical professionals. And after more than a year on the front li…
Will we still use masks when all the mandates expire?Masking has become second nature to most of us during the pandemic. But with the end cautiously in sight, how many of us will still cover up once we're no longer forced to? In ea…
How the Blue Jays finally came homeTheir last game in Toronto was in September of 2019. Since then, the Blue Jays have been on one of sports' longest odysseys—playing home games as the road team, then in Buffalo, th…
Can the Conservative Party reinvent itself in time to avoid disaster?Recent polls from across the spectrum show the Conservative Party of Canada struggling to mount a meaningful challenge to the Liberals in the next election—which seems to be fast a…
How ‘best before’ dates waste tons of Canadian foodYou’ve probably thrown something out when it was past the date on the package—even if it didn’t really seem like it had gone bad. Better safe than sorry, or as the campaign used to…
Coyotes have taken over Stanley Park. And it doesn’t stop there.The public is currently being told to venture into the crown jewel of Vancouver’s park system “at their own risk” as dozens of people, including a two-year-old child, have been att…
