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21/02/2024

Facing our smartphone addiction

Guest: Richard Warnica, Toronto Star feature writer Richard Warnica sees it everywhere – business meetings, the subway, even at his own dinner table – the blank-eyed stare of someone mindlessly scrolling their smartphone. These devices, despite their increasingly documented negative effects on our mental health, have us firmly in their grips, and their utility and ubiquity makes it hard to envision how we'll ever kick the habit. But once upon a time, most of us smoked, too, and virtually everywhere (on planes, trains, at work, in restaurants…). Will we one day look back on this the same way? PLUS: How Warnica deals with it at home by thinking inside the (locked) box. This episode was produced by Paulo Marques, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Edward Keenan.

21/02/2024

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27 min
02/02/2024

Lower tax (hikes), Scarborough buses and jerks on the rink

Mayor Olivia Chow's version of the city budget was released this week, and one of us was there in person at the Scarborough Town Centre to hear about it. The tax rate's a bit lower, the feds came through with some money, the police still didn't get as much as they want. So what do we think? And what's left to fight about? Also, some jerk disrupted a women and trans shinny game in a Toronto park, something Emma says she's experienced as a disturbing trend this year. And one of us explains why we're lamenting the loss of diners and doughnut shops as essential hangout spots he thinks are essential to decent city life. Plus, what has four thumbs and isn't a big fan of raccoons? Our entire panel, that's what. Audio Sources: CP24, Global, Columbia This episode was produced by Paulo Marques, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Emma Teitel and Edward Keenan. What you would like to hear on Toronto Star podcasts? Let us know in this survey and you can enter to win a $100 gift card.

02/02/2024

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42 min
16/07/2021

How accommodating pets at domestic violence shelters can save lives

Guest: Hannah Brown, manager of the criminal justice system reform program at Humane Canada During COVID-19, domestic violence numbers spiked to the point where we began to call it "the shadow pandemic." Alongside that, data across North America has begun to reveal "the violence link" which means that often cruelty towards the family pet is intertwined with other violence within the home. Hannah Brown, of Humane Canada explains the "violence link"–and why no one in danger should have to choose between their own personal safety and that of a much-loved pets'. Directory of shelters in Ontario with pet services: http://www.oaith.ca/assets/library/SHELTERS%20and%20PET%20SERVICES%20Oct%202018.pdf Directory of shelters in Canada and the U.S with pet services: https://safeplaceforpets.org/

16/07/2021

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17 min
01/04/2020

Are you the perfect quarantine parent? (No and there's no need to be)

Yesterday, as Ontario races to get ahead of the COVID-19 curve, the government announced that children won't be returning to class until at least May 4. In today's episode, Saba Eitizaz talks with Dr. Sejal Patel, associate professor of Early Childhood Studies at Ryerson University—and a parent herself—about ways to cope and keep your kids engaged. Saba also speaks to Hema Lozano, a young mother of four, about some unique ways she's come up with to keep her little ones learning.

01/04/2020

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22 min
15/05/2023

Business not as usual: The return to office and downtown Toronto now

Guests: Katie Daubs, senior writer, and Christine Dobby, business reporter As cities around the world return to the office, Toronto lags behind other global centres as many workers are choosing to continue working from home. That's having a spillover effect on the downtown core, and in particular, on the PATH, the underground network of shops and stores that support a downtown economy. Are these changes temporary or long lasting? What do they mean for the future of Toronto? This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

15/05/2023

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23 min
07/05/2021

The clear-as-mud messaging on vaccines and how to fix it

To many doctors across Canada, the latest statement from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) left a lot to be desired. NACI's guidance on mRNA vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) being "preferred" over viral vector vaccines like AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson seemingly contradicts the messaging from public health officials who say the best shot is the first one you can get. On "ThisMatters," we explain how the advisory panel's advice can fuel vaccine hesitancy and why Canada can't afford bad public health messaging. Guest: Sabina Vohra-Miller, founder of the web site "Unambiguous Science" If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can subscribe at thestar.com/subscribingmatters.

07/05/2021

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21 min
30/09/2021

Annamie Paul and the Green Party: what it reveals about Canada's misogynoir problem

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.

30/09/2021

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18 min
20/07/2020

Dazed and confused? Here's a Schools Reopening 101

With questions at how every level of education may safely return, Kris Rushowy, a Queen's Park Bureau reporter for the Star, who also spent many years as an education reporter, joins This Matters to explain where we stand right now and what a return to school might look like. We are almost at the middle of summer vacation, and parents and students from all levels of education are wondering what a return to school will look like in September. All options are on the table, with a full return, full-time remote teaching, or some kind of hybrid model all being discussed by the Provincial government and the various school boards.

20/07/2020

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20 min
07/02/2024

Why your Toronto neighbourhood needs to change

Guest: Richard Warnica, staff reporter The housing crisis in Toronto, and in Canada, has become the dominant issue for politicians at all levels of government and for voters up and down the income spectrum. Star reporter Richard Warnica took a deep dive into the many facets of the issue, from the lack of public housing and the shortage of rentals to zoning and development delays, NIMBY objections to multiplexes, and construction that can't keep up with population growth. Experts told him we need to do a lot of things, all at once, to make things better and that might mean changing our ideas of how we build housing, and where, and what kind. Plus: The one weird trick from Sweden's history we should look at. This episode was produced by Edward Keenan, JP Fozo, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Paulo Marques. What would you like to hear on Toronto Star podcasts? Let us know in this survey and you can enter to win a $100 gift card.

07/02/2024

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43 min
11/03/2022

A scientist makes the case against Daylight Saving Time

Guest: Patricia Lakin-Thomas, York University professor It is time to spring forward! Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend. Clocks shifting ahead an hour on Sunday not only may make you feel a little tired, it's a much bigger deal than you may think. To some scientists, changing the time twice a year — which is not done in large parts of the world — is one of the world's biggest experiments, and generally points to negative outcomes like an increase in heart attacks and traffic accidents. The problems don't end there and thus, there are movements to abolish it. Today we speak to Patricia Lakin-Thomas, a York University biology professor who runs the Clock Lab.

11/03/2022

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23 min

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