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The Ontario Provincial Air Service will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario's fleet of yellow aircrafts conduct a number of resource management programs including aerial wildlife surveys, fishing stocking, rabies vaccination distribution, but it's best known for its expertise in forest fire patrol and suppression. The service has gone through a number of name changes over the decades and morphed into the Aviation, Forest Fires and Emergency Services under Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Jeyan Jeganathan visits the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre to revisit the rich history of the Ontario Provincial Air Service in northern Ontario.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Canada marks National Indigenous Peoples Day, what lessons can be drawn from this country's experience with reconciliation, reckoning with residential schools, and treatment of Indigenous people? For insight, we welcome: Deborah Parker, CEO of The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition; Chief Robert Joseph, Ambassador Reconciliation Canada; Kaila Johnston, Director of Education & Public Programming at the National Centre of Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba; and Karyn Pugliese, editor-in-chief of Canadaland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our review of the week begins with Andrew Lawton discussing his book on Pierre Poilievre. Then, how food can bridge cultural, political, and religious divides. What does a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas look like? And, assessing Canada's record on reconciliation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1911, a northern Ontario boomtown that had sprung up around massive new gold mines was incorporated into a bedroom community called Timmins. In the years that followed, those mines, and the people who worked in them, drove the local economy in more ways than one. And not all of them on the level. According to our guest, theft was so common, it created a booming black market in illicit gold. Well, Timmins' once-thriving underground economy and the people who populated it - the villainous and virtuous alike - are the subjects of a new book, ,City of Thieves,, written by veteran northern reporter Kevin Vincent. While the book is fiction, it's based on real events that he has researched and documented since 1984.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The long-awaited ceasefire plan announced by President Biden for what he called a ,durable end to the war, between Hamas and Israel has brought some hope for an end to hostilities. For more on what this ceasefire proposal means for Israelis and Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu's future as prime minister, and the geopolitical implications for the region, we welcome: Hussein Ibish (Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington); Bessma Momani (University of Waterloo), and Janice Stein (University of Toronto).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An insightful conversation with Yael Splansky, the Senior Rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto's historic first synagogue. Amidst a time of emotional turmoil within her community, Rabbi Splansky faces unprecedented challenges in her rabbinical leadership. She tells us how she works to foster peace and resilience during these trying times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.