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The Big Story
Episodes — page 88
- 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…
Inside Canada’s broken military justice systemLast week, retired general Jonathan Vance, former chief of the defence staff, was charged with obstruction of justice related to an investigation into allegations of sexual miscond…
Family doctors want to come off the bench for the “last mile” of vaccinationsMost vaccines in Canada are administered by family doctors, so when Covid-19 vaccinations began to receive approval late in 2020, those physicians got ready to roll up their sleeve…
As Ontario tentatively reopens, Alberta is in full swingOn Friday Canada’s largest province enters stage three of reopening—by far the biggest move since early this year, before the third wave of Covid-19 hit. Other places around the wo…
What happened to Nathaniel McLellan?And why were the police so focused on the 15-month old’s parents in the wake of his death? Nathaniel died in 2015, after sustaining a severe brain injury. And in the weeks and mont…
Once we decide to rename something, what happens next?Right now, across Canada, there are questions around the names of places, institutions and even streets. The debate about whether or not we should rename something that honours pro…
Ticks are everywhere this summer. Here’s what you need to know.If you spent time outdoors this weekend, we hope you did a thorough tick check when you got back inside. The creatures have been on the rise in Canada for years, and this summer is…
