Podcast
The Big Story
Episodes — page 83
- How did legal pot become such a tough business?
Three years ago, cannabis stocks were the hottest things on the market. Weed was about to become legal in Canada and it seemed everyone was going to get rich in the process. Today,…
- Everything you need to know about Back to School and the Fourth Wave
Across the country kids are preparing to return to classrooms, and covid cases are climbing in the community. How did we manage to find ourselves in the same position this Septembe…
- Inside the huge casino bust that went bad
You probably heard about it when it happened. It was called Project Endgame and it was a massive police bust on what they alleged was an illegal casino operating out of a 53-room m…
- What does Nova Scotia's shocking election mean for the rest of Canada?
A Liberal government with a big lead in the polls decides to call a snap election in the hope of securing more time in power. Then the polls start to tighten. And eventually ... it…
- How this election will, and won't, be different
The promises and criticisms aren't going anywhere. Neither is the partisanship. But there's a whole lot of uncertainty about the first federal election of the pandemic era. What ha…
- 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…
