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Your local grocery store won’t be forced to collect empties after all

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‘Nothing has changed’: New data, same old problems with hospital wait times

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A polar vortex is on the way! Here’s everything you need to know

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‘It’s time to admit what you did’: Who was driving the truck that killed Loni Chum?

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In trade war with U.S., Canada is winning the battle for tourists

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Dalton McGuinty has a book full of advice for every politician in Canada

107

Why communities everywhere are banning candy tossing at parades

108

Cloned meat could be coming to a grocery store near you — without labels

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Why we’re asking you to help fund our investigative journalism

110

How fraudsters cashed in on the legacy of a beloved Canadian artist

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50-year mortgage? Don’t bank on Trump’s big idea coming here

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This Ontario man says ChatGPT sent him spiralling into ‘AI psychosis’

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Another day, another record-breaking fentanyl bust

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Why Canada got publicly shamed for having so many measles cases

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Money questions? The Wealthy Barber still has all the answers you need

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Is a Hwy. 401 tunnel even possible? The answer will cost taxpayers $9.1M

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This is what Mark Carney’s budget means for you

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In the fight against dementia, this will be a ‘transformational decade’

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Should cigarette-style warning labels be mandatory on all alcohol?

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AI is going to steal your job — or set you up for a life of long weekends

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OK Blue Jays, let’s…get this done and start celebrating

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What’s next for Canada Post? We’re starting to find out

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Who is Pete Hoekstra, the Trump diplomat furious with Doug Ford?

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Deadline looms for grocery stores to start accepting your empties

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Not just snowbirds — all Canadians travelling to U.S. will be photographed

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Doug Ford finally gets Donald Trump’s attention

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Been duped by an online scam? There’s no shame in that

128

Blue Jays are World Series-bound, but they’re not the only big winners

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Spend your winters down south? Prepare to be fingerprinted at the border

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Ban speed cameras? Not so fast, protesters tell Doug Ford

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Times have changed, and our colleges and universities need to keep up

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Ontario school boards learn hard lesson on cybercrime

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Why Doug Ford is spending $75M on U.S. ads starring Ronald Reagan

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We followed the money paid out by Ford government’s $2.5B skills fund

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These are Canada’s most-wanted fugitives — and their new AI mugshots

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Kate Middleton is right — screen time is ruining our kids

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‘I have to do better,’ says NDP leader Marit Stiles

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Blue Jays Central host Jamie Campbell joins us for a pre-game chat

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No one loves Marineland right now

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Just one more sleep until Blue Jays playoff baseball

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Will scrapping home-to-home mail delivery actually save Canada Post?

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How petty shoplifting evolved into a multi-billion-dollar organized crime

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Family on a mission to fix ER wait times after teenage son’s tragic death

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Doug Ford puts pedal to the metal on promise to ban speed cameras

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Why some cities are creating ‘safe surrender sites’ for newborn babies

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Coyotes haven't taken over the neighbourhood, but it sure feels that way

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Trump’s Tylenol advice giving Canadian doctors quite the headache

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What we know about Chris Scott, the Ontario MPP accused of spousal assault

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Battle brewing over grocery stores that don’t want your dirty empties

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Ford has faith Carney will steer his way on 401 tunnel

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Barrie mayor says ‘more and more’ cities will follow his lead on encampments

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Sign up here to get your slice of the $500M bread price-fixing settlement

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The number of senior citizens in Canada is about to soar — are we ready?

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Trump diplomat has ‘a hard time understanding’ why Canadians boycott U.S.

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Trump’s man in Canada stops by our podcast, insists we can still be friends

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Bonnie voyage? Liberals decide this weekend if Crombie stays or goes

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Is it time to ban sports gambling commercials? This might convince you

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When did Ontario schools become so violent?

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Where is Nicole Morin? 40 years later, there’s still hope for an answer

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Hurry! Don’t miss our interview with ‘rock star’ curler Jennifer Jones

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Chronic concern: This Ontario town smells like pot all the time

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Homeless encampment becomes a ‘heinous’ crime scene

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Who should take the heat for sweltering classrooms?

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CLOSER LOOK: Let’s talk about Doug Ford’s tunnel vision

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CLOSER LOOK: What happens when your mayor is under OPP investigation?

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‘I’m not going anywhere’: Bonnie Crombie tells us why she should keep her job

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Steve Paikin has a new agenda keeping him busy

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We learned some things about the chief fundraiser for Doug Ford’s PC party

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Car thefts are suddenly way down across Ontario

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Lots of worry kicking around about World Cup we're hosting with U.S.

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Major project? Maybe it’s time to finally fix Ontario’s northern highways

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CLOSER LOOK: How scammers are using AI to rip you off

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Nate Erskine-Smith tells us why Bonnie Crombie needs to go

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CLOSER LOOK: Is Canadian fentanyl really ‘pouring’ over the U.S. border?

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Trump looms large as Ford hosts fellow premiers in cottage country

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Canada’s steel industry is fighting for its life

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In a perfect world, every kid would go to summer camp

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Decades later, Terry Fox’s brother finishes his own cross-country journey

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The pandemic is long over — get back to the office

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First came the Stanley Cup win, then the viral video

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Inside the largest fentanyl bust in OPP history

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Bill Barilko disappeared that summer, but his old hockey stick has resurfaced

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This new robot cleans Ontario beaches like a Zamboni

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Charlie Angus has some things to say to Donald Trump

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‘Nightmare’ finally over for man wrongfully charged in Dominican Republic

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Is this the solution to countering Trump’s tariffs?

187

Measles is back with a vengeance, and we all know why

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As election day looms, Mark Carney joins our podcast for an exclusive chat

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Steve Paikin has spent decades preparing for this moment

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Buy Canadian? It feels so good — and might actually make a difference

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‘It's a nightmare,’ says wife of Ontario man facing drug charges in Dominican

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Algoma Steel boss talks to us about Trump, pollution and looming job cuts

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INSIDE THE VILLAGE: For online gamblers, Ontario is the new Vegas

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Inside the Village: Election campaign? There's a cap for that

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Amid doctor shortage, medical misinformation has gone viral

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Why don’t we care about the homeless crisis?

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Kathleen Wynne weighs in — on Trump, Trudeau and tariffs

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We’ve hit 100 episodes! Let’s reminisce

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You’ve got no mail (but we have an interesting guest)

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GST holiday? Not everyone is celebrating